Lab Assistant (Intern), Laboratory Operations

Position Summary:

• Work Schedule: Part-time (15-20/hours per week) Monday-Friday between 7 AM - 3:30 PM

• 100% on-site (San Diego)

Catalent Inc. is a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) and Catalents San Diego facility focuses on early-stage development of small molecule and peptide drug candidates from the bench to the clinic. This facility offers an array of services that support oral and injectable dosage forms that include preformulation testing formulation and analytical development cGMP manufacturing and clinical packaging labeling and worldwide distribution. Our San Diego location is the home of our Catalent Spray Drying technologies with downstream roller compaction capabilities to support the needs of our clients most challenging compounds.

Catalent offers students a fun and stimulating environment to gain lab experience and exposure to pharmaceutical chemistry development. Lab Assistants will have the opportunity to learn about formulation development of drug products including but not limited to tableting solutions suspensions encapsulation and spray addition Assistants will have the opportunity to learn the analytical chemistry techniques used to characterize active pharmaceutical ingredients and formulations such as: pH density powder X-ray diffraction thermal analysis microscopy and dissolution testing.

If you are a UC San Diego student and are hired you are likely eligible to enroll in the UC San Diego School of Biological SciencesCo-Op addition to paid work experience at Catalent youd gain professional development and science communication training through a UC San Diego course for academic credit. (This is the Co-Op Program link: is a PART TIME PAID YEAR-ROUND student internship and all students are required to commit 15-20 hours per week (NOTE: bachelors degree graduates will not be considered). To be considered for this San Diego-based internship you must be able to work on-site weekly**

The Role:

• Support collection and organization of laboratory glassware prior to cleaning

• Prepare solutions for laboratory glassware cleaning

• Participate in laboratory glassware cleaning

• Restocking laboratory glassware

• Ensuring storage and work areas are clean

• Learn and comply with all GMP practices in use at Catalent.

• Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate:

• Must currently be a part-time or full-time college student working to obtain an Associates or Bachelors degree in a Scientific Field (Chemistry Biology Biochemistry preferred.)

• Experience in a laboratory preferred

• Ability to conduct routine tasks with attention to detail

• Availability to work 15-20 hours per week on-site during the hours of 7am-3:30pm Monday-Friday (no exceptions)

• Housing assistance and/or relocation are NOT available for this role

• Physical Requirements: On an average day this position requires the ability to walk sit and stand use hands to handle or feel reach with hands and arms at or above shoulder height and below waist height climb or balance stoop kneel crouch or crawl; talk and hear smell and lift up to 25 pounds. Specific vision requirements including reading of written documents visual inspection of materials and use of computer monitor screen frequently

Pay:

• The annual starting pay for this position in San Diego CA is $20/hour. The final salary offered to a successful candidate may vary and will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: the type and length of experience within the job type and length of experience within the industry skillset education business needs etc. Catalent is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

Why you should join Catalent:

• Awesome employee activities: Movie Day Monthly Birthday Celebrations Friday Bagel Breakfast On-site Fitness Center with machines Sponsored Sports Teams and several other company-sponsored events that encourages positive employee comradery which contributes to effectively building positive employee relationships overall creating a positive work environment.

• Environmentally friendly green initiatives with on-site practices as well as regularly participating in Beach Clean-up activities for community engagement.

• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on Diversity and Inclusion.

• Competitive salary/hourly rate offering students an amazing company to add to your resume before graduation with exciting hands-on lab experience.

• Positive and fast-paced working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative and dynamic.