Cannabis jobs at Praxis Laboratory
We know of 7 jobs at Praxis Laboratory as of April 2024, including roles such as Research Assistant Method Development Chemist, Laboratory Intern Part Time Weekends, Laboratory Analyst - Microbiology, and Laboratory Services Sales Associate.
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We are an analytical laboratory located about 25 miles south of Olympia Wa. We analyze food, agricultural, & environmental samples. We are also certified by the state of Washington to analyze cannabis samples.
We offer paid vacation, matching 401k, medical reimbursement, holiday pay, merit based bonus program / profit sharing
Candidate will be responsible for assisting the Chief Scientific Officer and Laboratory director with chemical analyses, method development, method validation, method research, etc
Candidates should have a thorough knowledge of analytical instrumentation(GC, HPLC, UV/VIS), organic chemistry, and wet bench chemistry.
Requirements:
- BS/BA, MS, or PhD in chemistry
- very high level of organization and attention to detail
- positive, upbeat attitude
- must be able to work independently
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
- ability to multi-task and stay on top of many projects at the same time
- show demonstrated ability to successfully follow SOPs
- a penchant for perfection and an eagerness to learn, contribute, and excel
- must be legally able to work in the US. Local candidates preferred.
To apply submit a resume, and cover letter. Applicants that do not provide a cover letter will not be considered.
Responsibilities:
* Keep pace and stay organized with multiple projects and deadlines.* Write, review, and/or implement testing methods* Maintain equipment* Develop hi-throughput methods for* Work both as part of a team and independently* Implement validated methods from the U.S.P., AOAC, peer reviewed literature, etc.
Preferred Skills:
* Extensive experience with GC, lcms,icpms, HPLC method development* Experience with brewing, food, environmental, and cannibinoid chemistry* Environmental and water testing experience* Computer skills (SQL, Python, Access, Excel, Etc)* Ability to interact and work with clients* Experience in a high throughput environment
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $65,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekends
Education:
- Bachelor's (Preferred)
Experience:
- Laboratory Experience: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location:
- One location
Company's website:
- foodsafetydefense.com
Company's Facebook page:
- facebook.com/praxislaboratory
Benefit Conditions:
- Waiting period may apply
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Who We Are
We are a rapidly growing analytical laboratory located in Centralia Washington (20 miles south of Olympia Wa). We analyze food, agricultural, & environmental samples. We are also I-502 certified and provide quality assurance testing of cannabis.
Schedule
Friday-Sunday or Saturday-Sunday
What You will be doing
- Sample preparation Prepare and analyze samples for microbiological contamination, using classical microbiological techniques as well as molecular methods.
- Supporting Chemists & Microbiologists with sample preparation. Our team prepares samples for analysis using gas chromatography, HPLC, plating methods, ELISA, PCR & NIR.
- What You Bring
- A passion for science, continual improvement & commitment to high quality work.
- A BS/BA in chemistry, microbiology or equivalent.
- Experience with aseptic technique, pipetting , use of analytical balances, ability to make chemical solutions.
- The ability to work efficiently in a fast moving environment
- The ability to adapt and be flexible
- Willingness to perform a variety of tasks
What We Bring
- A company culture dedicated to continual improvement, and Innovation.
- Advanced technical training and experience. You will have the opportunity to work on advanced projects and be on the cutting edge of a new growing Industry.
- Professional enrichment opportunities, such as attending conferences, seminars, & membership in professional organizations.
- Employer matched 401K
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
www.praxis-laboratory.com
www.foodsafetydefense.com
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $15.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Weekends
Work Location:
- One location
Company's website:
- https://praxis-laboratory.com/
Work Remotely:
- No
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Who We Are
We are a rapidly growing analytical laboratory located in Centralia Washington (20 miles south of Olympia Wa). We analyze food, agricultural, & environmental samples. We are also I-502 certified and provide quality assurance testing of cannabis.
