Laboratory & Production Technician
Kerrville, TX - USA
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Job Summary
Were looking for a Laboratory & Production Technician who takes pride in precise hands-on work and wants to become exceptionally good at a specialized manufacturing process.
This is not a desk-based laboratory position. You will spend much of your day performing hands-on chemical and production work operating laboratory equipment documenting processes maintaining an exceptionally clean workspace and ensuring customer material remains accurately identified and controlled throughout production.
The right person is dependable careful comfortable performing repeatable processes and disciplined enough to follow a procedure exactly even when no one is watching.
- Perform multi-stage chemical purification of customer-provided material to produce high-purity carbon for diamond production.
- Safely handle and work around hazardous laboratory chemicals
- Perform chemical processing using laboratory fume hoods and required PPE.
- Operate laboratory equipment used for grinding heating mixing filtration drying weighing and thermal processing.
- Precisely weigh transfer label process and track small quantities of customer material.
- Follow written SOPs batch instructions safety procedures and quality-control requirements without shortcuts.
- Maintain strict chain-of-custody and traceability for individual customer samples.
- Record production data accurately and completely in company systems.
- Perform visual and process quality inspections and identify results that fall outside established specifications.
- Maintain laboratory cleanliness chemical inventory equipment PPE and organized workstations.
- Assist with routine equipment inspections and preventative maintenance.
- Document process deviations and escalate safety quality or equipment concerns immediately.
- Participate in continuous improvement of laboratory procedures documentation safety and production efficiency.
- Support other diamond-production activities as needed including preparation of carbon and growth materials.
- Previous hands-on experience working in a chemical laboratory wet-chemistry laboratory industrial laboratory chemical manufacturing environment or similar technical production environment.
- Demonstrated ability to safely handle laboratory chemicals and follow chemical safety procedures.
- Experience following detailed SOPs or controlled manufacturing procedures.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to perform repetitive processes consistently.
- Comfortable working with small quantities where labeling measurement contamination control and traceability are critical.
- Able to maintain accurate written and electronic production records.
- Reliable attendance and punctuality.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Comfortable working independently after training while knowing when to stop and ask for assistance.
- Willingness to wear required PPE and strictly follow laboratory safety procedures at all times.
- Strongly Preferred
- Associates or bachelors degree in chemistry chemical technology materials science laboratory science or a related technical field.
- 1 years of hands-on laboratory or chemical-processing experience.
- Experience with wet chemistry acid digestion chemical purification filtration or sample preparation.
- Experience working with concentrated acids.
- Experience operating laboratory fume hoods.
- Experience in a regulated quality-controlled clean-room manufacturing or production laboratory.
- Familiarity with SDS documentation chemical labeling chemical storage and laboratory waste procedures.
- Previous experience working with HF is valuable but not required; role-specific HF training will be provided before an employee is authorized to perform HF processes.
- Doesnt take shortcuts. If a procedure says to do something a particular way you do it that way every time.
- Takes ownership. You notice when something isnt right and address it rather than assuming someone else will.
- Is exceptionally dependable. Production depends on processes being completed correctly and on schedule.
- Enjoys hands-on work. You would rather be working with equipment and materials than sitting behind a desk all day.
- Can focus on repetitive work. Consistency matters more than improvisation in many parts of this role.
- Respects hazardous materials. You understand that confidence in a laboratory comes from good procedures and disciplined execution not complacency.
- Learns quickly. You can absorb a technical process understand why each step matters and become increasingly independent.
- Cares about the customer behind the sample. The material youre handling may be irreplaceable and you treat it accordingly.
- This position works in a specialized chemical and thermal-processing laboratory.
- Team members may work with or around:
- Concentrated corrosive acids including hydrofluoric acid
- Chemical fumes and laboratory reagents
- Fine particulate materials
- Heated chemical processes
- Hot surfaces and laboratory vessels
- High-temperature thermal-processing equipment
- Specialized electrical and induction equipment
- Employees are provided appropriate training and required PPE and are expected to follow all established chemical-handling equipment emergency-response and laboratory safety procedures.
Every sample that enters our laboratory represents a person or pet who mattered enormously to someone.
The technical work requires precision but the reason precision matters is human. Customers trust Eterneva with material that may be irreplaceable. Maintaining its identity protecting it from contamination processing it correctly and documenting every step are fundamental responsibilities of this position.
Your work ultimately helps transform that material into a diamond a family can keep for generations.
Required Experience:
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About Company
Eterneva celebrates remarkable people and pets by turning their ashes into diamonds, through a storytelling journey as special as the loved one and diamond itself.