Job Description

Job Responsibilities:

• Commits to OC’s Safety Stand: All accidents are preventable, safety is everyone’s responsibility, and working safely is a condition of employment.
• Ensures rigorous compliance with standard safety procedures and OC corporate policies.
• Actively participates in monthly safety meetings and Job Hazard Analysis.
• Practices good housekeeping habits.
• Performs laboratory and application testing and applies understanding of standard test methods to effectively test binder and products.
• Conducts laboratory experiments as designed by lead investigators.
• Documents and communicates results with lead investigators in a timely and accurate manner.
• Supports non-standard testing to identify and quantify product/material performance in novel applications.
• Able to effectively balance assignments across one or more projects.  
• Complies with all plant safety policies and procedures.
• Applies understanding of standard trial test methods to effectively test physical and chemical properties.
• Reports test results to the trial lead in a timely manner to inform on-the-fly decision making.
• Complies with OC’s requirement to protect confidential information including trade secrets, proprietary formulations, processes, and test methods.

Skills:

• Experience in a laboratory environment.
• Experience with common productivity software such as MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Hands-on aptitude and ability to support rapid prototyping.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team-based research environment.
• Ability to design, build, and troubleshoot measurement systems based on Arduino and/or Raspberry Pi platforms, including sensor integration and data acquisition.
• Experience in an R&D or manufacturing environment.

Education/Experience:

• Associate’s degree in technical field.
• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, material science, or other technical field.

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