Senior Lab Technician: Innovative Materials Testing

3M; Maplewood (MN); On-site; USD 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

3M is seeking a Senior Laboratory Technician at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN, on-site four days a week. You will collaborate with scientists to perform routine and complex lab tasks, test materials, and evaluate new products.

You will develop and modify test methods, analyze data, document results in notebooks, and train new personnel while ensuring supply availability and adherence to procedures in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED or higher completed before start.
• 6+ months of formal technical training in laboratory procedures.
• 2+ years of related laboratory, technical, quality, research, manufacturing, or testing experience.
• 3+ years of experience using laboratory procedures, technical instructions, work methods, or standard operating procedures.
• 3+ years of experience operating, maintaining, or troubleshooting specialized laboratory or technical equipment.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical assistance to scientists by performing routine and complex laboratory tasks, including testing and evaluation of new materials and products based on research.
• Assisting in the development and modification of test methods and apparatus for new products and processes.
• Performing statistical data analysis, interpretation, and documentation of experimental results in technical notebooks; testing or making visual observations on product samples, including competitor samples, and communicating test results to the appropriate requester.
• Assisting and training new personnel on basic principles and procedures in the laboratory, and helping ensure availability of raw materials by maintaining and ordering needed supplies and equipment.
• Maintaining accurate technical reports to support effective information transfer.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Independence

Prioritization

Education

High school diploma/GED or higher

Job description

3M is seeking a Senior Laboratory Technician at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN, on-site four days a week. You will collaborate with scientists to perform routine and complex lab tasks, test materials, and evaluate new products.

You will develop and modify test methods, analyze data, document results in notebooks, and train new personnel while ensuring supply availability and adherence to procedures in a fast-paced, regulated environment.