Quality Lab Technician - 1st Shift

Vesuvius North America; Kentucky; On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Vesuvius North America in Kentucky is seeking a Quality Lab Technician to support analytical chemists with sample preparation and standard-making, and assist with instrumentation.

You will perform lab tests, prepare solutions, maintain equipment, and document results, working to ensure compliance with standards in a fast-paced plant environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Associate's Degree preferred.
• 1-3 years' experience in a lab environment.
• Chemistry knowledge and math basics.

Responsibilities

• Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to support chemists in analyses.
• Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments.
• Set up and conduct experiments and sample preparation.
• Monitor product quality to ensure compliance.
• Prepare chemical solutions following standardized formulas.
• Evaluate information to ensure compliance with standards.
• Document and record information accurately.
• Communicate with supervisors, peers, or subordinates.

Skills

Science

Critical Thinking

Monitoring

Active Listening

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate's Degree

Job description

Purpose

To support the Analytical Chemist and Chemist in sample preparation for analysis. Assist with standard-making and instrumentation.

Job Details

Description

Quality Lab Technician

Purpose

To support the Analytical Chemist and Chemist in sample preparation for analysis. Assist with standard-making and instrumentation.

Dimensions Of Position

• Safe operation of the Analytical Lab and improvement of the plant safety culture
• Timely, accurate, and precise chemical analysis

Key Result Areas

• 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

Experience

• 1-3 years' experience working in a lab environment

Knowledge

• Chemistry - Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
• Mathematics - Knowledge of basic arithmetic

Skills & Behaviour

• Science - using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
• Critical Thinking - using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Monitoring
• Active Listening
• Ability to pay close attention to detail

Problem Solving & Complexity

The Lab Technician is expected to evaluate information to determine compliance with standards. Any abnormalities or complex decisions will be elevated to the Chemist of Lab Manager.

Environmental Conditions

• Work is completed 100% inside.
• Exposure to Chemicals, Toxic Materials, and Equipment

Physical Requirements

• Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds