R&D Technician

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<div class="isg-job-description“>Title: R&D Technician
Location: Glenview, IL 60601
Duration: 5 month contract  (Possible Extension)
Pay Rate: $40/hr on W2
Shift Timing (Day/ Evening/ Night): Day
Job Description:

• R&D Technician – Glenview (onsite)
• Scheduled Days of the Week & Hours: 40 hours per week. M-Fri 8 AM to 4 PM (may vary depending on project needs)
• Looking to Convert to FTE (full time employment): (yes or no) ” No, but possible renewal in 2026

Must haves:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong computer proficiency.
• Effective time management, adaptability across diverse teams, and keen attention to detail.
• Demonstrated curiosity with a proactive approach to learning and asking questions.

education:

• Minimum Associates degree, Bachelors preferred.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Sample preparation & analysis – Assembling samples of beverages and desserts including measuring with analytical balances, heating, mixing, cooling, filling into packaging, labeling, storage, diluting using pipettors, and logging samples into lab management system. Strong attention to detail is a must for this role.
• Shelf-life testing support – Sample preparation (weighing up materials, dilution using pipettor, mixing, labeling) and logging for analysis, support with clean up following testing. With some instruction can assemble Microsoft Forms surveys, collect data, and summarize trends based on collected data.
• Inventory management of ingredients and chemicals – logging chemicals for disposal, ordering materials as needed, and ensuring all ingredients are put away at end of workday. Purchases in-market samples as needed.
• Support for pilot plant trials – Attending onsite trials to support mixing, labeling, packing samples and completing benchtop analytical testing including pH, titratable acidity, Brix, colorimetry, density. Must be able to safely lift anywhere from 5 to 50 lbs. of ingredients.
• Lab Management – Ensures lab environment is clean, organized, and in working order each day. Responsible for weekly calibration of analytical balances, creating maintenance work orders, and conducting monthly safety checks.
• Specification management – Updating records for materials, formulas, and trade items to reflect accurate information; requesting cross-functional approvals and following up as needed.
• Graphics Reviews – Downloading and uploading reports and verifying graphics information (including nutrition facts panels, ingredient lines, product information such as net content) are a match to report.
• Strong data analysis and mathematics skills – Able to analyze large data sets using Excel to provide high-level summaries, can represent data using graphing functions in Excel. Can convert between units of measurement, calculate averages, and scale up formulations when given target values.
• Must have experience with Microsoft Office suite including Excel, Outlook, and Forms

About our Company: –
22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies’ delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.
Recognized among “Best Company to Work For” by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients’ expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.
“22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer” and “US Citizens & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply.”
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

 

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