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Job Title: Chemical Technician 3rd Shift

Job Description

This role supports a fast-paced quality control laboratory on the 3rd shift, ensuring that products meet strict quality standards and comply with ISO 9001 and GMP requirements. The chemical technician performs a wide range of testing activities, maintains accurate quality records, and helps drive continuous improvement in both laboratory and production processes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare safety topics and lead weekly safety meetings to promote a strong safety culture within the laboratory.
• Ensure product quality and adherence to ISO 9001 standards by performing and reviewing required laboratory tests.
• Perform any area of testing required in the laboratory when requested or as operational needs arise.
• Monitor sample status in the quality control database and close and release product results in a timely and accurate manner.
• Identify, communicate, and recommend resolutions for personnel-related issues to the appropriate manager.
• Identify errors made by laboratory or production teams, such as missing labels on sample cups, incorrect product or customer information on sample labels, missing test results, or erroneous data, and communicate, retrain, and recommend corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Enter all new customer and product specifications into the quality management system and maintain current specifications to ensure data accuracy.
• Validate certificates of analysis (C of A) when they are first released from the quality management system and confirm that correct specifications are in place.
• Initiate specification requests when no specifications are available to ensure products are tested against appropriate criteria.
• Monitor raw materials in quality inspection and release them in a timely manner once they meet specifications.
• Resolve raw material specification issues in collaboration with relevant teams, including blending and production, to ensure consistent product quality.

Essential Skills

• Demonstrated experience working under Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidelines.
• Hands-on experience with chemical testing in a laboratory environment.
• Knowledge of wet chemistry techniques and raw material testing.
• Ability to work effectively on a fixed 3rd shift schedule from 10:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.
• Strong attention to detail for accurate data entry and review in quality management and QC database systems.
• Ability to identify errors and implement corrective and preventive actions in both laboratory and production settings.
• Effective communication skills to lead safety meetings and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Dunellen, NJ.

The pay range for this position is $24.00 - $24.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Dunellen,NJ.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 5, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications withoutregard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability,sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protectedby law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification oradjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability,please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

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