Material Lab Technician

Responsibilities

• Provide material engineering guidance on projects and processes pertaining to materials and metallurgical processes.
• Identify, characterize, test, and evaluate various materials and substances, including metallic alloys and other materials.
• Maintain laboratory equipment, ensure equipment contracts, servicing, calibration, and scheduling; possess specialized certifications as required.
• Utilize equipment to identify unknown materials, issue reports to the customer, and maintain a filing system for records.
• Perform sensitization testing of 5
  
  XXX series aluminum per ASTM G67, submit results to approving authority semi‑annually to maintain lab certification.
• Perform non‑destructive testing on 5
  
  XXX series aluminum utilizing a Degree of Sensitization probe.
• Perform spectroanalysis on metals via X‑ray, fluorescence, and optical emission spectrometers for unknown material identification and verification.
• Perform hardness tests of various metals using Brinell and Rockwell hardness testers.
• Coordinate with ship’s force to perform silicon aluminum bronze testing on union nuts for high‑pressure systems (e.g., High Pressure Air, SCBA, Halon, Hydraulics, Steering, RAST, CPP, Anchor Handling); generate reports and maintain records.

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• 4 years of full‑time experience with materials lab analysis or engineering support.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• All applicants must be U.S. Citizens, pursuant to government contractual requirements.
• Requires walking, reaching, sitting and concentration in the presence of occasional noise.
• Ability to lift, carry and move objects up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to work in office, warehouse, laboratory, pier side, and shipboard locations.
• Noise conditions range from very quiet to loud; hearing protection may be required at times.
• May be required to go aloft onboard ships to inspect tanks, voids, spaces and superstructures.

Salary: $32.30 - $32.53 per hour