Laboratory Technician II – Analytical Geochemistry - Houston, TX

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Houston (TX)

On-site

USD 55,000 - 75,000

Full time

4 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life

Disability

401(k) with company match

Vacation / PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Intertek in Houston, TX is seeking a Laboratory Technician II – Analytical Geochemistry to join our team on-site. The role focuses on delivering high-quality testing services with strict safety, ethics, and quality standards while meeting timelines.

The candidate will receive, prepare, test, and document samples using GC, GC-MS, HPLC, and related instruments, calibrate equipment, and mentor junior staff in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in Chemistry, Petroleum Engineering, Geosciences or equivalent.
3+ years laboratory experience required.
Familiarity with GC, GC-MS, GC-FID, GC-SCD, GC-TCD, HTGC and HPLC.
Strong MS Excel skills for data processing.
Able to troubleshoot and perform routine GC system maintenance.
Experience with crude oil characterization instrumentation.
Positive attitude with ability to multitask and collaborate.

Responsibilities

Receive, examine, and log inbound items for testing.
Deliver test samples to the sample staging area.
Monitor supplies and notify Laboratory Management of needs.
Prepare samples, reagents, calibrate equipment for testing.
Perform testing using specified methodologies and record results.
Verify results and enter data into logs and records for traceability.
Maintain documentation, equipment, and work areas in order.
Assist in training less experienced employees.
Adhere to safety, quality, ethics, and environmental policies.

Skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor degree in Chemistry, Petroleum Engineering, Geosciences or equivalent

Tools

GC-MS

GC-FID

GC-SCD

GC-TCD

HTGC

HPLC

Agilent Chemstation

MS Excel

Job description

Job Description

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS

Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is 'On-Site' at the location detailed in the job post.

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world's top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Laboratory Technician II-Analytical Geochemistry to join our team in Houston, TX.

Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands and organizations in every sector and industry around the world. We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Our Purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

What are we looking for?

The Laboratory Technician II – Analytical Geochemistry will perform the routine duties necessary to ensure that laboratory services are of the highest quality, and to ensure that such services are provided in a timely, safe, legal, and ethical manner.

Salary & Benefits Information

Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.

In addition to competitive compensation packages, when working with Intertek you can expect benefits including:

medical
dental
vision
life
disability
401(k) with company match
generous vacation / sick time (PTO)
tuition reimbursement

What You'll Do

To receive, examine, and record through a log-in process, inbound items for testing.

To deliver test samples to the sample staging area.

To monitor the availability of the supplies needed for the testing processes, and to make any needs for such supplies known to Laboratory Management.

To prepare samples and quality control specimens, to prepare and standardize reagents and solutions, and to calibrate equipment needed for the testing processes.

To perform testing of samples and quality control specimens using specified methodology.

To verify and communicate the results obtained, and to make the appropriate entries into instrument logs, control charts, calibration records, laboratory worksheets, and any other media, whether print or electronic, required to ensure the validity and traceability of the information.

To maintain documentation, equipment, and work areas in a neat and orderly condition.

To assist in the training of less experience employees.

To carry out the above responsibilities, and all others 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, commons sense, and diplomacy in so doing.

This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties.

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

The Lab Technician II is expected to have a Bachelor degree in Chemistry, Petroleum Engineering, Geosciences or extensive years of relevant work experience.

3+ years prior laboratory experience is required, including familiarity with GC, GC-MS, GC-FID, GC-SCD and GC-TCD operations and/or HTGC, HPLC.

The candidate must have the ability to troubleshoot and perform unassisted routine maintenance of the GC systems. Possessing a mechanical aptitude and exposure to data acquisition software required.