Description

Connecting People, Plants & Planet to Create Healing

Gaia Herbs takes pride in fostering a collaborative workplace where inspired sessions are the norm, and pitching in to support team success is required. We actively seek out team players who value mission-driven work and love bringing purpose to what we do every day.

Gaia Herbs is growing, and as the leading Herbal Supplement company, we feel an ever-increasing responsibility to contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable economy. This is why our status as a Certified B Corporation is so important as we continue building exceptional teams who create great products, all while being great stewards of our farm and our planet.

We would love to be your next GREAT employer! 

Our Perks & Benefits Offered:

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance starts the 1st day of the following month you’re hired. 

Wellness discounts on health insurance

Health savings account

PTO, sick leave, paid holidays

Volunteer time off

Voting time off

401(k) - 100% match up to 3%

Annual Incentive Plan (Bonus)

Equity Shares

Recognition programs

Gaia product discounts and partnering company discounts with Thrive, Prana, Dr. Bronner’s

Gaia swag and Birthday honey from the Gaian bees

Healthy lunches cooked by our company chef using Gaia’s herbs, veggies and local organic meats. 

Free farmer’s market during season from Gaia’s own 350-acre farm

Job Summary 

The Stabilities Studies Laboratory Technician is an entry level job responsible for assisting the Stability Studies Manager by maintaining and preparing the stability studies samples and by performing routine lab tests and aiding laboratory personnel in preparing samples for assays.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs routine laboratory tests on stability study samples.
• Prepares (extracts) and delivers samples to Laboratory Associates and Analysts for further instrumental analyses.
• Maintains the inventory of the stability studies samples and ensures that samples are pulled on schedule.
• Analyzes samples to evaluate changes over the course of the stability study.
• Ensures that the documentation of work in personal notebooks, general laboratory logbooks, and/or electronic document software is compliant with cGMP regulations.
• Maintains general laboratory cleanliness, including storage, and disposal of broken or chipped glassware and disposal of waste.

Requirements

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Qualifications:

Experience

• A high school diploma or GED is required. A bachelor’s degree in a scientific field is preferred but not required. Previous experience in a laboratory setting is preferred but not required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, test methods, and standard operating procedures.
• Skilled in common laboratory practices such as pipetting, weighing, and diluting samples.
• Ability to write experimental details in a technical manner and to summarize results.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Skilled in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Working knowledge of cGMP documentation requirements.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear; and taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to be able to view a computer screen.
• The employee in this position primarily works in a laboratory environment. They will occasionally be exposed to hazardous chemicals, solvents, and microorganisms. Hazards include flammable and corrosive solvents as well as potentially toxic reagents and solvents. Additionally, the microbiology laboratory may contain biosafety level 2 (BSL2) microorganism strains. The employee will be required to use extraction equipment which generates elevated levels of noise. The employee may infrequently pass through the manufacturing plant, where they would be exposed to moving mechanical parts, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and loud noise.
• This is a full-time onsite position.

The above statements are meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at Gaia Herbs, Inc., where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender or gender identity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. All employees and applicants will be treated fairly, with dignity and respect, in accordance with, and as defined by federal, state and local non-discrimination laws.