Veterans Preferred - Laboratory Technician

Company: Airgas
Location: Durham
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

Military Veterans are Encouraged to Apply. -R10064014 Laboratory Technician (Open)

Location:
Durham, NC (ASG) - Industrial spec gas

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

This position is primarily responsible for the analysis and certification of specialty gases, in compliance with established specifications. Performs analysis for specialty gases and finished product testing; assists scheduling of all products to be analyzed, proper storage, labeling and shipping.

• Perform analyses of gases using analytical instrumentation.
  
• Performs routine production testing and quality control analysis of specialty gas mixtures and pure gases.
  
• Monitor quality compliance with standard operating procedure manual requirements.
  
• Review production records and release products for distribution.
  
• Prepare gas analysis certification reports for customer distribution.
  
• 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.
  
  
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  Are you a MATCH?
  
  
  • Associates degree in Chemistry or related field required or 1-3 years of relevant experience in an industrial environment.
    
  • 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.
    
  • Aptitude for high precision work.
    
  • Ability to perform the essential functions of the Laboratory Technician.
    
  • Ability to work with others in a team environment to meet the Laboratory goals.
    
  • Ability to operate forklift and maintain forklift certifications.
    
  • Ability to follow directions, make decisions, work in a team, and be reliable.
    
  • 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 co-workers and customers.
    
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees and/or 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.
    
  • Ability to work all shifts; subject to all weather conditions.
    
    
    Physical Abilities:
    The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is required to meet the following physical demands:
    
    While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to stand; use hands and arms; and talk or hear. The associate must lift and or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to focus.
    
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    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 full-time 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.
    
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    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.
    
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    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.
    
    Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.
    
    Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com .
    
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