Lab Technician

Job title: Lab Technician

Duration: 9+ Months (Possible extension)

Location: Houston, TX

Pay range: $20-$22/hr on W2

Qualifications:

- -year of demonstrated laboratory experience - Computer literate in Microsoft Office products - word, excel and PowerPoint. - Ability to understand and follow experimental protocols for preservation of data.

Comfortable and able to work with toxic chemicals while following safe laboratory practices/protocols.

- The ability to stand while working in the laboratory throughout most of the day.

- Associates or Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of a Senior Technician or Chemist, the Technician will be expected to perform the following functions with a high level of initiative and independence:

- Testing of coatings.

- Evaluate, collect and record data.

- Participates in organizing and performing experiments using established procedures while summarizing and reporting results in a laboratory notebook.

- Uses a computer to enter data/information including charts and tables for communication of project results/details.

- Involved in making cleaners/pretreatments/paints/coatings from chemical ingredients.

- Tests performance characteristics of coated substrates using established procedures.