As a Quality Control Lab Technician at our Fort Smith facility, you will use analytical equipment to test products at specified stages of the production process for a variety of properties such as performance, appearance, and other physical and chemical characteristics while ensuring safe, efficient, on-time production in accordance with the production schedule, customer, regulatory, quality and company requirements.
All new hires will be required to become fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their first day of employment unless they are entitled to a reasonable accommodation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (include but not limited to)
- Record test data, applying statistical quality control procedures.
- Make batch adjustment determinations through product analysis using standardized procedures and methods.
- Recommend product formulation modifications based on historical or test data.
- Evaluate products in association with customer or departmental incidents.
- Participate in the determination of corrective and preventive actions in continuous improvement programs.
- Solve problems involving several concrete variables in mostly standardized situations and defined problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ensure safe and quality production using safe laboratory practices.
- Participate in weekly tailgate meetings to facilitate open lines of communications in all aspects of the laboratory with an emphasis in safety.
- Ensure that the work environment is clean and safe.
- Follow all safety requirements.
- Comply with all policies and procedures including OSHA, DOT, environmental regulations, INEOS policies and federal/state/local regulations.
- Maintain appropriate documentation and records.
- Meet both internal and external customer needs and requirements
- Continually improve department safety and efficiencies.
- Meet performance goals and deadlines that target strategic company and plant level visions.
- Be involved in teams focused on safety, efficiency, and quality improvements.
- Communicate with and assist other departments as needed.
- Perform handling and storage of hazardous waste properly and responsibly, while being trained in emergency procedures in the event of a hazardous spill during storage or transportation. Have knowledge of labeling containers for use with hazardous waste materials.
- Complete introductory and annual training in RCRA, HAZCOM, SPCCC, Incipient Fire Fighting, TSCA and other training as required.
- Limited travel requirements.
Level of Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college or technical school in a scientific discipline; or high school diploma with five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Have a good understanding and practical experience of batch processing.
- Experience working in a laboratory that handles hazardous materials.
- Quality Control lab experience and/or training.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.