What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chemical Lab Technician position at Reva Medical LLC?
Job Description
Job Description
Summary of Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The role of the Chemistry Lab Technician is to support production of monomers and polymers for REVA intravascular medical devices, as well as to provide manufacturing assistance for REVA R&D chemical operations. Some of the following tasks may include but are not limited to :
- Perform wet chemical processes to produce monomers, polymer and related products with well-defined manufacturing instructions.
- Perform the setting up of chemistry equipment for daily manufacturing activities.
- Responsible for maintaining the chemistry equipment, including cleaning, calibrations and preventative maintenance.
- Support development of bench scale processes and techniques for novel projects.
- Prepare samples for instrumental physical and chemical analysis such as GPC, HPLC, DSC, GCMS, NMR, KF, and TGA.
- Perform process qualification testing and inspections, when required.
- Execute experiment protocols and studies, when required.
- Write technical summaries including lab notebook entries with detailed records.
- Maintain the laboratory by organizing and ordering supplies, lab housekeeping and maintaining equipment.
- Provide support to research and development projects, when required.
Education and / or Experience
Required Knowledge / Skills
Physical Demands / Working Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit or stand for prolonged periods of time. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and microscope work.
