Job Title: Laboratory Technician R&D Liquids (Hand Soap & Body Wash)
BR: BR/hr
Work Hours: M - F onsite 7:30a - 5:00p (flex with start time but 8 hrs during this timeframe)
Prefer - Video Interview
About Colgate-Palmolive
At Colgate-Palmolive, we are a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets, and our planet. Our iconic household brands including Softsoap, Palmolive, and Irish Springare trusted in hundreds of millions of homes worldwide.
We are driven by a commitment to sustainability, continuous scientific innovation, and fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives empower us to create products that improve daily life. Within our Liquids Group (Hand Soap & Body Wash), our R&D and Quality teams work at the cutting edge of personal care chemistry, formulating high-performance liquid products that set the global standard for safety, sensory experience, and efficacy.
Position Overview
We are seeking a detail-oriented and hands-on Laboratory Technician to join our Personal Care Liquids team. In this role, you will directly support chemists and chemical engineers in formulating, testing, and scaling up the next generation of hand soaps and body washes. You will be responsible for preparing lab batches, conducting physical and chemical analysis, maintaining safety standards, and ensuring our laboratory operates with high efficiency and precision.
Skills/Experience:Key Responsibilities
Batching & Formulation Support: Prepare lab-scale and pilot batches of liquid hand soaps and body washes in accordance with standardized formulas, SOPs, and experimental designs.
Physical & Analytical Testing: Perform routine physical and chemical testing on raw materials, in-process samples, and finished products (e.g., pH, viscosity/rheology, specific gravity, color, appearance, and stability evaluation).
Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Compliance: Safely handle, store, and dispose of reagents and raw materials. Maintain thorough application of GHS pictograms and guidelines to ensure proper chemical labeling, hazard communication, and usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Equipment Calibration & Maintenance: Set up, calibrate, operate, and maintain laboratory instrumentation (viscometers, pH meters, mixers, homogenizers). Keep
detailed records of instrument checks and routine maintenance.
Documentation & Record Keeping: Meticulously document test data, experimental steps, and observations using Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN) and internal databases following Good Laboratory Practices (GLP).
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