Lab Technician III

Job Title: Lab Technician III
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709 - 100% onsite
Duration: 12 months contract
Shift: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Responsibilities:
Maintain a clean, organized, and safe laboratory environment.
Prepare, characterize, and evaluate formulation prototypes for performance, stability, and quality.
Conduct formulation preparation, testing, and evaluation according to established procedures.
Comply with all applicable regulatory, environmental, health, and safety requirements.
Follow laboratory risk assessments, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and safe work practices.
Collect, analyze, document, and communicate experimental results and technical findings.
Maintain accurate laboratory notebooks, test records, technical reports, and other laboratory documentation.
Support stability studies and formulation performance evaluations, including emulsion stability, sedimentation, crystallization, foaming, and viscosity assessments.
Perform additional technical and operational duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements:
Ability to occasionally lift and carry materials, samples, and laboratory supplies up to 40 pounds.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, squat, reach, and perform laboratory tasks for extended periods.
Ability to work in laboratory, pilot-plant, greenhouse environments as needed.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE), including safety glasses, gloves, hearing protection, respirators, and protective clothing where applicable.

Required Qualifications:
A high School diploma is required with 6 years practical laboratory experience, an Associate's degree with 2 years practical laboratory experience, or a Bachelor s degree in chemistry or a related scientific discipline.
Experience in laboratory activity - performance experiments and familiarity with basic chemical mixing is required
Strong laboratory skills
Ability to accurately collect, analyze, document, and communicate scientific data and technical findings.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and electronic laboratory documentation systems.
Ability to work independently and contribute effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
Detailed oriented and with high sensitivity to timeline is a must
Proactive in task management and ability to address/take care of basic laboratory facilitation.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in formulation development, agricultural chemicals, crop protection products, or related industries.
Experience evaluating formulation performance and physical stability
Familiarity with laboratory instrumentation and testing methodologies, including pH measurement, density determination, viscosity analysis, particle size measurement, and accelerated aging studies.
Experience in vendor management - ordering materials, cataloging materials is a plus
Working knowledge of chemical safety, risk assessment, and safe chemical handling practices.