Schedule
Monday - Friday 7 - 3:30
What You will be doing
- Sample preparation and Analysis. Prepare and analyze samples for microbiological contamination, using classical microbiological techniques as well as molecular methods.
- Supporting Chemists & Microbiologists with sample preparation. Our team prepares samples for analysis using gas chromatography, HPLC, plating methods, ELISA, PCR & NIR.
- Support Senior Scientists with method development. Our team is dedicated to constant improvement, and is always working on new methods and ways to optimize current methods. You will have the opportunity to develop and validate new methods within the parameters of ISO 17025.
- Review & analyze data. All data must undergo extensive review by analysts, quality assurance and and the laboratory director before being released to the client.
What You Bring
- A passion for science, continual improvement & commitment to high quality work.
- A BS/BA in microbiology or equivalent.
- Experience with ELISA, PCR, aseptic technique, FDA BAM, AOAC and other microbiological methods
- The ability to work efficiently in a fast moving environment
- The ability to adapt and be flexible
- Willingness to perform a variety of tasks
What We Bring
- A company culture dedicated to continual improvement, and Innovation.
- Advanced technical training and experience.You will have the opportunity to work on advanced projects and be on the cutting edge of a new growing Industry.
- Professional enrichment opportunities, such as attending conferences, seminars, & membership in professional organizations.
- Paid Vacation
- Employer matched 401K
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Educational reimbursement.
- Pay increases are merit based
Salary is DOE
www.praxis-laboratory.com
www.foodsafetydefense.com
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $15.00 - $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) Matching
- Dental Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Professional Development Assistance
- Retirement Plan
- Vision Insurance
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- microbiology: 1 year (Preferred)
Work authorization:
- United States (Required)
Application Question:
- Have you attached a cover letter?
Additional Compensation:
- Bonuses
- Other forms
Work Location:
- One location
Company's website:
- https://praxis-laboratory.com/
Benefit Conditions:
- Only full-time employees eligible
Work Remotely:
- No
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Job Description
Managing client acquisition, client retention and sales outreach.
Who We Are
The Institute of Food Safety & Defense (dba Praxis Laboratory) is a TTB certified and A2LA accredited quality assurance laboratory located in Centralia, Washington. Additionally, we are a growing I-502 certified lab that leads the cannabis industry in quality control, method development, and innovation. We are dedicated to practicing and providing the highest quality laboratory testing. We provide a wide array of quality assurance testing and analytical services to cater to the diverse needs of our clients.
What you’ll be doing:
- Client Acquisition: Research potential new clients, perform outreach sales calls, and cultivate new, long-lasting and rewarding relationships between IFSD/Praxis and our clients.
- Client Retention: Help retain current clients by answering sales questions, pitching new scientific analyses, and establishing an ongoing client rapport.
- Sales Approaches: Collaborate with the Chief Scientific Officer to determine strategic sales methods and avenues of opportunity.
What you bring:
- A sense of persistence, resilience, and compassion: Long-term client retention is an integral part of our culture.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills: Clients will need to have scientific testing methods explained non-technically.
- Background in science: Desired but not required; any experience in chemistry or microbiology is especially valuable.
- Previous sales experience: At least 1 year of sales experience is desired, but not required; previous scientific sales experience is a plus.
- Strong organizational and relationship-building skills.
What we bring:
- A company culture dedicated to professional support, growth, and innovation
- Flexible Hours: We operate seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
- Employer-Matched 401k
- Employee-Paid Health/Vision/Dental/Life Insurance
- Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
- Relocation Assistance
www.praxis-laboratory.com
Job Type: Full-time
Work authorization:
- United States (Required)
Required travel:
- 50% (Required)
Additional Compensation:
- Commission
- Bonuses
Work Location:
- One location
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Flexible schedule
- Professional development assistance
This Job Is:
- Open to applicants who do not have a college diploma
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends required
Company's website:
- foodsafetydefense.com
Benefit Conditions:
- Only full-time employees eligible
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To apply you must submit both a resume AND cover letter. Failure to include both documents will be considered a deficiency in your attention to detail & you will not be considered for any positions.
