Lab Technician

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How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW

• Perform analyses of gases using analytical instrumentation.

• Performs routine production testing and quality control analysis of specialty gas mixtures and pure gases.

• Analyzing multicomponent hydrocarbon mixtures both gases and liquids using gas chromatography and process analyzers.

• Analyzing raw hydrocarbons both liquids and gases for impurities and effectively recording and reporting the results.

• Troubleshooting analytical methods and instrument operation in an immediate and accurate manner.

• Providing technical support or assistance to fellow technicians.

• Monitor quality compliance with standard operating procedure manual requirements.

• Prepare gas analysis certification reports for customer distribution.

• Reviewing and approving analytical results certificates of analysis and associated documentation per Airgas SOPs and customer requirements.

• Coordinates with supervisor concerning delivery schedules product complaints and special product requests.

• Support management team with regard to maintenance of health and safety and ISO quality programs.

• Monitoring lead times and effectively prioritizing workloads.

• Assisting in the qualification and maintenance of laboratory standards including proper inventory labeling documentation storage and presentation.

• Assisting in the set up and maintenance of laboratory instruments and keeping maintenance records for laboratory instruments per Airgas SOPs.

• Other duties as assigned.

Are you a MATCH

• Associates degree in Chemistry or related field required or 35 years of relevant experience.

• Knowledge and understanding of analytical chemistry instrumental analysis spectroscopy and statistical methods.

• Ability to read and comprehend Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

• Ability to coordinate efforts with multiple departments.

• Ability to work with others in a team environment to meet the Laboratory goals.

• Ability to operate forklift and maintain forklift certifications.

• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word Excel PowerPoint and Outlook) or equivalent software.

• Ability to read analyze and interpret complex instructions such as safety rules operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information to coworkers and customers.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

• Ability to add subtract multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals.

• Ability to compute rate ratio and percentages.

We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical dental and vision plans vacation sick time floating holidays and paid holidays for fulltime employees.

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.

Additionally we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds tuition reimbursement discounted college tuition for employees dependents and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

Your differences enhance our performance

At Airgas we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees our customers patients community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants regardless of their race gender sexual orientation religion disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.

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