Quality Control Laboratory Technician

Responsibilities:

• Complies with all Safety, Health, and Environmental rules, procedures and regulations.
• Conducts all laboratory work in a safe manner including the use of proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), adherence to the site safety practices, use of lab equipment, 5S, etc
• Perform all work in strict adherence to QC standard laboratory procedures (SLPs).
• Reviews and provides recommended improvements to QC standard laboratory procedures (SLPs).
• Inspection and testing of incoming raw materials, semi-finished goods, and finished goods according to defined instructions, procedures and methods.
• Executes lab testing and generates test data, documentation and lab reports.
• Communicates basic observations regarding data and/or experimental outcome.
• Provides support for projects assigned by Engineers and/or Supervisors.
• Assists in maintaining project timelines.
• Employs basic problem-solving skills to overcome project bottlenecks and maintain project deliverable dates.
• Take on equipment ownership and responsible for maintaining safe operation of the assigned equipment.
• Reporting of lab results and methods according to accepted company lab practices; results, reports and observations will be communicated to internal/external customers.
• Records data in Excel or lab notebooks, processes documentation, computer databases such as SAP
• Maintains lab equipment in proper working order and performs verifications.
• Troubleshoots instrumentation failures.
• Participates in measuring system analysis testing.
• Participates in customer and regulatory audits.
• Participates in continuous improvement efforts.
• Understanding of mathematical and statistical techniques relevant to adhesive product testing.
• May train other technicians regarding equipment operation and/or test procedures.

Requirements:

• Reporting directly to Quality Control Supervisor, the QC Lab Specialist is responsible for testing chemical, physical, and mechanical properties of materials to determine conformance to standards and specifications.
• Strong commitment to safety, with demonstrated investment in safety improvement activities
• Solid interpersonal skills, must be able to work as a team member and independently on multi-task assignments
• High school diploma/GED and experience working in a chemical laboratory preferred.
• PC proficiency in Microsoft Office products, specifically excel tabling and charting, SAP, and other database experience preferred.
• Familiar with analytical equipment, wet chemistry techniques, and/or mechanical testing apparatuses.
• Strong work ethic, self-motivated and ability to drive projects to desired results.
• Sound communication skills, focused on problem solving and interdepartmental teamwork.
• Ability to balance changing priorities in a dynamic team environment.
• Ability to work on requested shift. Training rotations may occur on a different shift than the application states and can take 1-3 months to complete. Shifts may include 1st, 2nd, 3rd shifts as well as weekends.

Education:

• High school diploma/GED