We are a startup analytical laboratory located about 25 miles south of Olympia Wa. We analyze food, agricultural, & environmental samples. We are also certified by the state of Washington to analyze cannabis samples.
We offer paid vacation, matching 401k, medical reimbursement, holiday pay, merritt based bonus program / profit sharing
To be successful in our Laboratory manager role, you will be an ambitious professional who strives to build and maintain technical teams while leading operational excellence to ensure our continuous growth and expansion.
Keep Reading IF: YOU ARE TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL. You love getting in the weeds with all facets of operations including timelines, production, technologies, and P&L. You understand the importance of exceeding on time delivery metrics and quality standards. You are consistently searching for new technologies and equipment that would enable you to be ahead of the curve.
YOU ARE A NATURAL BORN LEADER. You believe in leading by example, creating a strong culture and motivating teams to be their best. Your team knows that they can trust you to do what you say you'll do. If we asked your past team members what they love most about you, they would say your ability to build, train and develop them.
YOU ALWAYS EXCEED CLIENTS EXPECTATIONS. You are service, time and quality oriented, priding yourself on going above and beyond to ensure that clients are listened to and taken care of. Client relations is of supreme importance to you and you ensure that every interaction and every deliverable exceeds the client's expectation.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS MAY INCLUDE:
Within the first 30 days:
-Establishes a good rapport with team and all departments in company.
-Understands and be able to articulate the basic terminology, service lines and the business divisions.
-Formally documents all existing processes, policies and procedures.
Within the first 60 days and ongoing:
- Familiar with all current customer projects and service/product lines and has begun to take ownership of at least 50% of client projects.
- Continues to build rapport and trust with team, ensuring that each person understands their contribution to company goals.
- Has taken full ownership of client issues and follows up on problems through resolution. Has begun to implement quick wins to improve the client experience.
- Consistently maintaining our current on-time delivery metrics within the 97%-99% range.
Within the first 90 days and going forward,
- Has begun improving and creating best practice for operational, efficiency and customer issues.
- Has begun building, training and developing our teams in a flexible, responsive and ambitious work environment.
- Has developed and/or improved any needed service procedures, policies and standards.
By the 6th month and ongoing:
- From this point forward, stays ahead of industry's developments and applies best practices to areas of improvement.
- Has added new equipment and trained staff to install and effectively run and utilize equipment.o Has identified key team members for both routine and special projects and proactively leads all projects, ensuring that they run seamlessly with minimal effort from President.
- Still is consistently each month maintaining our current on-time delivery metrics within the 97%-99% range.
By the 9th month and ongoing:
- Has implemented practices in lean operations, process control, new technical methods, and upgrades to equipment and infrastructure.
- Provides support to sales functions and represents IFSD/Praxis in trade groups and industry events.
By the 12th month and ongoing:
- Has begun to implement a subset of organic chemistry or microbiological to increase IFSD organic testing capabilities.
- Has full ownership of Operations and has developed systems and practices for materials, labor and subcontractors in profitable manner.o Has full ownership of Client Services responsibilities.
-Researches and proposes 2+ new ideas per quarter to help expand and grow capabilities of company.
Education, Skills & Experience:
 5+ years of related laboratory experience
 At least 3+ years of experience directly managing a team of 7+
 Bachelor's degree in science or engineering. Advanced degree preferred
 Must know chemistry, microbiology and basic physics
 Experience in biotech, pharmaceutical, chemical, agricultural, food, petroleum oils or gas industries is highly preferred.
 Private sector experience is required
 Proven strong financial acumen with P&L accountability
 Business management experience
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $65,000.00 to $80,000.00 /year
Experience:
- laboratory: 5 years (Preferred)
- supervisory: 3 years (Preferred)
Additional Compensation:
- Bonuses
Work Location:
- One location
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
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- Failure to include both documents will be considered a deficiency in your attention to detail & you will not be considered for any positions.
