Laboratory Technician

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA

Laboratory Technician

Grade: 30/31 Non‑Exempt (based on experience)

Offfer Range: $68,000 – $102,000

The INEOS O&P USA business manufactures and markets Ethylene, Propylene, Butadiene, Polypropylene and Polyethylene. Manufacturing sites include Chocolate Bayou Works (Alvin, TX), Battleground Manufacturing Complex (LaPorte, TX), and Carson PP Unit (Carson, CA), with a division office in League City. This position is part of the Analytical team at the Battleground Manufacturing Complex.

The plant in La Porte, Texas, produces approximately 2 billion pounds of polyethylene and polypropylene annually. These materials are used in many applications such as containers for milk, water, fruit juice, gas tanks, carpet backing, roofing membranes, pipes, and toys.

The Lab Technician reports to the Chemists/Team Leaders and works at the Battleground Manufacturing Complex in La Porte, TX. The role supports operational process control, meets customer specifications, and participates in troubleshooting or improvement projects.

• Follow all safety/PPE rules and actively promote safety issues such as behavior‑based safety, safety audits, safety committee meetings, safety improvement reports, job safety analysis, safety inspections, etc.
• Maintain Safety, Health and Environmental aspects of day‑to‑day operations in the lab through adherence to SHE procedures and uphold the INEOS 20 Safety Principles.
• Conduct testing and analysis, including sample preparation, ensuring all analyses comply with procedures.
• Prioritize customer requests and tests, perform tests under appropriate conditions, enter results into the LIMS system, and report deviations from calibration to the scientist or team leader.
• Communicate results within the Analytical group, TSD, and Manufacturing; discuss special testing requirements and internal customer priorities.
• Analyze monitor samples and keep equipment monitor records per policy.
• Proactively keep the laboratory and equipment clean to maintain housekeeping standards.
• Apply statistical process control (SPC) to laboratory test results to assure measurement system stability.
• Promote quality goals and demonstrate attention to quality in job performance.
• Check testing equipment operation, troubleshoot problems, perform routine preventive maintenance, and notify the team leader of abnormalities.
• Write maintenance work orders or place orders for approved lab supplies and follow equipment maintenance policy.
• Perform tasks professionally with good housekeeping and laboratory technique.
• Participate in training across analytical areas and support workload when higher testing turnover is required.
• Support the INEOS Mission, Values, Philosophies and Quality statements.

• Minimum Associate Degree preferred in Chemistry and/or Chemical Technology or equivalent lab experience.
• 1‑3 years of lab or operations experience in a chemical plant, refinery, or gas processing plant.
• Position is straight days with possible weekend standby on a rotating basis.
• Computer skills: E‑mail, SAP, Word, Excel and PowerPoint experience preferred.
• Experience using Personal Protective Equipment.
• Experience following safety procedures, including OSHA standards.
• Experience in ASTM and ISO methodology according to ISO
  17025 Standards.
• Experience in one or more of the following:
  • Physical Properties testing – Tensile/Elongation, Flex Modulus, Impact Testing
  • Chromatography (HPLC and/or GC)
  • Wet Chemistry Methods such as Extractions and Solubility
  • Spectroscopy Methods – Infrared, X‑ray, ICP
  • Microscopy Techniques

• Performance Bias: A bias for action – does things before being asked or forced by events.
• Business Insight:
  Understands internal/external customer needs and strives to exceed their expectations.
• Partnership & Teamwork:
  Demonstrates shared commitment to the success of the team and the wider organization.
• Customer focused – works effectively and efficiently.
• Understands general laboratory analytical techniques & practices.
• Problem Solving and Judgment.
• Performance Delivery:
  Highly…