Lhoist North America is a company that believes its people make it happen and rewards talent by offering opportunities to further develop knowledge and interests. The production and lab technician has responsibility for the performance of the site quality process, including safety and environmental compliance, cost control, quality reporting, and equipment maintenance.
Requirements
- Ensure a safe workplace and regulatory compliance with Federal (MSHA), state and local laws, environmental regulations, and Company policies.
- Maintain quality assurance programs.
- Accurately sample and measure chemical and physical properties on all types of raw and finished products following established laboratory guidelines.
- Effectively document, interpret and communicate analysis to maintain product quality.
- Lead investigations on customer complaints to find root causes.
- Report quality non-conformances to the plant manager.
- Conduct quality audits in the various departments to ensure consistently high quality of various products.
- Identify and lead quality improvement initiatives.
- Implement and sustain 5S in the laboratory.
- Assist with tasks in other departments as needed.
- Maintain lab equipment and work with outside technicians.
- Ensure adequate feed rate of stone into the minerals plants.
- Control and monitor adequate fuel consumptions to meet production demands by the most efficient means while maintaining environmental compliance.
- Act as a minerals plant operator and manage the plant systems by monitoring and adjusting crushers/mills, feeders, gates, screens, and conveyors to maximize efficient operation and reduce downtime.
- Maintain daily operational reports on logs (soft and hard) with feed rate, amount of fuel, temperature, amperage, etc.
- Provide others with a brief recap of their shift relating to production, equipment issues, safety concerns, and any other necessary topics as they relate to production and safety.
- Report any potential operational or safety issue to a supervisor or manager immediately.
- Maintain chemical solutions, laboratory instruments and work environment in a clean and safe manner.
- Maintain laboratory supplies and related inventory.
- Support and lead the Laboratory Safety initiative.
- Responsible for minor repairs on laboratory equipment, facilities, and preventative maintenance.
- Communicate needed repairs and replacements with plant manager.
- Assist with state registration and licensing.
- Provide QC support for EHS greenhouse gas reports.
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life
- Vacation
- Disability insurance
- 401K retirement savings options with employer match
- Educational Assistance
