Chemical Lab Clerk - The Doe Run Company : Job Details

Join our company with a 160-year history, and together we'll build a better future.$16.20/hour5% targeted monthly bonus. Insurance benefits start day 1. 80 hours vacation after 90 days (prorated if hired August 1st). On-the-job training. Career growth opportunities.The Doe Run Company is seeking a Chemical Lab Clerk to prepare, analyze, and report all production samples. This position will be located at the Quentin J Schmidt Lab in Viburnum, MO.The work schedule will be Wednesday to Saturday (10-hour days) or Sunday to Wednesday (10-hour days.)Responsibilities:

• Prepare, run, and report on samples collected from mines, mills, and recycling.
• Prepare standards for testing samples.
• Make sure analysis of samples meets quality standards.
• Maintain the press and grinders.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• No prior experience required.
• One year of experience in a lab setting preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Computer skills, including using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, etc.) and PeopleSoft.
• Basic knowledge of quality control standards preferred.

Work Environment, Physical & Lifting:

• Frequently required to wear personal protective equipment, including but not limited to, a respirator, hearing protection, and eyewear and to work near moving mechanical parts. Exposed to moderate noise levels.
• Regularly requires standing, walking, reaching with hands/arms, and repetitive movement; frequently requires grasping and pushing; occasionally requires feeling attributes of objects, driving, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling. Requires clarity of vision, precise hand-eye coordination, and the ability to identify and distinguish colors.
• Regularly required to lift up to 5 pounds; frequently required to lift up to 50 pounds; occasionally required to lift up to 100 pounds

Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, The Doe Run Company is a privately held natural resources company and a global provider of lead, copper, and zinc concentrates. Dedicated to environmentally responsible mineral and metal production, Doe Run operates the Resource Recycling facility, one of the world's largest, single-site lead recycling centers, located in Boss, Missouri. The company also owns six operating mines in one of the world's largest lead mining districts, also in Missouri: Brushy Creek, Buick, Casteel, Fletcher/West Fork, Mine 29/Viburnum and Sweetwater. The Doe Run Company and its subsidiaries deliver products and services necessary to provide power, protection, and convenience. Doe Run has operations in Missouri, Washington, and Arizona. For more information, visit www.doerun.com. Doe Run is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)