Senior Lab Technician

Momentive (Rayong, Thailand)

Rayong, Thailand

As a premier global high-performance silicones and specialties company, Momentive creates solutions that improve quality of life for people and enable a more sustainable future. Our products are the result of a tireless pursuit of progress where the sun never sets on our global marketing and R&D efforts, resulting in innovations that help propel our customers’ businesses forward and positively impact all aspects of life – today, tomorrow, and into the futur

About this position

As a Senior Lab Technicians will be expected to interact with other departments, review and approve laboratory protocols, and ensure all laboratory personnel adhere to safety protocols. He /she must be knowledgeable in laboratory safety, quality assurance and control and instrumentation. The Senior Lab Technicians is responsible for overseeing the activities of the lab, including the maintenance and operation of lab equipment, the supervision of lab personnel, the development and implementation of safety protocols. This position will report directly to QC Supervisor/QC Engineer, based in Rayong Plant.

Responsibilities

• Ensure documentation and reporting of procedures and results according to the Momentive standards.
• Critically evaluate own and team data and results. Process and analyze results, monitor results. Present, explain, and discuss results with the team, project team, or other departments.
• Provide feedback and technical support to other areas in the organization.
• Liaison with the customers laboratory personnel (where applicable) to resolve analytical issues.
• Participate in maintaining the facilities, equipment, and safety in the labs daily task. To ensure compliance with regulations, procedures, and policies.
• Co-ordinate updating of laboratory standard operating procedures.
• Reporting of any quality and safety issues in the laboratory.
• Assist in the management team by conducting internal audits for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001 (which include inspections of plants, goods, or documents such as work instructions), EHS audits, and customer audits to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Work under EHS rules and regulation.
• Resolves quality and safety issues in the laboratory.
• Trains and provides guidance to new technicians, monitoring the performance of junior staff.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned by QC Supervisor/QC Engineer.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, Petrochemicals or related fields.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in laboratory or production process.
• Computer literacy and fair command of English communication.
• Good work, discipline and hands-on. Team player with customer focused and solution-oriented mindset.
• Safety and Quality mindset.
• Knowledge of analytical chemistry, organic chemistry and polymer chemistry is a plus.
• Familiar with chemical lab test equipment.
• Experience with analytical instrumentation and analytical data analysis.
• Knowledge of SAP and Quality Management System, e.g. ISO/TS16949, ISO9001 or ISO14001 is preferred.
• Able to handle hazardous material in a safe manner with proper analytical techniques.
• Excellent oral and writing skills required for communication of data to both technical and non-technical audiences.