Lab Technician - 2nd shift

About the role

Join Our Team
Our employees are family.
At BADGER COLOR USA, we formulate, manufacture, and market custom concentrate and liquid color solutions for the plastic industry. We have a broad customer base with extensive product offerings from the shampoo bottle you used this morning to the cutting board you made dinner with, our products assist with daily life routines to creating memories with family and friends. As we continue to thrive as a growing leader in color concentrate for North America, we seek skilled, talented, motivated, and hard-working employees to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Measure, weigh up color formula’s materials to meet customer specifications.
• Weigh pigments, dyes, additives, and liquids by hand, and blend them on a mixer.
• Produce color chips using injection molding machines for sample submission and for each lot of colorant manufactured to ensure quality control.
• Match customer submissions as accurately as possible using lab equipment and guidance from experienced technicians.
• Clean work area as needed, and follow all Safety rules and regulations.
• Refill supply cabinets, pigment containers, pitchers, etc.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• 1-2 years prior experience in a lab environment preferred and plastics industry experience highly desirable.
• Strong basic math and measurement skills as evidenced by passing a basic math/weighing measurement test prior to employment, and able to perform advanced math, such as conversions, capability analysis, etc.
• Ability to see color accurately and able to pass Farnsworth-Munsell color test prior to employment, and minimum one color test annually after first year of employment.
• Positive attitude, enthusiasm, competent reading abilities, and good verbal communication skills.