Who We Are
We are a rapidly growing startup analytical laboratory located in Centralia Washington (Midway between Portland & Seattle). We analyze food, agricultural, & environmental samples. We are also I-502 certified and provide quality assurance testing of cannabis.
What You will be doing
- Sample preparation and Analysis. Prepare and analyze samples for microbiological contamination, using classical microbiological techniques as well as molecular methods.
- Method implementation. Implement and validate FDA BAM, AOAC, and EPA methods.
- Review & analyze data. All data must undergo extensive review by analysts, quality assurance and and the laboratory director before being released to the client.
- Method development. Our team is dedicated to constant improvement, and is always working on new methods, and ways to optimize current methods. You will have the opportunity to develop and validate new methods within the parameters of ISO 17025
What You Bring
- A passion for science, continual improvement & commitment to high quality work.
- A BS/BA, masters, PhD in microbiology, or equivalent.
- Experience in Industry with ELISA, PCR, aseptic technique, FDA BAM, AOAC and other microbiological methods
- The ability to independently implement methods and validate methods per ISO17025 requirements.
- Expertise in the analysis of food and environmental samples
- The ability to work efficiently in a fast moving environment
- The ability to work independently and be able to troubleshoot on the fly
- Experience managing and directing analysts
What We Bring
- A company culture dedicated to continual improvement, and Innovation.
- Advanced technical training and experience.You will have the opportunity to work on advanced projects and be on the cutting edge of a new growing Industry.
- Professional enrichment opportunities, such as attending conferences, seminars, & membership in professional organizations.
- Paid Vacation
- Employer matched 401K
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Educational reimbursement.
- Pay increases are merit based
Salary is DOE
www.praxis-laboratory.com
www.foodsafetydefense.com
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $18.00 to $28.00 /hour
Experience:
- microbiology: 4 years (Required)
Location:
- Centralia, WA 98531 (Required)
Work authorization:
- United States (Required)
Application Question:
- Is cover letter attached?
Additional Compensation:
- Bonuses
- Other forms
Work Location:
- One location
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Professional development assistance
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Who We Are
We are a rapidly growing startup analytical laboratory located in Centralia Washington (20 miles south of Olympia Wa). We analyze food, agricultural, & environmental samples. We are also I-502 certified and provide quality assurance testing of cannabis.
Schedule
Monday - Friday 9-5, other shifts also available
What You will be doing
- Sample preparation and Analysis. Prepare and analyze samples for microbiological contamination, using classical microbiological techniques as well as molecular methods.
- Method implementation. Implement and validate FDA BAM, AOAC, and EPA methods.
- Review & analyze data. All data must undergo extensive review by analysts, quality assurance and and the laboratory director before being released to the client.
- Method development. Our team is dedicated to constant improvement, and is always working on new methods, and ways to optimize current methods. You will have the opportunity to develop and validate new methods within the parameters of ISO 17025
What You Bring
- A passion for science, continual improvement & commitment to high quality work.
- A BS/BA, or masters in microbiology, or equivalent.
- Experience with ELISA, PCR, aseptic technique, FDA BAM, AOAC and other microbiological methods
- The ability to independently implement methods and validate methods per ISO17025 requirements.
- Expertise in the analysis of food and environmental samples
- The ability to work efficiently in a fast moving environment
- The ability to work independently and be able to troubleshoot on the fly
What We Bring
- A company culture dedicated to continual improvement, and Innovation.
- Advanced technical training and experience.You will have the opportunity to work on advanced projects and be on the cutting edge of a new growing Industry.
- Professional enrichment opportunities, such as attending conferences, seminars, & membership in professional organizations.
- Paid Vacation
- Employer matched 401K
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Educational reimbursement.
- Pay increases are merit based
Salary is DOE
www.praxis-laboratory.com
www.foodsafetydefense.com
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:
- microbiology: 3 years (Required)
Work authorization:
- United States (Required)
Additional Compensation:
- Bonuses
- Other forms
Work Location:
- One location
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
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