Lab Technician

Lab Technician
Job Number: 26-01536

Use your skills where innovative technology solutions begin. ECLARO is looking for a Lab Technician for our client in Piscataway, NJ.

ECLARO's client is a leading consumer products company with a global presence. If you're up to the challenge, then take a chance at this rewarding opportunity!

Position Overview:

• Seeking a detail-oriented and hands-on Laboratory Technician to join the Personal Care Liquids team.
• In this role, will directly support chemists and chemical engineers in formulating, testing, and scaling up the next generation of hand soaps and body washes.
• Will be responsible for preparing lab batches, conducting physical and chemical analysis, maintaining safety standards, and ensuring our laboratory operates with high efficiency and precision.

Responsibilities:

• Batching & Formulation Support: Prepare lab-scale and pilot batches of liquid hand soaps and body washes in accordance with standardized formulas, SOPs, and experimental designs.
• Physical & Analytical Testing: Perform routine physical and chemical testing on raw materials, in-process samples, and finished products (e.g., pH, viscosity / rheology, specific gravity, color, appearance, and stability evaluation).
• Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Compliance: Safely handle, store, and dispose of reagents and raw materials. Maintain thorough application of GHS pictograms and guidelines to ensure proper chemical labeling, hazard communication, and usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Equipment Calibration & Maintenance: Set up, calibrate, operate, and maintain laboratory instrumentation (viscometers, pH meters, mixers, homogenizers). Keep detailed records of instrument checks and routine maintenance.
• Documentation & Record Keeping: Meticulously document test data, experimental steps, and observations using Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN) and internal databases following Good Laboratory Practices (GLP).

Required Skills:

• Safety Knowledge: Clear understanding and practical knowledge of GHS (Globally Harmonized System) pictograms, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), chemical hazard classifications, and standard laboratory safety procedures.
• Proficiency in standard lab techniques (weighing, volumetric measurements, titration, pH, viscosity).
• High attention to detail, strong organizational habits, and comfortable working in a dynamic lab environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for reporting experimental findings.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 0 to 2 years of practical laboratory experience in a consumer packaged goods (Client), personal care, cosmetic, or specialty chemical setting (zero years if new grad flexible on years of experience).
• Technical understanding of liquid personal care formulations, including surfactants, rheology modifiers, active delivery, and emulsion stability.
• Familiarity with GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) guidelines and data management software.

Pay Rate: $20.19 / Hour

If hired, you will enjoy the following ECLARO Benefits:

• 401k Retirement Savings Plan administered by Merrill Lynch
• Commuter Check Pretax Commuter Benefits
• Eligibility to purchase Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance through ECLARO

If interested, you may contact:
Melissa Francisco
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Equal Opportunity Employer: ECLARO values diversity and does not discriminate based on Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status, in compliance with all applicable laws.