Junior Chemist

Maesa•Fairfield, NJ

9h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Junior Chemist manages and maintains all our internal and external formulas testing up to date as well as managing all the pre-regulatory documentation. In this role, the coordinator will prepare a technical presentation for future launches to the I&I teams. The Junior Chemist will create stability templates and issues final reports for all the brands and create final dossiers to formally release formulas for production. This is a hybrid role which requires 3 days per week working in the lab located in Fairfield, New Jersey and 2 days from home.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree preferred – Chemistry, Engineering or related field of study
3-5 years of beauty industry/personal care, including formulation and scale-up, required
Experience working as a Lab Technician at a Personal care industry.
Strong communication skills and adept negotiating/influencing competencies
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment; must be self-motivated and self-directed
Strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to work with a high degree of autonomy
Strength in timeline management, managing multiple projects simultaneously

Responsibilities

Batch formulas & conduct internal stability as required by the supervisor, i.e., track stability, update results charts and summarize data for review at each test period.
Manage all stability reports from external manufacturers and share findings with corresponding chemist.
Work together with Senior Scientists to prepare lab batches of formulas needed for submitting samples for new development and reformulate / resubmit them based on Marketing team’s feedback.
Develop detailed lab scale processes for success in manufacturing, including critical raw materials order of addition, processing parameters, and preliminary specification and test results
Document in MAESA Lab book every batch made with details of reason for the batch, batching notes, batch specification results and other test results as applicable
Coordinate all extra samples shipping with different vendors (bulk for fragrance base/ bulk for packaging/ etc.)
Manage each of the brand trackers for submissions/ formulas/ samples/ testing for the whole R&D team
Digitally catalog raw material samples to track inventory
Prepares R&D innovation presentations for future launches
Manage digital formula libraries for R&D
Generate Tentative ILs of internal lab batches for regulatory review.
Request and manage formula documents (COA/ Raw Material documents) to provide to regulatory once formula approval for internal formulas
Conduct efficacy testing as required by supervisor
Conduct laboratory efficacy tests and write reports detailing experiments, analysis and summary of results
Communicate formulation stability and efficacy issues promptly and thoroughly to supervisor
Perform/Monitor calibration and validation of all lab instruments.
Maintain clean, safe and well-organized lab working area.