LAB TECHNICIAN

Recruiter:

Jean Fowlds Consultancy

Job Ref:

KMLT0306b

Date posted:

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Location:

vereeniging, Gauteng, South Africa

Salary:

6 x month contract, with possibility of permanent employment

SUMMARY:
Chemical Engineering Graduate BScEng or BEng only. Ensure factory-finished products adhere to the required standards and are produced most cost-effectively by controlling raw materials and process parameters. Adherence to the required standards, inspecting quality on the box of finished goods. 6 x FTC with possible permanent employment thereafter.

POSITION INFO:

Job description

Lab Coordinator must ensure that the factory-finished products adhere to the required standards and are produced in the most cost-effective way. She does this by thoroughly controlling raw materials and process parameters, testing finished goods technical properties to ensure they adhere to the required standards, and over inspecting quality on the box of finished goods.

Minimum qualifications and job requirements

Chemical Engineering Graduate (BScEng or BEng)

Key Responsibilities

Implement and/or maintain Quality Management System
Ensure raw material availability
Ensure raw materials are within spec before entering the process
Control process parameters
Control finished product properties
Over inspect Quality on the Box
Develop body formulas
Engage with raw material suppliers
Effectively communicate to the team non-conformities picked up at the lab
Help production departments identify & resolve non-conformities

Key strengths & abilities

Ability to pick up raw material or process parameters that go out of spec
Ability to design or modify testing methods for raw materials and process
Ability to work under pressure
Good communication and interpersonal skills
High ethical standards of work and personal conduct
Thorough, accurate & high attention to detail
Ability to work without supervision & driven to continuously improve

The organization is committed to employment equity. Preference may be given to appointable applicants from the underrepresented designated groups in terms of the relevant employment equity plans of the company.

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