Laboratory Technician/ Masterflex
Avantor
- Waukegan, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Associate degree
- In a lab environment
- Preparing test plans and related data sheets, graphs and charts.
- Writing detailed test reports and test results memos relating to individual tests
- With test equipment such as pumps of any kind, scales, flow meters, and / or data loggers
- Exemplary communication skills, both in written and verbal communications to all organization members.
- Knowledge of chemistry
- Collaboration tools (IE Microsoft Office)
- Recording flow measurements of tubing within a peristaltic pump, via flow sensors or gravimetrically
- Advising the team when testing methods should be changed to speed results or improve data gathering.
- Advising the engineering team on improvements that can be made to Avantor products and any issues encountered during use of our products.
- Advising management on workload issues and expected test duration.
- Conducting tests and recording data for torque testing of tubing within peristaltic pumps
- Conducting tests to determine attributes, performance and life of various types of pumps, drives, and other products
- Conducting testing of units submitted for regulatory agency approvals such as IP or index of protection and assist in demonstrating conformance to test specifications.
- Participating in the procurement, pricing, and documentation of tubing and tubing sets as necessary
- Testing the amount of debris and spallation of tubing within a pump and tubing combination.
- Creating training materials (videos and word documents) of pumps, drives, and tubing, and instructing customers and sales teams on how to operate pump systems and drives.
- Recommending additional equipment
- Assisting in troubleshooting pump system problems as necessary
- Construct, test and troubleshoot pumps and tubing per instructions of a test/build request and as required determine test requirements based on previous testing.
- Prepare and measure physical attributes of units for tests
- Observe, record, and report all test data.
- Assist in regulatory agency testing of products.
- Resolve production pump issues.
- Advise engineering team of problem issues and improvements that can be made.
- Work in a 75% laboratory and manufacturing environment