We are immediately hiring for an Entry-Level Lab Technician here in the Columbus, Ohio area! This is a long-term career opportunity and offers a great chance to get your foot in the door or to gain professional experience in a laboratory setting. The current openings we have will be performing laboratory testing on paint products and will be light chemistry focused.

These are entry-level openings looking for a candidate with a Bachelors or potentially Associates degree focused in a scientific discipline. We would also be open to considering someone without a degree who has professional laboratory experience. There will be hands on training in the role as well.

Description:

The Lab Technician performs each essential duty safely, satisfactorily, and in a timely manner. Primary duties may include:

• Understand and follow a batch ticket (recipe) with high degree of accuracy for weights and measurements.
• Perform a wide variety of complex testing processes on production batches to measure product’s physical or chemical characteristics. Tests include, but are not limited to: viscosity, weight per unit of measure, flow, gloss, color characteristics (compared with standards), and various other similar tests. Will also perform color matching and use a spectrophotometer for color matching and to test the standards.
• Test on materials from suppliers and batches from production
• Perform standard testing procedures, including prep of materials, with attention to detail and high quality
• Accurately document work in lab notebooks (either physical or electronic)
• Ensure raw materials are available and correctly labelled
• Tint batches
• Calculate resin composites
• Testing on lab equipment-viscosity, pH, weight per gallon, % solids

Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelors' or Associates' Degree in a scientific field or can be non-degreed with professional laboratory experience

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.