Senior Laboratory Technician

Position Summary

The Senior Laboratory Technician understands, operates, and maintains laboratory procedures per customer specification requirements, ensuring compliance with the latest customer specifications, company procedures, and quality control and assurance requirements. This role includes supporting troubleshooting technical or process or performance-related issues, and managing testing activities such as etch rate, salt spray, and IGA/EGP corrosion testing, and calibration of lab and production equipment. The Senior Laboratory Technician is also responsible for chemical inventory control—including ordering, labeling, tracking expiration dates, and disposal. Senior Tech is responsible to support production needs and anu process audits (internal/external) to maintain compliance with aerospace standards and customer specification NADCAP, AS9100, and ISO14001.

Essential Responsibilities

• Review specifications for chemical compositions, periodic testing, and lot testing requirements
• Procure chemicals, maintain inventory, and review chemical certifications for compliance
• Performs and oversees routine chemical analyses and trends (daily, weekly, monthly, and periodic) and trend analysis on processing solutions and aids in maintaining all process lines to optimum performance
• Maintain and update laboratory procedures per customer and industry specifications
• Manage and/or perform daily etch rates monitoring
• Prepare and perform/monitor Intergranular Attack (IGA) and Electrochemical Potentiokinetic Reactivation (EPR/EGP) testing
• Support production testing, chemical make-ups, etch rates, review results and troubleshoot processes
• Support other chemical technicians with daily assignments
• Prepare laboratory solutions and reagents required for analytical procedures
• Perform internal audits ie; 6s, process, corp mandated daily job card audits, etc.

Position Requirements

• Strong work ethic and leadership skills
• Time Management
• Ability to relate to and work well with people
• Attention to fine detail and tolerances required
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field required
• Certification or training in NADCAP, AS9100, or ISO 17025 lab standards. Familiarity with ASTM, AMS, and MIL-SPEC testing procedures and quality documentation
• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in aerospace or industrial metal surface treatment, including anodizing, passivation, plating, thermal coating and painting
• Strong understanding of chemical process control and analytical testing (e.g., titrations, pH, conductivity, atomic absorption). Ability to interpret and apply aerospace specifications (e.g., MIL-PRF-8625, AMS 2700, ASTM B117, etc.). Proficient in maintaining compliance with internal and external audits (e.g., NADCAP, OEM audits)
• High attention to detail and commitment to traceable, documented testing practices
• Strong organizational and time-management skills in a fast-paced environment. Effective communicator with ability to mentor and guide junior lab staff
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word), and calibration systems like TrueChem, and Gagetrak. Safety and compliance-minded with a proactive, collaborative approach to problem-solving