LAB TECHNICIAN

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.