Lab Technician

Title: Laboratory Technician
Location:1800 E. President Street, Savannah, GA 31404

Pay Rate: $25.00 /HR on W2
Qualifications:

BS in Chemistry or related field with previous laboratory experience including wet chemistry analytical techniques a plus. 2 years of applicable laboratory experience can satisfy education requirements.

Consistently promotes a positive work attitude and inclusive mindset within and outside of the lab team
• Flexible with changing work priorities and shift schedules. Ability to support laboratory overtime requirements
• Effective time management skills in order to complete assigned tasks in a safe manner
• MS-Office proficiency (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams)
• Communicate clearly and effectively
• Basic troubleshooting abilities i.e. cycle power, check tubing, error code comprehension
• Contributes to the review and modification of lab procedures

Responsibilities:
• Follow site environment, health, and safety requirements
• Operate computer controlled instrumentation and be able to store and extract data i.e. analytical balances, microwave digestion ovens, surface area analysis, atomic absorption, x-ray fluorescence/diffraction, particle size analysis.
• Routinely calibrate and run checks on select instrumentation i.e. pH meter, AA.
• Maintains sample retain inventory discarding samples in a timely manner
• Conduct quality control testing on all products manufactured by the Client Savannah site facility according to established SOPs and work instructions.
• Prepare quality control production samples such as microspheres, zeolites, FCC catalysts and alumina.
• Prepare environmental effluent samples
• Prepare final product samples and documentation for shipment release and immediately report any non-conformances
• Recording experimental observations and data entry
• Interpreting control charts and graphs and report out of specification results per site requirements
• Communicate accurate analytical information to operations personnel
• Review and request updates to laboratory procedures
• Actively participates in team meetings, communicating issues or needs of the lab
• Basic LIMS usage - data transfer, data entry, release, launch, and deletion of samples
• Non-routine sample handling in LIMS
• Review stock levels of laboratory consumables and restock as necessary
• Ability to read and interpret standard operating procedures
• Basic laboratory knowledge including but not limited to: dilutions, pipetting, mathematic calculations

Comments/Special Instructions

Technician will follow the Dupont schedule once fully trained. Training will be from 6AM-3PM Monday-Friday with an hour lunch break. Estimated time of training is one month but can be prolonged if needed.

The Dupont schedule alternates days and nights with breaks in between. A typical work month the technician will work 15 out of the 30 days. Shifts are 12 hours starting at either 6AM or 6PM. The schedule resets on a 4 week rotation and every 4th week the technician gets the week off. Since the shifts are 12 hours some of the weeks have built in guaranteed overtime pay. The example rotation is

N12 N12 N12 N12 OFF OFF OFF
D12 D12 D12 OFF N12 N12 N12
OFF OFF OFF D12 D12 D12 D12
OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF

N12=12 hour night shift
D12=12 hour day shift
Off= not scheduled

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