Lab Technician - 2nd Shift bei Cormetech Inc

Description

About the Company:

CORMETECH, Inc. was founded in 1989, and provides environmental engineering solutions and services to the North American and world's power, marine, industrial-process, refinery, and petrochemical markets. It is servicing the growth needs of the U.S. power generating fleet to comply with increasingly stringent environmental regulations in a cost-effective way.

CORMETECH has fully dedicated, state-of-the art manufacturing facilities, research and development centers and testing laboratories in Charlotte (NC), Cleveland (TN), Durham (NC), and Kings Mountain (NC).

All full-time employees are eligible for benefits on day one of employment!

Essential Duties:

• Satisfy all certification requirements for operation of the reactors and all testing and monitoring equipment
• Demonstrate ability to work independently.
• Know and follow all safety rules.
• Know and follow all procedures for the preparation of catalyst samples, loading of the reactors, setting and verifying of reactor operating conditions, collection of samples and data from the reactor, analysis of gas samples, recording of analytical data, and unloading of reactor.
• Set up experiments based on conditions provided on Laboratory Request Forms (LRF’s) and identify unusual conditions or settings which require attention from Lead Technicians and the Laboratory staff
• Use knowledge and experience to solve many of the minor problems and issues that arise during operation of the reactor.
• Operate reactor and associated equipment, such as gas analyzers, FTIR, and chromatographs, properly and safely
• Perform wet chemistry operations (such as workups for determination of NH3, SO2, and SO3)  with good technique
• Perform some routine maintenance procedures and generally maintain reactors and equipment in an orderly and careful manner
• Know and perform reactor and instrument checks, audits or calibrations as required
• Promptly report unusual issues and problems that arise while performing job functions
• Use the reactors as efficiently as possible by carefully planning work and job tasks for a shift at the start of the shift.
• Assist in performance of special work on the reactor
• Make improvement suggestions

Additional Duties:

• Special projects as assigned

Requirements

• B.S. or A.S. in a scientific, engineering, or other technical field  (Several years of related technical or laboratory experience and many armed forces technical specialties provide excellent foundation for this work.)
• 0 to 2 years of work experience in a laboratory position
• Mechanical skills sufficient to solve minor problems with equipment such as test instruments, sample trains, pumps, meters, electrical problems, and computer operations
• Ability to operate and care for laboratory analytical instruments, including FTIR spectrophotometers, chemiluminescence analyzers, and chromatographs
• Ability to understand use and function of complex spreadsheets and to input data to them in an accurate and appropriate way
• Ability to communicate effectively with others regarding work issues and problems
• Initiative to plan and execute work efficiently and perform it accurately
• Ability to lift a 30-pound load to a height of five feet two times per hour, and to handle moves and connections of compressed gas cylinders
• Willingness to work any shift schedule, including weekends; actual work assignment could be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift, on a non-rotating schedule (most technicians start employment on 3rd shift, and move to a different shift as they become available) 

Cormetech, Inc.is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The success of Cormetech depends upon attracting, retaining, developing and promoting the most qualified people regardless of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran’s status.