Laboratory Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Monday to Friday 7:30 am - 4:00 pm

• Working safely is an expectation of work 
• Continuous commitment and attention to safety in the laboratory working environment.
• Follows all safety procedures and protocols in the labs and on Granville site
• Continuously strives to improve safety standards to ensure all team members remain safe
• Follows all lock-tag-try procedures
• Wears appropriate personal protective equipment at all times
• Promptly reports all safety incidents or concerns to the appropriate resource
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• Work to drive a zero injury, zero defect, and zero loss culture
• Actively participates in TPM deployment throughout the lab spaces Sample Preparation
• Preparing samples for various analyses
• Working with various glass and raw material samples for the Composites and Insulation businesses
• Physical property testing on a variety of materials Glass and Refractory Brick Testing
• Working in hot environment to melt glass for testing
• Work with a variety of equipment to mix and melt glasses depending on project objectives
• Work with cutting and grinding equipment to prep refractory brick samples
• Working in hot environment to test refractory samples Collaborates and Fosters Teamwork
• Collaborate with other team members to ensure lab requests are complete in a timely manner
• Assist in high priority workstreams as a team
• Collaborate with internal customers to promote team-based problem solving
• Actively contribute to team troubleshooting to ensure the fulfillment of lab goals and objectives
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)