Corporate Analytical Scientist

Overview

Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets specialty ingredients that improve and enhance the health and well-being of life on the planet. The company provides state-of-the-art solutions and high-quality products for a range of industries worldwide. Corporate headquarters are in Montvale, New Jersey with a broad network of sales offices, manufacturing sites, and R&D centers, primarily in the US and Europe. Founded in 1967, Balchem is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ – BCPC) with annual revenues over $950 million and a market cap exceeding $5.0 billion.

The company consists of three business segments:
Human Nutrition & Health, Animal Nutrition & Health, and Specialty Products. Balchem employs over 1,400 people worldwide who are engaged in diverse activities, committed to developing the company into global market leadership positions. To learn more about Balchem, visit

Seeking a highly motivated and skilled scientist with laboratory analysis experience to join a diverse and dynamic group of scientists. This position is in the Corporate R&D group. The role provides product support to a wide range of Balchem’s business units, particularly Animal Nutrition and Health (ANH) and Human Nutrition and Health (HNH), in supporting product development and analysis to meet customer needs.

The research position involves testing nutrients in complex matrices including encapsulates, flavors, creamers, mineral chelates, lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins. The work also includes support testing of feed-grade choline and related products. The role entails focused technical collaborations with team members in analyses including characterization of microencapsulates, coatings and actives using a variety of instrumentation to impact product lines. The scientist will be required to manage some research projects, both short term and long term, and will collaborate with participants in projects from idea conception through product commercialization in dynamic and cross-functional teams.

• Provide solutions to challenging product/material problems using analytical chemistry tools including liquid and gas chromatography, spectroscopy, microscopy, titrations, etc.
• Perform method development, spectral interpretation, and instrument troubleshooting preventive maintenance (PMs).
• Provide support to QC teams in method development and method transfer to meet new product challenges.
• Maintain high standard of documentation of work, and communication of summarized reports to Manager.
• Conduct reverse engineering on competitive products.
• May supervise other chemists, technicians or interns in the completion of projects.

• Minimum BS degree in Chemistry or equivalent
• MS degree preferred
• 5-7 years of work experience in industry, particularly R&D environment
• Experience with analytical tools including GC, DSC, GC/MS, MP/AES, HPLC, UPLC, RI, FTIR, IC, Polarimeter, Texture Analyzer, Biochemical Analyzer, and auto titrators
• Method development in chromatography (HPLC, GC/MS, IC) is desirable
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience with materials used in foods and fine chemicals industry such as hydrocolloids, polymers, metabolites, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids is useful

• Work with chemicals in laboratory and plant environment, requiring appropriate personal protective equipment
• May require travel, including air travel as needed
• Prepares and analyzes data, operates computer, laboratory instruments, and equipment
• Combination of office and laboratory/manufacturing environments

Balchem is committed to a workplace culture that values and promotes diversity, inclusion, equal employment opportunities, and a work environment free of harassment and hostility.

The salary range for this role is between $110,000 and $120,000 per year.