Quality Lab Technician - 3rd Shift

About the role

To support the Analytical Chemist and Chemist in sample preparation for analysis. Assist with standard-making and instrumentation. Safe operation of the Analytical Lab and improvement of the plant safety culture. Timely, accurate, and precise chemical analysis.

Responsibilities

• Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist chemist in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of materials.
• Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
• Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as grinding, cleaning of glasswork, and sample preparation.
• Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
• Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
• Evaluating information to determine compliance with standards — using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Documenting/Recording Information
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; Associate’s Degree preferred.
• 1‑3 years’ experience working in a lab environment.
• Knowledge of chemistry — chemical composition, structure, properties of substances, chemical processes and transformations, uses, danger signs, production techniques, disposal methods.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics — arithmetic.
• Education required: High School or better; preferred: Associate’s degree in Material Sciences or related field.

Skills

• Science — using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
• Critical Thinking — using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches.
• Monitoring
• Active Listening
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• Problem Solving & Complexity — evaluate information to determine compliance with standards; elevate abnormalities or complex decisions to the Chemist or Lab Manager.
• Behaviors Preferred — Thought Provoking: capable of making others think deeply on a subject; Team Player: works well as a member of a group; Detail Oriented: capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well.