Quality Lab Technician - 3rd Shift
Polyglass
- Location
- Onsite (West Hazleton, PA)
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior Level
Posted 3 weeks ago
About the role
Polyglass is a leading manufacturer of modified bitumen roofing and waterproofing solutions seeking a Quality Lab Technician for 3rd shift. The role involves overseeing laboratory testing, ensuring product compliance, and supervising lab personnel to maintain quality standards.
Skills
Quality Testing
Sample Preparation
Data Analysis
Test Result Interpretation
Quality Assurance
Laboratory Operations
Team Leadership
Supervision
Training and Mentoring
Work Planning
Report Writing
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft PowerPoint
Full job details
Position Summary: Responsible for the accuracy of sampling, testing, measuring, recording, and analyzing production results, in addition to supervising the daily activities of the Lab Tech.
Responsiblities:
- Follows up and verifies that task assignments and work instructions are being completed accurately, while seeking ways to improve efficiency and update work instructions as needed.
- Promotes health, safety, and environmental regulations by ensuring that standards, policies, and procedures are adhered to in compliance with corporate, federal, state, and local requirements.
- Promotes the quality system through adhering to the elements of and being familiar with the business policy, goals, quality manual, and procedures.
- Provides post project summaries to the Quality Manager and Plant manager that include basic analysis/feedback of what occurred during the project.
- Oversees lab personnel and functions relating to the execution of lab tests to produce reliable data ensuring products conform to company requirements, customer requirements and industry standards.
- Mentors and trains other Lab Techs to help further their value while promoting growth.
- Assigns projects and expectations to the Lab Techs following work assignments assigned by the Quality Manager.
- Provides weekly and monthly reports, summarizing the test results and providing explanations for any occurrence (data points) found outside of standards.
- Ensures that routine tasks are performed accurately and follows strict methodologies to carry out analyses.
- Ensures proper preparation of specimens and samples is being performed.
- Interprets test results and relays them to Quality Manager, Production Manager/Supervisor and Plant Manager.
- Acts as a leader in place of the Quality Manager when the Quality Manager is unavailable or out of the office.
- Performs other duties as required.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of High School diploma or GED required.
- Has met the competency requirements for a Lab Tech I – III (internally) or a minimum of 5 years of experience working in a Quality Lab in a production environment.
- Effectively plans and organizes work to get efficient and effective results.
- Leads in the achievement of team obligations.
- Requires working knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint.
- ERP system experience preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience preferably in a production environment.
- B.S. in related field preferred.