Laboratory Assistant (Homelines)

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a global leader in applied safety science as a Laboratory Assistant in Bentonville, AR. In this role, you will handle testing and evaluation tasks in a collaborative environment, ensuring product safety and quality standards are met. The position requires effective communication and attention to detail, ideal for those passionate about safety and science.

Qualifications

• Effective communication skills and attention to detail.
• Desire to work efficiently in a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Writing client program and in-store reports.
• Performs tests using general laboratory equipment.
• Operates computer terminal to extract/input information.

Skills

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Microsoft Office Suite

Education

Higher Secondary Education

Job description

UL Solutions is an industry leader in safety science, helping our clients to achieve regulatory compliance for millions of retail products. This posting is for the role of Laboratory Assistant, working with our Homelines teams in our textiles laboratory in Bentonville, AR!

Responsibilities

• Writing Homelines client program and in-store reports
• Builds and/or adapts basic setup and test equipment for performance of tests.
• Performs tests using general laboratory equipment.
• Performs routine care of designated test equipment and work area.
• Operates computer terminal to extract/input readily available information and to use available software.
• As directed follows defined test plans and datasheets.
• Evaluates test performance and sample operation to properly evaluate test results.
• Records and explains test results.
• Reads and interprets results of tests.
• Prepares charts, graphs and reports to explain test results.
• Examines test samples, reads measuring instruments and reviews test data with supervisor.
• Reads and interprets blueprints, schematics, wiring diagrams and operational instructions.
• As instructed examines customer samples and learns to operate basic tests for each case.
• Communicates with customers during setup and operation to ensure proper evaluation.
• Operates designated laboratory equipment and tools as directed.
• Receives instructions from and reports data to engineers and other laboratory technician staff.
• Records observed or calculated data on appropriate data sheets.
• Develops working knowledge of the job, methods, instrumentation and systems.
• Integrates continuous improvement concepts and techniques into all aspects of the job.
• Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.
• Performs other duties as directed.

Qualifications

• Required: Higher Secondary Education
• Required: Effective communication skills and attention to detail, to balance multiple points of information
• Required: Desire to work efficiently in a team-oriented environment.
• Required: Ability to use Microsoft Office suite.

About Us

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

About the Team

From life jackets to lawnmowers, toys to televisions, beauty and wellness, vitamins and supplements, we’re involved in almost every consumer product you can imagine. We work with some of the largest retailers in the world, performing market surveillance, auditing and inspecting the products we put in and on our bodies. We abide by the highest ethical standards to ensure that not only are the products themselves safe, but the supply chains are using ethically and sustainably sourced materials. We build close relationships with our customers, providing advice and expertise to make sure they’re delivering safe products that meet the latest requirements and manufacturing them fairly. Join our team and make your mark on products that shape people’s lives.

Job Info

• Job Identification 6341
• Job Category Laboratory
• Posting Date 05/29/2025, 07:07 PM
• Degree Level High School Graduate
• Job Shift Day
• Locations 2601 SE OTIS CORLEY, Bentonville, AR, 72712, US

2601 SE OTIS CORLEY, Bentonville, AR, 72712, US