Engineering Technician (Laboratory)

Pantex•Amarillo, TX

9h•Onsite

About The Position

Performs a variety of duties in assisting technical and scientific personnel on various production support, research, and development projects. This role involves setting up, calibrating, and operating complex equipment and instrumentation, performing a broad range of difficult chemical and physical analyses, and recording calculations for data analysis. The technician will collect, reduce, and record data using various techniques, and perform associated duties to ensure proper housekeeping and care of equipment. The position requires a high degree of accuracy, good judgment, and skill in performing critical data assignments under general supervision. The role also demands precise adherence to safety procedures when handling hazardous materials and ensuring operations comply with environmental, safety, health, and management requirements. The technician will observe and report unusual occurrences, assist professional staff with problem identification and procedure improvement, and may assist with training other technicians. Maintaining knowledge of applicable Federal, State, DOE, Corporate, and Plant rules, regulations, and policies is essential. Participation in worker involvement, including input on work planning and hazard controls, and understanding the right to stop work when safety is jeopardized, are also key aspects of the role. The technician must attend all required safety meetings and training and offer suggestions for work environment improvements.

Requirements

Must be able to perform all duties and functions outlined above.
Must meet initial employment requirements.
Must be able to read, write, and comprehend applicable written and/or oral instructions.
Must be physically fit to perform the above job functions as determined by Medical Evaluation.
All qualifications, work history, training, and education are to be verified by direct contact with former employers and/or documented proof.
Must have no documented quality or safety issues during the most recent 18 month period.
Satisfactory completion of a Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline or an Associate degree in chemistry or chemical technology OR Satisfactory completion of 18 semester hours of relevant college chemistry including as a minimum the courses of General Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I, Analytical Chemistry, and their associated laboratories, and 6 semester hours of college math, specifically in college Algebra and Trigonometry OR Satisfactory completion of 12 semester hours of relevant college chemistry (including associated laboratories), and 6 semester hours of college math, specifically in college Algebra and Trigonometry and three years of experience in a laboratory performing hands-on chemical operations.
Must have no documented quality or safety issues during the most recent 18 month period.
Any combination of the above college credit courses and equivalent experience to equal six years.
Must have no documented quality or safety issues during the most recent 18 month period.
In addition to the above requirements, the applicant must also meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2A (i.e., High School diploma, or a DOE O 426.2A alternative).
Lifting or carrying less than 51 pounds (or specify # of pounds _40_).
Ability to keyboard.
Repetitive motion of the wrist/forearm.
Walking (1 hour/day).
Standing (1 hour/day).
Near vision (must be able to read computer screen, manuscript, book etc, at approximately 13-16 inches from the face).
Ability to distinguish basic colors (red, green, etc.).
Ability to qualify to wear a respirator.
ONLY No evidence of current drug or alcohol abuse.
Ability to use small tools.
Ability to perform safety-sensitive duties.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status.
The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
Requires Human Reliability Program (HRP) certification.
U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants.

Nice To Haves

If the successful candidate is not currently certified in the HRP, the certification process will be initiated upon assumption of the position.
If the successful candidate is currently certified in the HRP, a review for HRP certification in the appropriate category will be performed by the hiring manager and the HRP Management Official, and the certification process in the appropriate category will be initiated upon assumption of the position.

Responsibilities

Sets up, calibrates, and operates various pieces of complex equipment and instrumentation.
Performs a broad range of difficult chemical and physical analyses using complex instrumentation and equipment.
Performs and records calculations (arithmetic and algebraic) in the course of data analysis.
Collects, reduces, and records data using manual, calculator-assisted, and computer techniques.
Performs associated duties as assigned within the work areas to ensure proper housekeeping incidental to care and protection of equipment, records, and procedures.
Performs work with a high degree of accuracy in all phases of duties under general supervision.
Assists professional staff as required in identifying problems and in establishing new and improved procedures and techniques.
Precisely follows prescribed safety procedures in handling explosive, toxic, flammable, or otherwise hazardous materials.
Demonstrates the ability to methodically perform specified tasks and assigned functions.
Ensures that operations are conducted according to applicable environmental, safety, health, and management requirements.
Observes and reports unusual occurrences or events that may affect safety, quality, or understanding of experiments or operations.
Assists professional staff with the training of other Engineering Technicians as assigned.
Maintains a knowledge of applicable Federal, State, Department Of Energy(DOE), Corporate and Plant rules, regulations, Labor Agreements and Plant-wide operating policies and procedures.
Attends and/or successfully completes training classes as determined by the Training and Development Technologies Department, through General Employee Training (Reference DOE Order 5480.19), and Management.
Participates in worker involvement including input to work planning and methods to identify hazards and controls.
Understands a worker’s right to stop work when they feel their own or other’s personal safety is jeopardized.
Attends all required safety meetings and training, offers suggestions on improvements to the work environment.
Sets up, calibrates, and operates various instruments including, but not limited to: Mass, Raman, Infrared Spectroscopy (IR), Ultraviolet Spectroscopy (UV) and Atomic Absorption Spectrometers; thermal analyses such as Chemical Reactivity Testing (CRT), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA), and Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA); liquid and gas chromatographs; and related equipment used for performing varied analyses.
Performs qualitative and quantitative analyses in both gravimetric and volumetric areas.