R&D Technician I

Title: R&D Technician I

Location: Columbus, Ohio

Duration: 6 months

Job Description

Coordinates ingredient testing for various nutrients. Collects data and provides results in clear, organized fashion. This individual will work closely with product developers to help identify which ingredients and tests should be performed and leverage the appropriate testing request software to organize completing the work. Once results are received, this person will deliver the results to the relevant parties. This person will work with multiple departments to collect and report these data.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Laboratory Techniques: Ability to perform experiments, tests, and measurements using lab equipment.
• Data Collection & Analysis: Recording, analyzing, and interpreting experimental data accurately.
• Quality Control: Conducting inspections and tests to ensure compliance with standards.
• Maintaining detailed records of procedures, results, and observations.
• Hybrid position of duties, gathering data on ingredients submitting samples as well as global approach for data analyst ingredient (power BI a plus) to look at data trends.
• Support PRC runs, weighing ingredients, making slurries, lift up to 50lbs (team lifts), submitting samples, collecting data, PH analyst and solids analyst.
  
  

Key Characteristics/Attributes/Skills

• Food Science, Food Engineering and or Food Business primarily. Open to candidates with degrees in Chemistry, Food Microbiology and Process Engineering. BS and/or MS degrees are acceptable. Not looking for candidates with PhDs.
• Experience: 0-3 years
• Skills: Power BI is a plus or Data analytics tools understanding. Microsoft Azure and Dot Net experience is a plus. Knowledge of lab safety protocols and regulatory standards.
  
  

Additional

• Phone screening and another in-person interview.
  
  

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)
  
  

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.