Lab Technician

Principle Accountabilities

• Ensure process data generated in the assigned mill process area is correct and sufficient.
• Provide technician support in all quality and production related concerns.
• Attend safety meetings, stay abreast of all mill safety rules and regulations, complete annual safety training, present department safety meetings, initiate Safety Work Orders, perform lab hygiene inspections, maintain personal housekeeping, and wear required personal protective equipment.
• Train and cross-train hourly employees in proper testing procedures with minimal supervision.
• Write and update testing procedures and work with process area supervision to indirectly supervise hourly employees.
• Add new tests and manual or automated lab-supported test equipment as they become available and feasible.
• Maintain 100% availability of all lab-supported testing equipment by writing purchase requisitions, repairing, calibrating, maintaining backup equipment, and performing preventative maintenance.
• Maintain an inventory of calibration standards and spare parts for all lab-supported testing equipment.
• Verify validity of testing equipment using mill operating data, Total Quality tools, and other appropriate services.
• Maintain involvement with quality teams, trials, and projects in the assigned process area.
• Advise supervisors, engineers, and hourly employees on quality, testing, or process-related issues.
• Assist with process troubleshooting.
• Perform additional analytical testing and reporting specific to the assigned process area.
• Cross-train and maintain working knowledge of all other lab technicians' duties to provide vacation relief and train new technicians.
• Perform vessel entry and hot work permit atmospheric testing primarily in the assigned process area and millwide when necessary.
• Collect routine environmental samples and perform testing and record process effluent and potable water analysis data to help monitor and maintain environmental regulatory compliance.
• Absorb spills and perform spill response and containment.
• Assist with maintaining the health of the wastewater treatment system.
• Attend periodic training and maintain certifications for job responsibilities.
• Perform weekend environmental duty and weekly call duty responsibilities.
• Perform other miscellaneous projects and duties assigned by the Department Supervisor.

  Basic Qualifications

  • Post high school education (science or technical related curriculum), or equivalent experience (3-5 years) in a specialized paper mill or lab.
  • Authorized to work in the U.S.

  Compensation And Benefits

  • Starting salary range: $58,000 - $65,000
  • Paid Vacation: Three (3) weeks per calendar year. Pro-rata Vacation during the initial year of hire based upon start date within the calendar year.
  • Paid Holidays.
  • Enrollment in certain benefit coverages (medical, dental, and vision) and automatic enrollment in life, AD&D, and disability coverages upon hire.
  • Automatic enrollment in the 401k plan with both pre-tax and Roth contribution options and employer provided matching contributions.