Lab Technician

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works with moderate work direction and can identify issues/problems but may need assistance in resolving.
• Worker performs chemical, biological, physical, and/or mechanical analyses and tests required for application engineering, research, development, or quality control processes and products.
• Assists with compiling, analyzing, interpreting and documenting results.

Education and Experience:

• Experience with equipment such as scanning electron microproducts (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and total organic carbon (TOC) analyzers are helpful for success in this role.
• A background working in a chemistry lab or coursework on microbiology is highly desired.
• Experience with industrial filtration, water filtration/water treatment and analysis are also important for success.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• General knowledge about chemical usage and safety is beneficial for experiments in the lab.
• An individual with extensive technical expertise acquired through experience and/or some course work related to the divisions technologies (physical chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics).
• Has understanding of scientific or engineering principles.
• Demonstrated ability to make technically sound contributions to advancement of knowledge in area of technological specialty, to recognize product improvement and/or new product opportunities, and to produce innovative solutions to key technical problems.
• Has a history of leadership and contributions having a significant impact on the division’s business.