Laboratory Technician

Our client, a leader in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
, is hiring a Laboratory
Instrument Technician to join their team in Dover, DE
!

This is a 3-month W2 contract with benefits (contract-to-hire)

As the Laboratory Instrument Technician, you will provide hands‑on operational and technical support for LC-MS, HPLC, and GC-MS laboratories across customer facilities in Delaware, ensuring instrument readiness, preventive maintenance, compliant documentation, and reliable analytical operations in accordance with SOPs and regulatory standards.

• Provide operational support for LC-MS, HPLC, and GC-MS instrumentation
  , including startup, shutdown, method loading, and data acquisition
• Support sample preparation activities including dilution, extraction, filtration, derivatization, reagent preparation, and proper labeling
• Monitor instrument performance including chromatographic stability, pressure/flow trends, vacuum systems, detector response, and mass accuracy
• Perform routine preventive maintenance such as mobile phase preparation, leak checks, column flushing, injector and ion source cleaning, tuning verification, and calibration
• Maintain accurate documentation of instrument usage, maintenance activities, deviations, and corrective actions
• Archive chromatographic data, mass spectral files, and electronic logs within customer systems

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, or a related scientific discipline with 3 or more years of relevant laboratory experience supporting analytical instrumentation
• Associate’s degree in a scientific or technical discipline with 5 or more years of hands‑on experience supporting LC‑MS, HPLC, or GC‑MS systems
• High School diploma or GED with 7 or more years of directly related laboratory experience in an analytical environment
• Hands‑on experience with LC‑MS and GC‑MS instrumentation
• Strong sample preparation experience in an analytical laboratory environment
• Working knowledge of HPLC systems and chromatographic workflows
• Experience operating in GLP, GMP, or other regulated laboratory environments

Motion Recruitment Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full‑time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre‑employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment Employment Accommodation policy.

Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.