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Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America, LLC
Pasadena, TX (In Person)
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Job Description
Job Overview Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America recognizes that employees are its most valuable resource and is interested in the growth and fulfillment of every employee. Our Employees provide the driving force and the ever-expanding knowledge base that are fundamental to the success of the Company. It is our objective to recruit and employ qualified associates who can contribute to our progress and provide them with the opportunity to maximize their potential. Let's build a future together with innovative products that help the world around us.
POSITION SUMMARY
: Responsible for providing analytical support to the operations units by analyzing raw material, in process, environmental and final product samples on a rotating shift schedule for a facility that operates 24/7 365. Maintains operating supplies, performs equipment calibration and maintenance.- Analyze samples according to established procedures, both scheduled and unscheduled
- Communicate results of analyses appropriately to applicable parties, and recording of results in lab notebooks
- Involvement in the development of new methods and techniques
- Completion of special requests of unknown samples and trial products
- Proper disposition of waste material
- Computer navigation skills, cBliss analytical LIMS software, SAP, and Microsoft Office
- Prioritize workload to perform both immediate sample schedule and long term (equipment calibrations, preventive maintenance, supplies and safety inspections, resamples)
- Preventative maintenance on lab equipment, creation of lab standards
- Maintain operating supplies
- Performs equipment calibrations and maintenance
- Conform to ISO 9001 and 14001 policies
- Participate in continuous improvement activities
- Other responsibilities as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS
- Demonstrated ability in problem solving
- Good communication skills
- Effective time management
- Effective troubleshooting abilities
- Ability to comprehend complex chemical processes
- Understanding of chemistry, distillation processes
- Ability to work in a self-directed work team including scheduling vacation and providing overtime coverage as necessary
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Desire to learn new skills
- Continuous improvement initiatives
- Interpret results to determine next steps.
- Ability to multi-task, run multiple samples at once in different areas.
DESIRABLES
- Diligence, thoroughness, dependability, initiative, flexibility, responsibility, orderliness, decisiveness
- Two years + of college chemistry
- Manufacturing laboratory experience
- Knowledge of safety procedures and policies
- Knowledge and understanding of cGMPs.
- Previous experience with ISO 9001 and/or
ISO 14001
- Experience with Gas Chromatography, titrations, and spectroscopy
- Experience with FDA regulated products and procedures