Quality Control Technician

About the role

Avantor is looking for a Quality Control Technician to join our NuSil Irving, TX team! The Quality Control Technician supports day-to-day manufacturing processes by independently doing hands-on lab duties, including pre-established material qualifications. In specific, running prescribed tests and inspections for releasing materials to the next step in the process. This is a 1st (first) shift role with the working hours of Monday-Friday, 6:00am - 2:30pm CST .

Requirements

• Education : High School Diploma or GED is required
• Experience: 1 year of laboratory or equivalent experience and training preferred
• Experience handling chemicals safely
• Experience with basic physical chemistry parameters (pH, pressure, temperature)
• Basic experience using calibrated instruments
• Experience in a good laboratory practices environment
• How you will thrive and create an impact
• Under supervision performs basic routine testing. This may include appearance, viscosity, pH, loss on drying, uncured, uncured/mixed, cured, and post cured routine testing.
• Under supervision performs routine testing. This may include acid/base titrations, tensile testing, heat/moisture curing, intermediates, final product, and shelf-life reinspection's.
• Updates team on current testing status and instrument readiness during the shift change.
• Supports laboratory inventory upkeep, ensuring supplies are properly stocked, labeled, and accessible.
• Prepare samples for outside testing by following specified procedures.
• Handles samples from submittal to disposal.
• Handles Test Request samples.
• Perform sample preparation for the testing of samples following approved test method procedures.
• Ensure compliance with company quality standards and industry regulations to maintain quality within the scope of the job description. This includes documentation and reporting.
• Follows applicable safety procedures.
• Performs routine cleaning and housekeeping duties ensuring instruments and workstations are clean and properly maintained.
• Assist with Hazardous Waste disposal, including discarding expired supplies as per SOPs.
• Support quality systems activities including calibration scheduling, documentation scanning/filing, testing document review, and calibration report/certificate review to ensure compliance and audit readiness.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• In addition to the following occasional duties:
• May perform standardized Test Methods for validation purposes.
• Under supervision, may investigate unexpected testing results at the QC Lab level.
• May login and dispose of retain samples. Keeps the retain sample area clean and organized.
• May perform daily calibration verifications of testing instruments. This may include GC, GPC, Instron, scales/balances.
• May provide support with routine testing of materials related to defects, customer complaints, and opportunity analysis projects.
• May provide support with execution under supervision of non-routine testing of materials related to defects, customer complaints, and opportunity analysis projects.
• May work closely with other functional teams and provide Quality technical SME feedback for internal challenges (Ex. Production or development issues).
• SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO PERFORM THE JOB COMPETENTLY:
• Basic Computer Skills (Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Basic Math and basic statistics knowledge.
• Strong communication and time-management skills. Detail-oriented and a collaborative team player with the ability to work effectively in group settings.
• Ability to read, understand, and follow procedures. Able to work under close supervision by following clear instructions.
• Knowledge of Good Documentation Practices (GDP).
• ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL EFFORT (Under Typical Positions)
• Typically works in an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation and a normal range of temperature and noise level. At times, may be exposed to a variety of different chemicals including flammables, corrosives, oxidizers and others.
• Work assignments are diversified. Examples of past precedent are used to resolve work problems. New alternatives may be developed to resolve problems.
• A frequent volume of work and deadlines impose strain on routine basis.
• Minimal physical effort is required. Work is mostly sedentary but does require walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting or carrying objects that typically weigh less than 10 lbs.
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• Why Avantor?
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