Laboratory Technician II

Air Liquide•Taylor, TX

4d•$28 - $29•Onsite

About The Position

Air Liquide Electronics is a world leader in supplying gases, specialty chemicals, and services to a wide variety of industries. Balazs Nanoanalysis, a contract analytical laboratory owned by Air Liquide Electronics, operates analytical labs globally, serving both internal and external clients. We support clients in diverse industries including semiconductor, biotechnology, aerospace/defense, solar, energy storage, and automotive. Our highly-skilled chemists assist scientists and engineers with quality assurance, contamination studies, R&D, and failure analysis. The Laboratory Technician II will perform routine sample analyses per established SOPs, conduct laboratory quality control checks, calibrate lab instruments, and maintain a clean and organized laboratory environment, all while adhering to Air Liquide's safety and quality protocols. This role requires performing all Analyst 1 responsibilities, ensuring safe task completion, tuning and calibrating analytical instruments, high-volume analysis of semiconductor-grade chemicals for trace impurities or assay, performing other analytical duties as assigned, and routine preventative maintenance of analytical laboratory instrumentation. The technician will communicate test results promptly to factory customers, participate in documenting quality control standards and analytical results, cross-train on various analytical lab tests, and contribute to optimizing sample cycle times and continuous laboratory improvements. They will also work with personnel to maintain supplies, answer customer and management questions about sample status, document safety protocols, escalate unresolved issues, implement safety and quality improvements, attend Air Liquide Town Halls, implement and maintain 5S organizational principles, assist customers with LIMS and database issues, follow up on samples with long turnaround times, troubleshoot instrument and sample analysis issues, troubleshoot instrument software and connection issues, and assist Scientists/Chemists with data collection for lab instrument qualifications and MOCs. Support may be provided at the Austin Lab site on an as-needed basis.

Requirements

Must meet all Analyst 1 Requirements
Holiday and weekend coverage
Must be able to work in a team environment and effectively communicate
Good computer skills with analytical instrumentation software, LIMS, Word, Excel, etc
Must have initiative and be self-motivated
Must have good organizational skills
Must be able to lift medium loads with the help of coworkers
Perform repetitive sample analysis tasks daily

Responsibilities

Must perform all Analyst 1 Responsibilities
Ensure safe completion of all tasks in the lab
Tune and calibrate Analytical Instruments
High Volume analysis of semiconductor grade chemicals for trace impurities or assay
Perform other analytical duties as assigned by the laboratory manager
Perform routine preventative maintenance of analytical laboratory instrumentation
Communicate test results in a timely manner to factory customers to support manufacturing
Participate in the documentation of quality control standards and analytical results
Cross-train on a variety of analytical lab tests
Participate in the optimization of sample cycle times and continuous laboratory improvements
Work with laboratory personnel to ensure supplies are maintained
Answer customer and management questions about sample status
Participate in the documentation of safety protocols
Ensure that unresolved analytical/instrumentation/LIMS/sample issues are escalated
Implement safety and quality improvements
Attend Air Liquide Town Halls
Implement and maintain 5S organizational principles
Assist customers by helping them with their issues with LIMS, databases, etc
Follow up on samples with long dwell times (long TAT's)
Troubleshoot instrument and sample analysis issues as directed by SOP/Chemists
Troubleshoot instrument software and connection issues as directed by SOP/Chemists
Assist Scientists/Chemists with data collection for Lab instrument qualifications and MOC's
Provide support at Austin Lab site on an as needed basis