Senior Technician - Laboratory

Responsibilities

• Conducts chemical and physical analysis of various material and metals
• Advices and recommends process chemical setting adjustment to respective operational departments
• Performs stability and calibration analysis
• Interprets tests and analyses results and prepares reports
• Maintains a record of all results obtained and reports abnormalities to the Chemist Senior Chemist
• Investigates any abnormal results by carrying out duplicate analysis checking instrument calibration or running standard samples
• Maintains good laboratory housekeeping
• Monitors internal processes throughout all day to day activities
• Works independently without supervision
• Operates high asset laboratory equipment
• Takes decisions during emergencies
• Develops new methods whenever required changing from wet chemical to instrumental methods and establishes standard operating procedures
• Assesses the operating level to comply with Dubai Municipality limits and operation s parameters
• Competently uses all analytical equipment such as optical emission spectrometer spectrophotometers X-ray diffraction X-ray fluorescence atomic absorption gas chromatograph fault gas analyzer LECO carbon Sulphur oxygen analyzer specialized carbon testing equipment and any other equipment as per lab requirement
• Ensures proper handling of the standard chemical laboratory apparatus such as balance pipettes burettes conductivity and turbidity meters pH meters furnaces ovens distillation apparatus etc
• Safely handles dangerous toxic and corrosive chemicals and demonstrates competency in operating sophisticated laboratory equipment
• Ensure to adopt Continual Development in day-to-day activities

• BSC in Chemistry or equivalent is preferred.
• High or Secondary school standard education is essential.
• Minimum Experience 6-7 years of both instrumental and wet chemical analysis, 1 year of which should have been in a power plant (preferably in a power and desalination plant), or aluminum smelter laboratory.
• Skills Knowledge of principles and techniques of quantitative and qualitative chemical laboratory analysis.
• Be able to demonstrate the ability to operate laboratory equipment and be able to conduct physical and chemical analysis and tests, whilst interpreting the results, and preparing reports.
• Good understanding of the process for which the material is being analyzed.
• Ability to work with minimal or no supervision.