Kelly is hiring for a R&D/TS&D Technician for a 12-month contract role at Collegeville, PA 19426 with our prestigious client.
Job Title: R&D/TS&D Technician
Primary Location: Collegeville, PA 19426
12-month contract - Onsite role
32 hours/week, Monday-Thursday
Approx. 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Pay rate: $24-31/hr.
Summary
Provides basic technical support to Lead Scientists and Technologist Leaders in the preparation and execution of experimental activities and studies.
Provides technical support for product development, application development, technical service, and or product or process research.
In this role, you will be using your prior related experience, job-related training, or vocational training to complete routine activities.
You will need to have basic technical or administrative skills to follow the established and approved work processes.
You will need to understand how these assigned duties relate to other jobs within your workgroup and be able to exchange basic technical information with other team members.
It is your responsibility to use standard operating procedures and or analytical scientific methods to address defined and straightforward problems.
You must have the ability to select solutions from established options to resolve typical administrative, data organization, and data coordination problems.
You will be accountable for managing your own assigned workload with no additional supervisory responsibilities.
Your performance impacts the quality of your own work as well as your team's work.
You will receive close to moderate level of supervision and guidance in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
Lab?based support work, including handling chemicals, maintaining safety standards, and supporting scientists with sample preparation, application testing, and related lab tasks.
Keeping materials properly labeled and ensuring chemicals are in date.
Performing coating?related testing (e.g., drawdowns, adhesion testing, scrub tests).
Responsibilities - Duties, projects, tasks, and activities you would be responsible for in this role
Works as part of a team in a laboratory supporting chemists and engineers in developing, screening and commercializing new products and process
Manages and then safely executes laboratory work requests, maintaining and running relevant laboratory apparatus and testing equipment and documenting data
Prepares for and independently performs standard and some non-routine procedures using relevant equipment and instruments, for which activities may include sample or materials preparations, equipment setup and or configurations, and proper handling and disposal of waste materials that may be generated from experimental activities
Accurately and reliably records readings and observations using relevant equipment and instruments
Acts responsible for calibration, safe operation, and routine maintenance of simple and moderately complex instruments or machinery, and troubleshoots faulty equipment effects repairs or initiates repair processes as appropriate
Maintains inventories of consumable materials, chemicals, and supplies related to activities by anticipating usage rates, order lead times, and ordering purchasing procedures
Promptly and effectively communicates issues to Technology Leader or lead scientists in order to enable or accelerate problem resolution
Actively participate in work group team meetings to address safety, process improvement, problem solving, and other work group, department, and functional topics
Qualifications
Post secondary education with a minimum of 20 hrs. in science related courses + relative work experience required (Local requirements may vary).A minimum of an Associates degree in a science related discipline Military Degree Equivalency (MDE) and 1 year of relevant work experience or high school diploma GED and 3 years of relevant work experience.
Software Requirements:
Basic Word and Excel skills.
Any internal software is trainable.
Education Requirements:
Associate degree acceptable.
Chemistry degree is ideal but not required.
Experience in a chemistry lab (even from coursework) is beneficial.
Candidate must be able to understand SDS and basic lab safety (trainable).
Driving Requirements:
No routine driving
Potential rare (?1x/year) travel to an exterior exposure site ~30 minutes away
No TWIC card required
PPE Required (provided):
Safety glasses
Goggles/face shield (as needed)
Gloves (including special gloves for biocides)
Closed?toe shoes
Long pants
Lab coat
No respirator use
If you feel this role interests you, feel free to apply or refer someone who would be a good fit.
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