Job Title – Laboratory Technician
Location – Mount Clemens, MI 48043
Duration – 12+ months contract position
Shift Hours – MON-FRI 7AM – 3PM OR 8AM – 4:30PM
Job description:
- R&D Lab Technician provides support to the Chemists / Engineers in the research and development process leading to the creation of automotive coating products.
- With guidance from supervision, primary responsibility is to assist technical
- personnel in general laboratory operations and routine laboratory or information
- handling tasks in support of scientific research. Perform tasks according to
- accepted methods and training prescribed by the work group.
Job Responsibilities:
- Must perform all work in a safe manner and in accordance with all lab and plant safety regulations.
- Safely handle, categorize, and dispose of chemicals on a routine basis.
- Proper handling, labelling, and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste materials.
- Preparation and evaluation of coating formulations including primer, topcoat, and clear coat in a lab environment.
- Accurately running and recording test results for all coatings formulations, polymers, dispersions,
- and intermediates.
- Perform specific analytical testing including but not limited to viscosity, weight solids, Ph, film build, etc.
- Operate other measurement instrumentation such as spectrophotometers, Wave-Scan, Gloss meters, etc.
- Use of mathematical skills such as statistics & Algebra.
- Documentation, interpretation & communication of experimental test results using computer programs such as Word, Excel, & PowerPoint.
- Organization & completion multiple tasks under strict time constraints.
- Interact and communicate effectively with fellow Axalta personnel and customers.
- Must be able to work well with supervisor and a variety of R&D, manufacturing, and marketing
- personnel in a team environment.
- Train other R&D technicians on specific tasks once qualified.
- Travel as needed to an internal/external customer location for meetings, training, and product support activities.