Job Title: Quality Control Inspector/Chemical Technician
Location: Swannanoa, North Carolina, 28778
Shift: 8 AM TO 5 PM
Duration: 06 Months
The main function of a chemical technician is to conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials. A typical chemical technician is either a research technician that works in an experimental lab or a process control technician who works in a manufacturing setting. The research technician works on research and development and collects samples or produces compounds. The process control technician focuses on quality assurance and production processes.
Job Responsibilities:
- Monitor product quality to ensure compliance to standards and specifications.
- Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses using chromatography, spectroscopy, physical and chemical separation techniques, and microscopy.
- Conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials.
- Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
- Provide technical support and assistance to chemists and engineers.
- Prepare chemical solutions for products and processes following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
- Maintain, clean, and sterilize laboratory instruments and equipment.
- Write technical reports or prepare graphs and charts to document experimental results.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Education/ Experience:
- Associate's degree in applied science or related field required.
- Bachelor's degree in chemistry or biology preferred.
- B. S. in Analytics
- B. S. Degree in Process Analytics
- 0-2 years exp required.
Required Skills:
- Creativity, verbal and written communication skills, analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Team player and detail oriented
- Basic knowledge of the chemical composition, structure and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo
- Basic knowledge of the aspects of chemicals manufacturing and how the process affects the environment, and safety of workers and consumers.