QC Lab Technician - 3rd Shift

The Quality Lab Technician is responsible for providing testing of finished goods to ensure chemical composition and physical characteristics meet or exceed quality standards.

Requirements

• Coordinate with production to obtain samples of finished goods to complete the required testing for the material.
• Responsible for sample traceability to ensure applicable tests are completed in full.
• Responsible for testing physical properties of materials such as: cure, percentage of ash, percentage of moisture, viscosity, density, etc. to verify conformity to internal specifications
• Run and monitor multiple materials testing simultaneously
• Responsible for recognizing out of spec test data and following hold protocol if batches do not meet quality standards upon retesting
• Escalate all out of spec materials to plant supervision, plant management, or quality team immediately to prevent out of spec products from leaving the facility.
• Calibrate & operate all laboratory equipment including but not limited to: MDR, Mooney Viscometer, LECO elemental analyzers, balances, digital scales, ovens, furnaces, 2-Roll mill, FTIR, etc.
• Record all test results on coordinating Excel matrices
• Responsible for general housekeeping of laboratory including cleaning of equipment & ensuring all work surfaces remain clean.
• Maintain an accurate inventory of production retains on all finished products