2nd Shift Laboratory Technician

Laboratory Technician
Kelly Science & Clinical is looking for a Laboratory Technician to join a growing global company involved in dispending solutions for iconic brands in the beauty, fragrance, personal care, home, and healthcare markets located in Waterbury, CT.

Waterbury, CT
Contract to Hire
Monday-Friday, 3P-11P
Compensation: $23-26/hr depending on experience

ABOUT THIS ROLE
To ensure sample and color development meets the business growth and customer requirements. To provide accurate reporting on the current and historical performance of the anodizing department. To ensure material stocking and inventory control is met and as a qualified backup for the Laboratory Technician duties when support is needed.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain Chemical Makeup, Processing, and Control
• Accurate addition of bulk chemicals from separate tanks into a mixing tank according to a recipe
• Perform lab testing to verify the chemical composition of the individual chemical components and of the final blended product
• Maintain records of lab results
• Maintain sufficient inventory of blended chemical to support production
• Maintain levels of waste treatment chemistry
• Receive line analysis status or indirect consumption calculations and determine, add, and oversee production chemical line additions
• Keep lab clean and organized.
• Maintain and calibrate lab equipment.
• Maintain proper lab inventory for specific testing related to core responsibilities
• oversee waste treatment system operation
• Weekly cleaning, calibration and documentation of line and waste treatment pH probes
• Monthly transcribing and download of water meter and pH values, end-control
• Maintain probes and buffers for treatment system, stock control
• Weekly composite setup and grab samples for sample collection.
• Sample preparations for certified lab
• Split weekly samples for lab for internal analysis, e.g. phosphorous content.
• Collect data and generate waste KPI and alert when trends change
• Waste treatment projects or related processes (i.e. jar testing) to improve performance and efficiency.
• Control sludge container pickup and delivery
• Chemical receiving for bulk and non-bulk chemicals
• Organization of chemical warehouse including disposal of empty drums and totes
• Maintain cleanliness of chemical warehouse
• Daily and monthly chemical inventory
• Chemical inventories. BFI updating – become back-up for process.
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree preferred, AS or Certification accepted
• 2+ years' experience in the chemical industry preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Superior color acuity based on Munsell testing.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, SAP, etc.
• P#1

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This position requires the constant use of hands, fingers, and hand eye coordination. This position also requires frequent standing, walking, talking, hearing, and occasional turning, twisting, bending at waist, crouching, and reaching with hands and arms. Incumbent must be able to frequently lift and carry up to 35 pounds. Good close and peripheral vision, good depth perception and ability to adjust focus are required.


As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly® Science & Clinical?

Kelly Science & Clinical is your connection to premier scientific and clinical companies looking to hire industry experts just like you. Our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world's most critical challenges. Every day, we match science professionals with dream jobs that fit their skills, interests, and career goals—it's the way we think job searching should be. Nearly 100 percent of our science recruiters have a professional background and education in science, so we know a thing or two about the science market and how to get your expertise noticed.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we're obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it's about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.