Laboratory Technician

Responsibilities

• Provide prompt, accurate test data as required to support operations.
• Provide real-time feedback to allow manufacturing adjustments based on sample analysis and mechanical testing results obtained in the Laboratory.
• Develop reporting tools to make complex data more easily understandable.
• Provide Laboratory results to Quality Engineers/Product Engineers and other Novelis personnel for further analysis.
• May be required to interact with vendors and maintenance personnel to help troubleshoot and resolve equipment issues.
• Operate sample inventory management, sample preparation, and sample testing equipment.
• Be an active participant in reliability issues related to Laboratory equipment.
• Aid in the implementation of training plans, development of training documentation, and training of new Laboratory Technicians.
• Support audits and findings gap closure.
• Address and resolve certification issues.
• Participate in problem-solving resolution and verify/validate corrective actions.
• Actively support EHS policy, align decisions and actions with the EHS management system, and integrate EHS performance in day-to-day operations.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of the plant’s Quality System by serving as a resource.
• Engage in continuous improvement activities that will help create a safer and more efficient Laboratory environment.
• Perform other tasks as required by the Process Engineering team.
• Use the necessary instruments and tools to perform the following tasks:
• Daily, weekly, monthly PM’s of quantometers and milling machines.
• Chemistry tests.
• Daily caster cooling water, make-up water and city water tests.
• Limca inclusion tests.
• Prefil-podfa inclusion tests.
• Prepare met lab samples for inclusion analysis.
• Prepare the inclusion reports with working casting process engineer.
• Daily ingot inspections.
• Scrap melt loss tests.
• Scrap moisture test.
• Scrap organic and dust tests.
• Hardener inspections.
• Purchase requisitions for the necessary supplies of the lab equipment and tests.
• Record test results on time and accurately.

Qualifications

• Willingness to work 8-hour or 12-hour, rotating shifts as well as holidays and weekends if business needs require.
• Ability to work effectively without close supervision in a challenging environment while maintaining a positive outlook and striving for world-class process improvements.
• Adequate computer skills to navigate lab software and communicate throughout the organization are required.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to walk and stand for most of the shift.
• Experience in a lab setting is a plus.