Chemical Lab Technician in Charlotte
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Job DescriptionJob Description
Qualifications:
100% onsite
Additional medical exams are required along with a drug screening
EDUCATION:
Bachelors degree in Chemistry or Chemical engineering with hands on lab experience OR High school diploma with >5 years of hands-on lab experience.
EXPERIENCE:
Hands-on lab experience
This position requires comfortability in working with water-based and solvent based coatings and the ability to wear a respirator hood for spraying of paints.
Responsibilities:
This lab technical role is focused on supporting technical service efforts within the Resins group, with an emphasis on coatings for metal protection. These coatings may include waterbased systems and solventbased systems and will require, in some cases, sprayouts in a spraybooth onto panels.
Under the supervision of chemists and other team members, this technician would regularly perform mixing of materials to create formulations, driven by guided projects and pre-determined recipes. They would also conduct tests, interpret and analyze data, compile results, prepare reports, and present their conclusions regularly to the scientist/chemist or team leader. Further responsibilities may include maintaining lab inventory, participating in safety inspections and site based programs for safety.
Formulation includes:
Use of balances, containment
Proper sample labeling
Mixing of precisely weighed out materials through overhead mixers
Use of a high shear disperser blade for pigment incorporation
Using a variety of additives to adjust viscosity, tune flow and wetting behavior and minimizing foam
Safe operation of equipment and cleaning of equipment
Application includes:
Drawdowns of paint via wire rod, drawdown bars
Use of HVLP spray gun to apply paint to panels
Drying panels in an oven
Wearing a respirator hood and jumpsuit to spray in the spray booth
Testing may include (but not limited to):
Pot-life testing, viscosity measurement testing, gloss measurement, chemical resistance, adhesion testing, corrosion testing, humidity resistance testing, scratch resistance testing, hardness testing, impact resistance testing, abrasion resistance testing, water resistance testing, dry time testing, gloss and retention on accelerated weathering
Data collection:
Individual must be able to follow protocols, document findings in an organized fashion, and report out to technical specialists or technical manager, their findings.
Individual must be familiar with Microsoft platform of tools
Company DescriptionFounded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.
At Kyyba, the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development.
Kyyba is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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