R&D Temp

Balchem Corporation • Montvale, NJ

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Balchem is seeking an intern to support the Corporate R&D Laboratory with analytical testing and product support for company business units, particularly Animal Nutrition and Health and Human Nutrition and Health. The role supports product development and analysis to meet customer needs and reports to the Corporate R&D Analytical Lab Manager. The intern will collaborate with team members to analyze and characterize microencapsulates, coatings, and actives using a variety of analytical instruments, while working with groups such as manufacturing, supply chain, quality, sales, analytical labs, and other R&D teams.

Work may involve existing processes and products, lab-scale and benchtop experiments, new-product commercialization, product characterization studies, qualification of new raw materials, application development, and analytical work supporting in-process activities. The work environment includes an office, laboratory, and pilot plant. The position is based in Montvale, New Jersey, with some travel to the laboratory in New Hampton, New York. The intern works under direct supervision and may be assigned to one or several research projects.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and critical-thinking skills.
• Highly self-motivated and comfortable working individually.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects efficiently in a busy environment.
• Proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications, and ability to learn new applications easily.
• Experience with basic laboratory techniques and equipment, including analytical balances, pH meters, UV/VIS, FTIR, auto-titrators, HPLC, GC, and DSC.

Responsibilities

• Work safely, follow and enforce safety policies, use safety equipment and safeguards, and champion Balchem safety programs at each site.
• Support product development efforts in formulation, application, process development, process capability, and specification development.
• Conduct analytical testing and product characterization, including work involving microencapsulates, coatings, and actives.
• Perform lab-scale and benchtop experiments, product characterization studies, and analytical work supporting in-process activities.
• Support new-product commercialization and qualification of new raw materials.
• Participate in scale-up trials from pilot plant to commercial scale at traditional hours.
• Prepare presentations and reports to communicate results to key stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed