Chemical Laboratory Technician I
- Pay Rate: $21-$22.00/hour on W2
- Contract Length: 12 months
- Location: Charlotte, NC 28273 (Onsite)
- Work Schedule: Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | 1 hour Lunch
Raise is currently hiring a contract team member on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader.
Responsibilities
- Focused on supporting technical service efforts within the Resins group, with an emphasis on coatings for metal protection that may include water-based systems and solvent-based systems and will require, in some cases, spray outs in a spray booth onto panels.
- Under the supervision of chemists and other team members, this technician would regularly perform mixing of materials to create formulations, driven by guided projects and pre-determined recipes.
- They would also conduct tests, interpret and analyze data, compile results, prepare reports, and present their conclusions regularly to the scientist/chemist or team leader.
- Further responsibilities may include maintaining lab inventory, participating in safety inspections and site-based programs for safety.
Formulation Includes
- Use of balances, containment.
- Proper sample labeling.
- Mixing of precisely weighed out materials through overhead mixers.
- Use of a high shear disperser blade for pigment incorporation.
- Using a variety of additives to adjust viscosity, tune flow and wetting behavior and minimizing foam.
- Safe operation of equipment and cleaning of equipment.
Application Includes
- Drawdowns of paint via wire rod, drawdown bars.
- Use of HVLP spray gun to apply paint to panels.
- Drying panels in an oven.
- Wearing a respirator hood and jumpsuit to spray in the spray booth.
Testing may include (but not limited to)
- Pot-life testing, viscosity measurement testing, gloss measurement, chemical resistance, adhesion testing, corrosion testing, humidity resistance testing, scratch resistance testing, hardness testing, impact resistance testing, abrasion resistance testing, water resistance testing, dry time testing, gloss and color retention on accelerated weathering.
Data Collection
- Individual must be able to follow protocols, document findings in an organized fashion, and report out to technical specialists or technical manager, their findings.
- Individual must be familiar with Microsoft platform of tools.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or Chemical engineering with hands on lab experience OR High school diploma with >5 years of hands-on lab experience.
- Hands-on lab experience.
- This position requires comfortability in working with water-based and solvent based coatings and the ability to wear a respirator hood for spraying of paints.
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