Chemist

Overview

Title: Chemist I

Location: Atlanta, GA30313

Duration: 18 months ( Possible extension )

Pay Range: USD 20.00/ hr. TO USD 25.00 /hr.

Shift: Fully Onsite position- 5 days a week standard hour

Performs complex chemical analysis on raw ingredients, intermediates, beverage parts, final products, auxiliary materials and water. Maintains laboratory equipment and instrumentation (e.g., troubleshooting, conducting preventative maintenance, calibrating and repairing). Conducts inspection of the laboratory or laboratory procedures to ensure conformance to internal or external certification requirements and correct or eliminate process-related non-conformance items. Disposes of expired retained samples and chemicals according to schedules and expiration dates in order to keep lab area clean and safe.

Develops or validates laboratory test methods or equipment (sampling, monitoring, analytical procedures) in order to ensure reliability and accuracy of analytical results. This may include performing capability studies. Performs data audit in order to ensure accuracy of data and analytical processes. This may include database queries, statistical process control or correlation study.

• Performs complex chemical analysis on raw ingredients, intermediates, beverage parts, final products, auxiliary materials and water.
• Maintains laboratory equipment and instrumentation (e.g., troubleshooting, conducting preventative maintenance, calibrating and repairing).
• Conducts inspection of the laboratory or laboratory procedures to ensure conformance to internal or external certification requirements and correct or eliminate process-related non-conformance items.
• Disposes of expired retained samples and chemicals according to schedules and expiration dates to keep lab area clean and safe.
• Develops or validates laboratory test methods or equipment (sampling, monitoring, analytical procedures) to ensure reliability and accuracy of analytical results. This may include performing capability studies.
• Performs data audit to ensure accuracy of data and analytical processes, including database queries, statistical process control or correlation study.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
• Advanced Analytical Chemistry: expert ability to integrate analytical chemistry techniques (e.g., GC, GC/MS, and MS) and apply the most appropriate techniques to a broad range of problems.
• General knowledge of the organic chemistry of essential oils and other flavor compounds relevant to Company products.
• Knowledge of data in the Formula Management System including reasonable value ranges and calculations, origin, and the ability to recognize inconsistencies. Includes the ability to enter a formula or other information into the system and to generate reports.
• General knowledge of the composition, structure and properties of inorganic substances needed to understand inorganic ingredients (e.g., acidulants, oxygen, water, buffers) used in Company products and in research on stability of ingredients.