About this role
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and run multiple projects concurrently including creating and keeping timelines, ensuring projects adhere to customer requirements, and communicating results to customers.
- Design tests that align with material development for the purpose of characterizing polymer's physical and thermal properties.
- Design and perform data analysis.
- Prepare, develop, implement, and interpret test requirements as defined in ASTM, customer, and other industry standard specifications.
- Perform and support investigations of product failure analysis.
- Perform benchmarking operations with other laboratories to verify the lab's competency and retain accreditation.
- Write technical reports and presentations.
- Keep up to date on relevant technical areas including new methods or designs coming to market.
- Create new industry methods where none currently exist.
- Develop skills and capabilities to supply support and expertise to others as required.
- Follow procedures and perform duties in compliance with lab accreditation requirements (ISO17025)
- Remain free from any undue internal influence and external commercial, financial, and other pressures and influences that may adversely affect the quality of their work.
- Active participation in Continuous Improvement, Preventative Action, and Corrective Action programs with regards to testing, report writing, and the ISO17025 lab management system.
- General upkeep of the laboratory
- Compliance with quality, safety, environmental, and customer mandated procedures
- Other duties as assigned by manager
Education and Experience
- Bachelor of Science Degree required in a scientific field (Physics, Engineering, Chemistry, or similar)
- Lab experience preferred
- Strong analytical, decision making, and problem solving skills required
- Technical writing skills required
- Experience with 5S practices a plus
Competencies
- Strong Mechanical and technical capability
- Time management while meeting targeted completion dates
- Strong organizational skills with an ability to multi-task and run projects
- Attention to detail and accuracy. ”Right the first time” attitude
- Strong customer focus and understanding of total customer satisfaction
- Ability to work independently the majority of the time while still functioning well in a team environment
- A positive, professional, can-do attitude
- Skilled in verbal, written, and visual communication of technical content to an audience with different levels of technical knowledge, including international persons.