Lab Technician - Borger Plant

Lab Technician

The role of lab technician under the direction of the lab manager performs a variety of tests on carbon black samples for the purpose of product performance and integrity as well as maintaining and updating equipment calibration and maintenance.

Essential Functions

• Completes performance testing in a laboratory environment of:
• Carbon black samples
• Carbon black manufacturing equipment
• Documents results of performance testing to support the following:
• Standards testing program of industry standard reference blacks
• TCCB testing protocol to assist with equipment calibration and maintenance scheduling
• Strictly adheres to all scheduled test programs and documented test processes and procedures ensuring test environment uniformity and result data integrity
• Routinely reports performance test data to manufacturing departments through an established computer data transmission process
• Maintains company quality control records
• Proactively reports anomalies, inconsistencies, or inadequate product results data to supervisors and operational management
• Ensures quality control per customer orders and specifications through the regular testing process
• Monitors and reports low inventory, supplies and disposable equipment for timely rectification to support efficiency and continued production
• Maintains a clean workspace to ensure optimal work performance and safety
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Required Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to read and write documented testing procedures and results
• Proven record in demonstrating discipline to ensure testing uniformity and result integrity
• Location specific qualifications may apply including but not limited to:
• Submission and appropriate scoring on the Wonderlic personnel test
• Submission and appropriate scoring on a computer skills test
• Satisfactory absence and behavior record

Preferred Education and Experience

• Associates degree
• Five or more years' experience in a laboratory setting within a manufacturing environment

This position involves safety-sensitive job duties. It is the policy of Tokai Carbon CB Ltd to utilize its best faith efforts to promote equal employment opportunity in employment through a continuing program of practices designed to attain the realization of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.