Quality Lab Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Quality Lab Technician

INTERESTED CANDIDATES MAY SEND UPDATED RESUMES TO: MAMCDONOUGH @ ACTALENTSERVICES.COM

OR TEXT MARISA TO SETUP A PHONE INTERVIEW: 330. 397. 1302

Job Description

The Lab Technician performs each essential duty safely, satisfactorily, and in a timely manner. This role involves understanding and following batch tickets with high accuracy, performing complex testing processes on production batches, and maintaining a clean and organized work environment.

Responsibilities

• Understand and follow a batch ticket (recipe) with high degree of accuracy for weights and measurements.
• Perform a wide variety of complex testing processes on production batches to measure product’s physical or chemical characteristics, including viscosity, weight per unit of measure, flow, gloss, and color characteristics.
• Test materials from suppliers and production batches.
• Perform standard testing procedures, including preparation of materials with attention to detail and high quality.
• Follow daily work plan for Lab Work Request or project plan.
• Accurately document work in lab notebooks, whether physical or electronic.
• Recognize roadblocks or anomalies and resolve them or communicate concerns with a chemist in a timely manner.
• Ensure raw materials are available and correctly labeled.
• Correctly label and mail samples.
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment.
• Tint batches without assistance.
• Calculate resin composites.
• Maintain QC records using a web-based computer system.
• Prepare records for submission.
• Perform tests using lab equipment such as viscosity, pH, weight per gallon, and % solids.
• Conduct draw downs and use ovens.
• Maintain and perform calibrations on machines.

Essential Skills

• Chemistry
• Laboratory skills
• Color matching
• Quality control
• Lab Technician experience

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Not color blind
• Prior quality/wet lab experience or entry-level graduate with AS or BS in Science
• Prior experience with color matching is a plus
• Experience working with paint, pigments, and coatings
• Industrial lab experience doing basic wet chemistry, including viscosity, pH, and % solids

Work Environment

This role is based in an industrial lab environment within the plant. Personal protective equipment (PPE) such as lab coats and safety glasses will be provided. On the first day of training, steel-toed boots/shoes will be required, and reimbursement will be provided. The facility may have strong smells of chemicals and paint, so applicants should not be sensitive to those. The lab is large, with at least five people on each shift at all times.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $25.25 - $25.25/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Columbus,OH.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 10, 2025.

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email [email protected] for other accommodation options.