Laboratory Technician

Laboratory Technician

Kelly Services has provided outstanding employment opportunities to the most talented individuals in the marketplace for over 60 years. Today, Kelly Science is searching for a Lab Technologist to join our team at a Fortune 500 Chemical Company in Baytown, TX for a long-term assignment

Job

Skills:

• Excellent safety record and fundamental knowledge of laboratory safety
• Experience in lab operations, including use of computer control
• Mechanical aptitude for operating and troubleshooting lab equipment
• Ability to run or learn to run analytical tests required to support plant operations
• Excellent teamwork
• Commitment to data quality
• Attention to details
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities

Responsibilities:

• Safely operate and maintain Lab equipment
• Provide support for third party vendors performing required equipment calibration
• Conduct lab test according to lab testing procedures
• Record test results on sample analysis sheets, entered into the computer, and provide to operations
• Calibration of Instruments using Statistical Quality Charts (SQC)
• Communicate with operators and business group representatives
• Maintain lab supplies
• Obtain supplies from the storehouse
• Keep warehouse inventory of stored retains
• Attend lab team meetings
• Cylinder Maintenance
• Participate in equipment safety reviews
• Water instruments: TOC, AA, UV-VIS, Titration, pH, and Conductivity
• GC: TCD, FID, and SIMDIST
• Physical testing:
  Chemiluminescence, Distillation, Flashpoint, Viscosity, Density

Education:

• Minimum of 2 years college or closely related field experience
• Will consider years of equivalent experience in lieu of degree