Lead Analytical Lab Technician

As a Lead Analytical Laboratory Technician at Redwood, you will have the opportunity to make the world a better place by assisting in a wide variety of analytical / metallurgical / metrology processes across the Company. The key objective for this role is fulfilling the daily activities of our Analytical Laboratory teams in a responsible, safe, and practical manner while maximizing time and cost effectiveness. Successful candidates for this role will have strong initiative, excellent organizational skills, and exceptional team skills.

Responsibilities will include:

• Provide leadership to our laboratory team supporting a quality culture in safety, quality, learning and training, and analytical methods.
• Working closely with shift supervisors or chemists, you will be asked to help lead and perform routine and non-routine chemical, physical and/or metallurgical analytical tasks.
• Expected to work as a lineside trainer, support onboarding, and act as a subject matter expert for all methods in the lab.
• In coordination with Supervisor, manage day to day operations of all samples coming into the lab and auxiliary lab facilities including assessing sample priority.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area. Be an advocate for safety.
• Foster a collaborative work ethic in our cross functional team to ensure that we deliver production and R&D goals.
  • Interdepartmental communication is critical to job function
• Work with Material Flow team to ensure materials are properly packaged and labeled.
• Perform routine product and process samples analysis, and verify results are within expected parameters.
  • Hands-on work to be conducted daily in the laboratory. This is a working Lead Role.
• Perform chemical and sample handling with strict adherence to associated safety and quality procedures.
• Support 5S initiatives.
• Manage repairs/troubleshooting as instructed and independently.
• Coordinate with the Supervisor and Method Development team to meet validation and documentation needs in the laboratory. Write and update documentation as needed.
• Manage workload with a positive attitude and proactively help co-workers.
• Support data validation including understating quality checks, pass fail requirements, data trends, and method detection limits.
• Comfortable working in team and individual environments.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science or related field and 2+ years of related experience. Leadership experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in laboratory settings, quality settings, or chemical production facilities.
• Experience in typical laboratory practices including waste handling, safe work practices, data management, good documentation practices and experimental setup and execution.
• Comfortable wearing personal protective equipment including but not limited to lab coats, coveralls, smocks, and respirators.
• Experience with relevant test methods such as ICP-OES, auto-titration, X-Ray Fluorescence, tensile testing, material property testing, etc.
• Experience with sample prep and analysis, chemical handling and laboratory hazards.
• Demonstrates ability to perform basic chemistry math and calculations.
• Adept with data acquisition and analysis tools including Laboratory Information Management Systems and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent written, verbal communication, and collaboration skills
• Excellent attitude: understands priorities change with company needs and willing to work to ensure deadlines are met. Ability to execute with a calm and collaborative urgency.
• Ability to regularly lift 35 lbs.
• A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!

Current Shifts:

• Sunday - Tuesday and every other Wednesday, 6am to 6pm
• Sunday - Tuesday and every other Wednesday, 6pm to 6am [This shift includes a 10% shift differential]
• Thursday - Saturday and every other Wednesday, 6am to 6pm
• Thursday - Saturday and every other Wednesday, 6pm to 6am [This shift includes a 15% shift differential]

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to work hands on the lab, including standing and operating equipment at a lab bench.

Working Conditions:

• Environment: office, wet laboratory, chemical plant, outdoor test sites.
• Exposures encountered: hazardous materials, electrical hazards.
• Essential physical requirements: working hands-on in a research lab setting.
• Travel required as needed, less than 10%.