Research Laboratory Technician

JOB TITLE:

Research Technician, Tidal Clear Water Science

REPORTS TO:

Technical Director STATUS:
Full Time, non-exempt COMPENSATION: $33-35/hr depending on experience and interview outcomes

LOCATION:

Bellingham, WA BENEFITS:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, optional FSA/HSA, 401k with 6% employer match, life and AD&D insurance, Employee Assistance Program, short & long term disability, tuition reimbursement, 21.67 days of paid time off + 10 holidays About Tidal Vision:

We believe that sustainability should not require customers to compromise on price, convenience, or performance. Our mission is to create positive and systemic environmental impact by making our biopolymer solutions cost competitive, more convenient, and better performing than the synthetic chemicals we displace. We value innovation and take pride in challenging the status-quo; we choose to view obstacles as opportunities. We value new ideas and encourage the team to apply creativity and invent new solutions to meet challenging demands.

We foster open, direct communication, and a collaborative working environment through our unique approach to work culture. We value our employees and demonstrate that through our compensation and benefits programs and opportunities for growth and development.

Tidal Vision strives to build and invest in the highest performing and most innovative team. We put our people and customers above process, avoid company-wide rules as much as possible, and have the courage to take unusual approaches to advance our mission. With this approach, we believe we can create a more flexible, fun, stimulating, creative, collaborative, and innovative organization.

Our commitment to developing, practicing and promoting direct and open communication, responsibility and freedom, and leading with and seeking context is a responsibility for every role at Tidal Vision.

Tidal Clear Water Science is a water treatment company operating as a focused chitosan-based research and development center. We are looking for a Research Technician to execute experiments that further our understanding of chitosan chemistry and support product development, from early proof of concept through the samples that reach customers in the field. Most of the role will be spent in the lab, carrying out experiments and collecting data.

We want someone with strong technique who takes real ownership of the quality of their data.

Every product we sell rests on data generated in our lab. The experiments run in this role determine which formulations move forward, what we can claim for performance and shelf life, and which product a customer gets for their water. We are displacing metal and synthetic coagulants with a biopolymer, and that case is only as strong as the data supporting it.

• Run lab-scale experiments across our project portfolio, following established protocols and test methods
• Perform bench tests including jar testing, turbidity, pH, conductivity, zeta potential, viscosity, and settling and filtration evaluations
• Characterize customer and field water samples, running the analyses that inform treatment recommendations
• Run stability studies on commercial and prototype formulations to establish product shelf life
• Prepare reagents, standards, dilutions, and test waters to specification
• Record data completely at the time of measurement, including units, conditions, and observations

• Blend commercial and prototype formulations to specification, documenting actual quantities against the batch record
• Label, package, and document samples, including lot and batch identification
• Assemble and ship sample kits with correct hazard…