Lab Technician

Benefits

Performance-based remuneration and occupational health benefits, hybrid and flexible working environments with #Smart Work.

• Conducts thorough analyses and evaluates a variety of lab procedures, tests, and assays.
• Provides analytical results to production for various chemical processes.
• Assists Quality Control Management in projects, studies, evaluations, and improvements.
• Contributes to training procedures for new employees in accordance with standard operating procedures.
• Carries out cleaning, maintenance, and minor repair work as necessary.
• Works a twelve-hour rotating day shift and is assigned designated relief for PTO coverage.
• Analyzes routine production, warehouse, and incoming raw material samples in accordance with safety protocols and laboratory procedures.
• Interprets, evaluates, and reports analytical results to support production operations and product quality.
• Operates, starts up, shuts down, calibrates, validates, and performs routine maintenance on laboratory instrumentation.
• Troubleshoots equipment and process issues using the Plan-Do-Check-Act methodology in collaboration with technical, supervisory, and operations personnel.
• Performs data entry and maintains accurate laboratory records using systems such as Excel, SAP, and electronic logbooks.
• Follows and reviews Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), assists in maintaining ISO documentation, and recommends updates or improvements when required.
• Monitors laboratory conditions through routine inspections, records instrument readings and process data, and identifies potential leaks, hazards, or abnormal conditions.
• Maintains laboratory supplies and storeroom inventory, ensuring proper minimum and maximum stock levels.
• Supports equipment adjustments, maintenance preparation, and restoration to service, including TPM tagging and Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures.
• Assists external vendors and personnel working in the laboratory area as needed.
• Handles materials and equipment safely, including lifting, carrying, and moving items within or near the laboratory.
• Maintains housekeeping standards to ensure a clean, organized, and safe laboratory environment.
• Participates in safety and continuous improvement initiatives, including the BBS program, safety observations, toolbox meetings, and emergency response procedures.
• Acts as an area owner by completing CLIs, conducting monthly audits, and supporting the CX TPM program.
• Performs additional duties as assigned in accordance with operational and safety requirements.

Meet regulatory requirements assigned to this position including ADEM, OSHA, and DOT regulations.

Continue to learn and abide by requirements of ISO
9001/RC14001/ISO
50001, and learn and master the SAP system and any associated LIMS.

Become familiar with all product lines and analytical requirements, including learning and mastering all aspects of instrumentation and methodology in wet and instrument labs.

Place emphasis on safety, environmental, quality and productivity.

Continuously improve laboratory processes through application of Lean Manufacturing Principles, making practical recommendations on the quality requirements of the Quality Control Department.

Satisfactory completion of all defined Evonik, Mobile Site, and CX specified OJT requirements and certifications for laboratory technician classification.

Membership on Site Emergency Response Team is optional.

• BS degree in a science related field is required.
• Previous experience in a laboratory environment is desired but not required.
• Use of electronic calculator, personal computer, MS Office, two-way radio, explosion meter, telephone, personal HCN detector, forklift, pallet jack, chocks, hand tools, chemical suit, fire retardant suit, self-contained breathing apparatus, ladder, pH meter, chain pulley, drum dolly, breathing air equipment may be required.
• Previous experience with equipment and laboratory processes including operations of various analytical instrumentations, such as GC, GCMS, FTIR, NIR, viscometers and titrators is preferred.

The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.