QC Lab Tech

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Ortec has been providing custom chemical solutions and personalized service since 1980. With three plants and over 300 employees, we can meet the production needs of our customers while maintaining a high level of personalized service. We are large enough to get the job done, but small enough to care. Even as the company grows and develops new services, we never forget the values that shaped us and kept our commitment to delivering measurable quality.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Partner Paid Short-Term Disability and AD&D
• On-Site Nurse
• Company Paid Employee Assistance Plan
• 401k with match
• And much more...

Conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials for purposes such as research and development of new products or processes, quality control, maintenance of environmental standards, and other work involving experimental, theoretical, or practical application of chemistry and related sciences.

• Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
• Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical and chemical separation techniques.
• Conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials of raw materials and product batches.
• Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
• Provide technical support and assistance to chemists and engineers.
• Prepare chemical solutions for products and processes following standardized formulas or create experimental formulas.
• Maintain, clean, and calibrate laboratory instruments and equipment.
• Write technical reports to document experimental results.
• Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
• Assist in developing QC methods of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, and products. Document results in notebooks and batch sheets.
• Create Certificates of Analysis for completed batches, communicate results to chemist in charge of project, and keep fellow lab technicians and supervisor informed of batch status.
• Approve Certificates of Analysis for raw materials.
• Maintain files for Certificates of Analysis and Material Safety Data Sheets.
• Abide by all Company and OSHA lab safety standards set for work areas.

• Minimum of High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)
• B.S. in Chemistry/Biology/Science field is a plus.

• General laboratory skills.
• Detail-oriented.

Computer Skills

• MS Word and Excel

• Vision (Near, Distance, Color, Peripheral, Depth Perception)
• Sense of Sound (voice, equipment sounds, alarms, phone)
• No Smell
• No Touch
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Safety glasses, respiratory, Nitrile gloves, closed toe and heel shoes, lab coat)

• Ventilated, well-lighted laboratory with work benches, vented hoods, tile or epoxy flooring. Temperatures are high.

Must be able to work 12 hour rotating shift position. Rotating shift; alternating 36-/48-hour workweeks: 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m./7:30 p.m. – 8:00 a.m.

May be subject to pre-employment screening that may include drug screening, reference checks, employment verifications, and background screenings.

Ortec is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.