Materials Lab Technician

Rimkus•Mooresville, NC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Rimkus is seeking an entry-level Materials Laboratory Technician for their Mooresville, NC location. This role involves performing laboratory testing on a wide variety of projects, coordinating project storage, providing assistance to project managers/engineers/consultants, and supporting general project management tasks. The company is a leader in failure/root cause analysis, corrosion damage assessment, weld/welder qualification testing, and consulting engineering, serving diverse industries such as performance (motorsports, aerospace, marine, automotive/transportation), manufacturing, industrial (power generation and utilities, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, pulp and paper), and forensics (insurance and litigation support). This position may involve occasional direct client interaction during laboratory testing.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering or Mechanical Engineering (Preferred)
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated poise, tact, and diplomacy.
Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
Ability to understand departmental operations and procedures.
Good organizational skills as well as analytical and interpretive skills.
Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously and set priorities.
Ability to work independently or in a team environment.
Ability to meet or exceed performance competencies.
Dependable transportation and a valid driver’s license.
Ability to operate fork-lift and shop machinery (including but not limited to band saws, milling machines, lathes, grinders, belt sanders, mounting presses, cut-off saws, furnaces, air compressors, etc.) in compliance with safety program/safety procedures.
Ability to operate laboratory equipment (including but not limited to cameras, tensile testers, hardness testers, micro-hardness testers, chemical analysis OES, metallographs, stereomicroscopes, auto-polishers, sample preparation polishing wheels, fume hoods, ultrasonic cleaners, Charpy impact testers, salt-fog chambers, dye penetrant and magnetic particle equipment, replication materials, etc.).
Ability to clean, maintain, and repair lab equipment and tools, including maintaining supply inventories.
Ability to utilize various computer software (including but not limited to lab equipment software, project management/billing databases, Microsoft Suite, Lightroom, etc.).

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Responsibilities

Perform laboratory testing on a wide variety of projects.
Handle the coordination of project storage, including cataloging, organizing, and documenting the status of items.
Provide assistance to project managers/engineers/consultants.
Assist with general project management tasks.
Operate laboratory equipment, including macro and micro photography, mechanical testing, Charpy impact testing, chemical analysis, and hardness testing.
Operate polishing equipment to prepare metallographic specimens for microstructural analysis.
Perform general shop clean-up and equipment maintenance, including equipment clean-up, minor repairs, and filing project inventory.
Work with limited supervision, exercising initiative and independent judgment.
Assist engineers/project managers with day-to-day operations and in conducting project examinations.
Operate lab equipment in accordance with the quality assurance program/QA procedures.
Produce standard test reports.