Laboratory Technician

Airswift is seeking a Lab Technician to work on a long-term assignment in Cincinnati, with a leading manufacturing company.

Job Responsibilities
The Analytical Laboratory is responsible for ensuring product quality, supporting operations, and analysis for environmental compliance. The major function of the lab is to perform testing on finished product batches to ensure that they are within specification and create a Certificate of Analysis for the customer. The lab also supports the company by providing research of new products or formulations as well as research for our customers.
 

Key duties
• Support a safe and clean work environment by abiding by all programs, policies, and instructions.
• Analyze daily production batches (phosphoric acid) for multiple product lines.
• Analyze process water for environmental monitoring (pH, TSS, phosphate).
• Record data in a LIMS system and create Certificates of Analysis.
• Operate and calibrate analytical testing equipment such as ICP, Color Spectrometer, Density Meter, Nitrogen Analyzer, & Auto-Titrator.
• Consult with Production Supervisor & Quality Coordinator with process improvements, and method development.

Required Skills
• Minimum two year degree in laboratory science or equivalent work experience
• Have knowledge of basic laboratory skills such as titrations, weighing, pipetting, diluting, basic calculations, etc.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office and web based email and internet