Industrial Lab Technician; 1st Shift, Mon - Fri

DISCLAIMER

This is a hands-on industrial lab role in an aerospace maintenance and repair facility—not a medical or clinical laboratory position. You will regularly move between the lab and the manufacturing floor, working with chemicals, metals, machining equipment, tanks and protective gear (including Tychem suits under certain conditions) which may require a change of clothes thereafter.

The Lab Technician performs chemical and metallurgical laboratory tests to validate and control various shop processes. This position will conduct a variety of monitoring and testing duties in support of multiple departments that repair turbine engine components used primarily in the aerospace industry. Responsibilities may include wet chemistry testing of process solutions, metallurgical testing, and the evaluation of various metallic specimens.

The Lab Technician additionally monitors and performs preventative maintenance and adjustments to laboratory test equipment and further monitors and ensures regulatory requirements are followed.

Through our extensive in-house training program, the successful applicant will be instructed via a series of computer based and hands-on training, the necessary skills of the position. This position operates from a climate-controlled environment.

Component Repair Technologies, Inc. (CRT) began as a locally family-owned business, with operations in Mentor, OH since 1985, and grew into a global leader (500+ employees) in the aerospace MRO sector. Specializing in the repair and overhaul of turbine engine components, CRT proudly serves the world’s largest airlines and jet engine manufactures. Component Repair Technologies is focused on our valued employees, customers, and community.

In 2025, CRT became a Safran Aircraft Engines company as a Center of Excellence for the repair of large jet engine parts in the Americas.

For over 120 years, Safran, through its Aircraft Engines subsidiary, designs, produces, markets and supports, alone or in partnership, aircraft engines offering world-class performance and reliability. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible.

Operating through CFM International, its 50/50 joint venture with GE Aerospace, Safran Aircraft Engines is the world’s leading supplier of single-aisle commercial jet engines, the CFM
56 and LEAP. Safran Aircraft Engines is fully committed to sustainable aviation through the RISE (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) technology development program. Safran Aircraft Engines also deploys a global network providing a full range of support, maintenance & repair services.

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• 1. Follow established safety protocols and guidelines to ensure full compliance with company safety policies and procedures.
• 2. Analytical testing of chemical tanks includes the collection of samples, performing titrations, maintaining lab records, and performing math calculations.
• 3. Maintain chemical tanks, including cleaning of tanks, preparing new solutions, and performing chemical additions as may require.
• 4. Perform metallurgical prep, microscopic evaluation and mechanical testing of thermal spray coatings and other metallic structures.
• 5. Prepare and label chemical etchants & reagents for various departments throughout the facility.
• 6. Responsible for storage of chemical waste containers and incoming chemicals. Must adhere to the safety and regulatory requirements regarding the use and storage of chemicals.
• 7. Manage and maintain chemical inventory via online database system.
• 8. Properly label chemical waste containers following RCRA regulatory standards.
• 9. Frequently move chemical containers (up to 50lbs) and pallets containing 55-gallon drums using the following equipment: pallet jack, forklifts, cranes, hoists, carts or other handling methods.
• 10. Responsible for daily maintenance and general housekeeping of lab equipment and glassware.
• 11. Machine reusable test coupons by…