What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chemistry Laboratory Assistant - Sample Prep position at UL Solutions?
Job Description
We are searching for a Laboratory Assistant to join our Chemistry Sample Prep team!
This role will report to our Lowell, AR Center of Excellence laboratory, with a scheduled shift of 1pm-9:30pm, Monday through Friday.
Responsibilities
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
About The Team
From life jackets to lawnmowers, toys to televisions, beauty and wellness, vitamins and supplements, we’re involved in almost every consumer product you can imagine. We work with some of the largest retailers in the world, performing market surveillance, auditing and inspecting the products we put in and on our bodies. We help customers ensure that not only are their products themselves safe, but their supply chains are using ethically and sustainably sourced materials. We build close relationships, providing advice and expertise to help them deliver safer products that meet the latest requirements and manufacture them fairly. Join our team and make your mark on products that shape people’s lives.
We are searching for a Laboratory Assistant to join our Chemistry Sample Prep team!
This role will report to our Lowell, AR Center of Excellence laboratory, with a scheduled shift of 1pm-9:30pm, Monday through Friday.
Responsibilities
- Validation of instruments, using reference standards for each instrument, entering data into LIMS (Chemistry software). Testing a wide range of prepped samples for these instruments; including paints, alloy identification, toxics in packaging, precious metals, plastics, PVC verification and special projects samples when required.
- Receive samples from technicians, checking submitted component forms along with samples, logging required data into LIMS, making component labels, organize labs by priority due date, inform prep techs of any special requirements.
- Prepping submitted samples according to the requirements of each test requested. Scrapping surface coatings, cutting various metals for both chemistry and FDA/BPA submissions, prepping precious metals & fine jewelry samples – including chain of custody, confirmation of weight, final weight-out, LIMS data and prep for vendor return. Prep all Canadian samples according to their individual requirements. There are over 275 different test requests.
- Using Infinity for inventory and daily control of samples. Scanning labs and making splits (i.e. XRF, ASR’s) and working with supervisors on additional sample request. Alter / modify hardlines component forms to reflect any required changes and entering data as required (weights, prep time, analysis changes, description modifications and so forth).
- Daily return of prepped samples back to respective teams, monthly disposal of consumed samples for XRF & HD and quarterly change out Dosimetry badges to assigned personnel.
- Higher Secondary Education. Effective communication skills and ability to interact with other associates and managers
- Desire to work in a team-oriented environment with some over-time required
- Ability to use Microsoft Outlook and Teams
- Good proficiency in computer skills and data entry on complex systems (training provided), LIMS software knowledge a plus
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
About The Team
From life jackets to lawnmowers, toys to televisions, beauty and wellness, vitamins and supplements, we’re involved in almost every consumer product you can imagine. We work with some of the largest retailers in the world, performing market surveillance, auditing and inspecting the products we put in and on our bodies. We help customers ensure that not only are their products themselves safe, but their supply chains are using ethically and sustainably sourced materials. We build close relationships, providing advice and expertise to help them deliver safer products that meet the latest requirements and manufacture them fairly. Join our team and make your mark on products that shape people’s lives.