Lab Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Ability to follow procedure and contribute as an individual and a team member
• Lab Technician I: No specific prior work experience required; training provided to enable employees to perform the minimum essential functions identified by their respective lab/department
• Lab Technician II: Minimum six (6) months of optical manufacturing experience in same or similar position prior to skills assessment to determine ability to perform all applicable essential functions identified by their respective lab/department

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Prior experience in a warehouse or manufacturing environment
• Computer literate

Responsibilities

• Use a tracing machine to measure frame
• Print and match paperwork to corresponding trays
• Read job ticket to determine the location of lens needed and pull from bin placing correctly in tray
• Deliver tray to appropriate location to be scanned, verified and de-boxed
• Invoice and package finished jobs; scan and bin jobs into proper customer box to be shipped
• Sort and receive frames into system placing frames in appropriate colored trays
• Secure optical lens / blanks in holding tools for generating, polishing, and coating
• Operate equipment and clear machine errors
• Maintain tools for production equipment
• Operate finishing equipment and clear out machine errors
• Mount, secure and align finished lens in frames using precision hand tools
• Edge lens appropriately so that lens can be inserted into frames
• Place lens in lens holder and tint to specified color
• Mark lenses appropriately to achieve proper tint axis
• Change tint colors as needed
• Unload lens into lens trays
• Mark and inspect lenses
• Sort and pre- inspect lenses and operate AR coating machines
• Remove processed surfaced lenses from alloy block at end of surfacing process and reclaim the alloy in a reclaim tank
• Inspect lens blank to detect surface flaws
• Examine prescriptions & work orders according to standards using precision instruments
• Wash and clean lenses and eyeglasses using cloths and solvents
• Perform cosmetic inspection
• Work daily toward meeting production expectations set by management
• Always perform and comply with all job functions according to documented standard operating procedures
• Meet or exceed established performance thresholds in all core and secondary job functions
• Report all known products, processes, and/or reporting defects and inefficiencies to supervisory personnel
• Participate in team, department, and company-wide meetings as scheduled
• Actively participate in team discussions and provide feedback to maintain and improve the work environment
• Ensure that work area is clean and organized and prepared for the next shift with all items in their designated locations
• Utilize proper handling techniques and equipment to minimize damages and reduce injuries
• Follow and uphold all OSHA and company safety guidelines, policies, and regulations
• Ability to work overtime as business needs dictate
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and group life insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Supplemental health benefits (critical illness, hospital, accident)
• Short- and long-term disability
• Paid family leave (where applicable by state law)
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Eyewear discounts
• Paid vacation and/or sick time
• Paid holidays
• Birthday PTO