Highlights
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time).
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Ithaca, New York |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1982 |
| Website | https://www.iqvia.com/ |
Description
We are seeking a Metrology Technician to join IQVIA Laboratories at Ithaca.
We hire passionate innovators who drive healthcare forward through thoughtful and inclusive collaboration. If you want to discover a career with greater purpose, join us as we transform and accelerate research and development.
Job Summary:
Perform qualification, calibration, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of analytical and process instrumentation used in the laboratory. Support the reliable and compliant operation of laboratory equipment, with an emphasis on HPLC systems and the liquid chromatography components of LC-MS instrumentation.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Install and qualify new laboratory equipment, instrumentation, and associated control software according to standard operating procedures
- Perform scheduled and unscheduled calibration, verification, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of analytical instruments
- Maintain equipment life cycle documentation, calibration records, preventative maintenance programs, inventories, and supporting databases
- Troubleshoot HPLC systems and the liquid chromatography components of LC-MS instrumentation to minimize equipment downtime
- Coordinate vendor installation, qualification, maintenance, repair, and instrument software validation activities
- Create and maintain instrumentation and metrology SOPs, risk assessments, and gap analyses
- Support quality investigations, corrective and preventative actions, audits, business continuity activities, and functional metrics
- Train employees on standard equipment usage and provide technical guidance to junior staff and remote facilities
What We Are Looking For:
- Associate's Degree in electronics or mechanical technology or closely related field required
- 1 year experience in a laboratory environment
- Hands-on experience maintaining and troubleshooting HPLC systems and the liquid chromatography components of LC-MS instrumentation
- Hands-on experience calibrating, verifying, maintaining, and repairing laboratory measuring and test equipment
- Proficiency with Windows and Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel
- Other Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be accepted in lieu of degree
The Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Needed for This Role:
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy when completing regulated documentation and technical work
- Effective organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Effective communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with coworkers, managers, clients, IT teams, contractors, and vendors
- Ability to identify process improvement opportunities and support quality, safety, and Six Sigma initiatives
What We Offer You:
We put our employees at the center of everything we do and are committed to providing them, and their families, with benefits that meet their diverse and changing needs. We invest in integrated benefits programs and resources to take care of our employees' physical, mental and emotional, financial and social well-being so they can thrive at home and at work, at any stage of their well-being journey.
To learn more about our benefits, visit https://jobs.iqvia.com/benefits.
If you're looking to unleash your potential, join IQVIA Laboratories to help make the extraordinary possible!
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com
IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe
IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.
The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $46,200.00 - $96,200.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.
About Company
IQVIA™ is The Human Data Science Company™, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.
Healthcare is an industry designed to help humans. As a global community, we continuously invest and commit to advancing human health. To deliver value and real outcomes. To rise to the challenge to find the next breakthrough by making the most of increasingly limited resources.
We are inspired by the potential and propelled by the possibilities. We share the vision to drive healthcare forward. To see how we can help accelerate progress and achievements. Others are developing these medical breakthroughs. We do our part by using breakthroughs in insights, technology and human intelligence to reimagine and deliver ways to help make them a reality.
It’s bigger than better clinical trials. Or advances in technologies and analytics. Or faster insights. It’s about exploring a new path to better health outcomes via Human Data Science. It’s about harnessing the power of the IQVIA CORE™ to channel the insights, commercial and scientific depth, and executional expertise that drive maximum value for our customers.
Motivated by the industry we help, we’re committed to providing solutions that enable life sciences companies to innovate with confidence, maximize opportunities, and, ultimately, drive human health outcomes forward.