Science & research jobs in Canada (1,402 jobs)

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Counted Nov 7, 2026

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Open jobs: 1,402
Employers: 692

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payCAD / hour: $26.22Across 272 listings
Average starting payCAD / year: $84,037Across 114 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: <1%4 listings
Hybrid: 10%146 listings
On-site: 87%1,218 listings

Not specified: 2% (34 listings)

Employers hiring include The Davey Tree Expert Company (90), Bartlett Tree Experts (59), WSP in Canada (43).

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Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

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Actlabs

Chemist - Geo Production

Ancaster, ON, Canada

$80,000 to $85,000 CAD / year · Full-time

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Job details

Pay: $80,000 to $85,000 CAD / year
Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Nov 26, 2026
Experience: Education Required: Minimum of B.Sc. in Chemistry with 2-3 years of experience working in a production analytical Laboratory setting.
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 27, 2026

Original job description

The Chemist – Geo Production will provide technical support to lab managers, process owners, and operation teams in identifying quality issue root causes, lead investigations into quality issues, and act as the lead for addressing quality issues at all stages of geochemical analysis including processing and testing of samples, and data review.

The Chemist – Geo Production will develop, improve and customize current procedures optimizing them for Actlabs instrumentation and equipment, investigation of quality issues, review of updated drafts of QOP/QCPs, and helping to lead operations’ personnel in the implementation of new or modified validated and verified methods from the Research and Development group.

Education Required: Minimum of B.Sc. in Chemistry with 2-3 years of experience working in a production analytical Laboratory setting.

‘Must Have’ Qualifications:

Conducting root cause analysis and investigation on quality matters.

Writing experimental proposals and report.

Planning research projects and implementing them.

Excellent verbal and written communication

Organizational skills

Ability to handle several tasks at once

Experience with formulating, performing and completing wet lab experiments.

Experience with testing, developing and validating procedures from start to the end.-

Intrinsically motivated.

Strong ability to work independently, and as part of multifunctional teams.

Qualifications which are assets:

Demonstrated experience working with analytical instruments like AA, ICP-OES, ICP-MS.

Responsibilities: May include some or all of the following; or any other tasks assigned directly or indirectly by

Lab manager:

Investigating and performing root cause analysis of assigned client complaints and help with defining and Implementing CAPA for these tickets.

Investigating and performing root cause analysis of assigned NCRs and help with defining and

implementing CAPA for these tickets.

Investigating and performing root cause analysis of redo jobs for processes assigned by Lab manager and help with defining and implementing CAPA.

Helping process owners with formulating, testing and developing special wet chemistry methods requested by client for special projects.

Investigating and addressing operation failures assigned by Lab manager including but not limited to:

digestion/titration/fusion failure; calibrations failures; contaminations; and, IC/AA/OES/MS run

failures.

Review QOP/QCP updated drafts and help process owners finalizing drafts for QA review.

Helping operations with implementing new validated and verified procedures from the R&D group.

Attending and contributing to meetings addressing operational quality issues, concerns, solutions, and opportunities.

Reporting completed/in progress tasks/projects to lab manager on weekly basis.

Keeping track of all steps, time and resources taken/used for all completed/in progress projects to be included in yearly SRED application.

Looking out for new advanced lab methods/procedures applicable to ActLabs, and presenting/proposing them to Lab manager to be discussed with R&D team.

Responsible for improving current in use procedures to be more error proof with a goal of achieving higher level of time and cost efficiency

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Responsibilities

Investigate client complaints, non-conformance reports, redo jobs, and operational failures; identify root causes and help define and implement corrective and preventive actions. Improve and validate laboratory procedures, support implementation of methods developed by R&D, review quality procedure drafts, and report project progress and resource use.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and 2–3 years of experience in a production analytical laboratory are required. Candidates should have experience with root cause investigations, wet-lab experiments, research planning, technical writing, and developing and validating procedures; experience with AA, ICP-OES, or ICP-MS is an asset.

Skills

Root Cause Analysis
Quality Investigations
Corrective And Preventive Actions
Wet Chemistry Experiments
Method Development
Procedure Validation
Analytical Chemistry
Quality Control
Technical Writing
Research Project Planning
Analytical Instrumentation
Communication
Organization
Multitasking
Independent Work
Cross-Functional Collaboration

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Keywords

Chemistry
Geochemical Analysis
Production Analytical Laboratory
Root Cause Analysis
Client Complaints
Non-Conformance Reports
Corrective And Preventive Actions
Wet Chemistry
Laboratory Procedures
Method Development
Method Validation
Quality Assurance
Quality Control
Research And Development
Sample Processing
Data Review
Digestion
Titration
Fusion
Calibration
Contamination
Atomic Absorption
ICP-OES
ICP-MS
Experimental Proposals
Research Project Planning
Laboratory Instrumentation
QOP
QCP
SRED

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