Quality Lab Associate I - Chemistry

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your Role at Baxter

This is where your creativity addresses challenges

You are creative, thorough, and a heads-down do-er. You embrace a challenge and truly apply the collaborative powers of your team to produce great results. You are motivated by work that is never the same from one day to the next. As a Quality Lab Associate, you are unafraid of navigating through necessary internal processes to facilitate a product you deeply believe in. You can absorb and act on complex procedures and data and train your team or peers if needed. You take pride in getting things done quickly without sacrificing safety or quality.

Your Team at Baxter

Within Quality, every role makes a difference. Products that Baxter makes are shipped worldwide for patients in need. Whether it's building a new process from scratch or facing a never-before-seen production hurdle, individuals within Quality are given the trust and opportunity to bring creativity to the table. Regardless of your specific role with a product, it is sure to touch a portion of our global operation.

The mission of Baxter is to save and sustain lives. This mission is embedded into everything we do. This means if there is a decision to be made where quantity and quality are at odds, we will always choose quality. Our patients come first, always.

The Quality function values both working together as a team and independently. We draw energy from working in a plant or an office where there are opportunities to collaborate. As the company evolves, so does the way our team approaches work as it strives to create top-of-the-line products.

We build relationships with each other to get work done. Building these relationships is easy because we all share common traits of being reliable, ethical, and caring. We lean on our colleagues for their expertise and hold each other accountable. We feel empowered to speak up when there's a new insight or opportunity to improve something. This open dialog builds trust within the team and helps create a better product for our customers.

You will conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis on raw materials, solutions, and components following approved Standard Operating Procedures and test methods in an accurate and timely manner.

What you'll be doing

• Analyze organic or inorganic compounds to determine chemical or physical properties using chromatography, spectroscopy, or spectrophotometry techniques.

• Maintain laboratory instruments to ensure proper working order and troubleshoot malfunctions when needed.

• Prepare test solutions, compounds, standards or reagents for laboratory personnel to conduct tests.

• Follow laboratory safety procedures to ensure compliance with standards or to make improvements as needed.

• Monitor operational procedures in technical environments to ensure conformance to standards.

• Purchase laboratory supplies, such as chemicals.

• Operate lab equipment such as pipettes, burets, balances, hot plates, etc.

• Review samples received, logs samples, and enter data into computer database (LIMS).

• Responsible for general housekeeping of laboratory and test suites.

• Sustain a clean and safe work environment using 6S principles.

• Perform routine laboratory and safety audits.

• Use sophisticated laboratory instrumentation and computer systems to collect and record data.

• Perform advanced chemical assays requiring precise analytical skills and understanding of chemistry principles.

• Complete all testing, including special project/ protocol testing in a timely and appropriate manner.

• Maintain data integrity and ensure compliance with company SOPs and specifications, FDA, GLP, QSR and cGMP regulations.

• Investigate deviations and write exception documents.

• Work under minimum supervision.

What you'll bring