Laboratory Technician 2

Job Summary

Operates laboratory equipment and supports day-to-day laboratory processes to ensure reliable radiological gas analysis operations.

Performs routine maintenance and basic troubleshooting of specialized instrumentation and supporting systems, including gas chromatographs, vacuum systems, pressure measurement equipment, and radiological gas separation and measurement equipment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Operate laboratory processing equipment; follow written laboratory procedures and technical manuals to accurately record data from received environmental air samples, perform gas separation, and process samples in multiple laboratory sections.
• Analyze and report measurement results obtained using specialized radiological counting instruments.
• Perform calibrations and basic preventive maintenance routines.
• Communicate data findings to management and technical staff.
• Track inventory usage and notify appropriate personnel as inventory needs arise.
• Maintain good laboratory housekeeping standards.
• Maintain knowledge of safety policies and applicable environmental, health, and safety standards; consistently perform assigned duties in a safe manner.
• Complete End-of-Day Safety/Security procedures.
• Work with a high level of personal accountability, teamwork, initiative, and quality.

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma.
• Vocational or Technical Certification in a related field and a minimum of 2 years of direct production within a technical environment or a scientific laboratory is preferred.
• An associate's degree or 2 years of college-level science-related coursework and direct experience is highly preferred.
• Ability to read, write, and interpret documents, and write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Microsoft Office familiarity, particularly Word and Excel.
• US Citizenship with ability to attain/maintain government security clearance.