Research Development Chemist II
About The Position
McKenna Labs is a full-service contract manufacturing company that specializes in hair, skin and body care products. We've been in the personal care development and manufacturing industry since 1998. We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Formulation Chemist to join our innovative team. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in product development, formulation, and manufacturing processes, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge product development within a dynamic environment focused on innovation excellence and regulatory adherence.
Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor of Science or related fields is required.
- Minimum of 3 - 5 years formulation experience, with very strong emphasis on formulating Personal Care, OTC, or Cosmetic products.
- Experienced with tech transfers, including scaling up to large scale manufacturing equipment.
- Deep understanding of key active ingredients, raw materials, product efficacy/performance, and regulatory compliance.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills to work effectively with all internal stakeholders.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively.
- Strong project management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively amongst multiple ongoing projects.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with mentoring others is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Formulate world class Personal Care and OTC products while ensuring that formulas align to project briefs, adhere to prescribed timetables, and fall within required cost targets.
- Oversee project activities, including experiment design, data analysis, and outcome interpretation.
- Modify existing formulations to improve product performance, stability, and cost-effectiveness.
- Conduct experiments to analyze and determine physical and chemical properties of ingredients and final products.
- Evaluate formula design and performance of competitive products.
- Provide technical support to other members of the R & D team.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to scale-up formulations.
- Execute high-level project assignments within R & D.
- Collaborate with Quality Control to establish and maintain product quality standards.
- Ensure compliance with relevant safety and environmental regulations while maintaining a safe and clean laboratory environment.
- Actively formulate to anticipate and avoid potential scale-up and manufacturing challenges by establishing batch making procedures and define product specifications for transfer to scale up pilot line testing.
- Engage with customers to understand their needs and developing or improving products.
- Continue to gain knowledge of new ingredients, clean beauty trends and technologies in the industry and applies them into formulation.
- Prepare and maintain accurate documentation including formulation records, technical data sheets, batching instructions, and SOP's.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, delivering high quality products on time.
- Onsite position.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision insurance
- 401k retirement plan
- flexible spending accounts
- life and disability coverage
- other voluntary benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
