Associate Scientist _ Gibsonia, PA

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Associate Scientist _ Gibsonia, PA

Kelly Services is currently seeking Associate Scientist for one of our top clients in Gibsonia, PA.

Pay: $15/hr - $24/hr depending on experience

Duration: 6 months

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday / 8:00am to 5:00pm

As a QA Associate Scientist placed with Kelly Services you will be responsible providing sample preparation and analysis support of forensic, materials and pharmaceutical related samples.

Significant Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Conducts routine laboratory on selected research and development projects
• Conducts sample preparation of materials for laboratory analysis
• Aligns, calibrates, tests and maintains equipment
• Conducts experiments, evaluates/interprets data (including statistical analyses), records/verifies/replicates results and report's findings
• Assists with technical writing tasks (i.e., reports) and preparation of presentation materials
• Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications
• Compiles and interprets results of tests and analyses
• Sets up and conducts chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy
• Conducts chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials
• Provides and maintains a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits
• Prepares chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas
• Maintains, cleans, or sterilizes laboratory instruments or equipment
• Assists in the writing of technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results
• Provides technical support or assistance to scientists, QC and laboratory management
• Orders and inventories materials to maintain supplies.
• All other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Qualifications Required:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in a Natural Science or equivalent experience
• Experience: Relevant experience may be substituted for education.
• Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: A keen interest in a fast-paced scientific learning environment with an emphasis on applying new skills, good written and oral communication skills, vast laboratory equipment knowledge, basic word processing skills, team oriented work ethic, and procedural skills for the use of various laboratory instrumentation. Data collection, reporting, research, and technical analysis skills necessary. Critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Instrumentation: As specified

Typical Physical Demands: (reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions)

• Work Location: Indoors, heated/air conditioned office/lab.
• Work Postures: Position is essentially sedentary; incumbent spends occasional time walking and standing.
• Lifting/Carrying: Occasional lifting/carrying of boxes and supplies up to 50 pounds.
• Equipment: Often uses personal computer, lab equipment, copy machine, and fax machine.
• Visual Activity: Ability to view computer screens, reading scripts and reports, observing experiments (color recognition, depth perception, close-up reading)
• Hearing: Position entails moderate amount of phone contact, incoming and outgoing.

Important information: This position is recruited for by a remote Kelly office, not your local Kelly branch. Applicants must be legally permitted to work in the United States. Email for questions about the position but please apply online to be considered for the position.

Why Kelly?

• As a Kelly Services employee, you will have access to numerous perks, including:
• Exposure to a variety of career opportunities as a result of our expansive network of client companies
• Career guides, information and tools to help you successfully position yourself throughout every stage of your career
• Access to more than 3,000 online training courses through our Kelly Learning Center
• Weekly pay and service bonus plans
• Group-rate insurance options available immediately upon hire*

Apply Today!

*Available for purchase and administered by a designated third-party vendor

You should know: Your safety matters! Vaccination against COVID-19 may be a requirement for this job in compliance with current client and governmental policies. A Kelly recruiter will confirm and share more details with you during the interview process.

Kelly® Science & Clinical is your connection to premier scientific and clinical companies looking to hire talented people just like you. Every day, we match science professionals with dream jobs that fit their skills and interests-it's the way we think job searching should be. Nearly 100 percent of our science recruiters have a professional background/education in science, so we know a thing or two about the science market and how to get you noticed.

At Kelly, we're always thinking about what's next and advising job seekers on new ways of working to reach their full potential. In fact, we're a leading advocate for temporary/nontraditional workstyles, because we believe they allow flexibility and tremendous growth opportunities that enable a better way to work and live (plus, did we mention we provide a ton of benefits ?). Connecting great people with great companies is what we do best, and our employment opportunities span a wide variety of workstyles, skill levels, and industries around the world.

Kelly is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce, including, but not limited to, minorities, females, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, sexual orientation, gender identity. Equal Employment Opportunity is The Law.

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