LABORATORY TECHNICIAN - TORRANCE, CA

About the role

Assistance in various area of laboratory operation for gas and hydrocarbon liquids testing in accordance with business needs of the Branch and Region, and in conformance with the Company’s Quality Management System.

Responsibilities

• Receive the samples submitted for testing by login pertinent information into LIMS system.
• Report analytical results to the customers; interact with customers via email or phone when required.
• Perform analytical testing (GC, RVP, molecular weight, density, distillation etc.) in accordance to standardized methodologies (GPA, ASTM) utilized by the laboratory.
• Help with maintaining all laboratory equipment in a good working condition. When required, perform routine maintenance.
• Respect and dutifully follow laboratory safety practices.
• Adhere to professionalism and to the principles of the scientific method, basing decisions on education, experience, observation, and deduction.
• Perform other assigned duties like cylinder cleaning, cylinders preparation for shipping, general laboratory housekeeping duties.
• Carry out the above responsibilities, and other, which may be assigned, in a manner demonstrating support for and adherence to the Company’s Safety Policy and Procedures, Quality Policy and Procedures, Ethics Policy, Environmental Management System, Vision and Strategy, and to exercise good judgment, common sense, and diplomacy in so doing.

Requirements

• Must have experience working in laboratory setup, preferably with GC instruments.
• College Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Physical or Life Science.
• Minimum Two Years Laboratory Experience.
• And/or Training Equivalent combination of education and experience.

Qualifications

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk or hear; and taste and smell.
• Frequently required to walk.
• Occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; and stoop or kneel.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• Regularly works near moving mechanical parts and with explosive material.
• Regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risks of electrical shock.

Skills

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and