Technician II
Technician II
New Kensington, PA 15068
6+ Months
Onsite
Duties:
- Conduct chemical, electrochemical, and mechanical surface finishing operations at bench and pilot scale.
- Prepare, transfer, and safely handle chemicals, including acids and bases.
- Conduct surface treatment and coating performance evaluations.
- Collect, analyze, and organize experimental data to support process development and technical evaluations.
- Provide technical input and support to project managers, engineers, and supervisors.
- Assist in developing or updating SOPs and Work Instructions as directed.
- Produce and evaluate bonding samples for automotive and aerospace qualification and process development.
- Execute surface/coating tasks including batch surface treatment, surface tension measurements, bench-top drawdown coatings, etc.
- Travel to Client or customer plants on an as needed basis to support process implementation or troubleshooting.
- Provide verbal and written updates to project managers and supervisors.
Skills:
- Working knowledge of chemicals (e.g., handling and hygiene practices), lab testing, and organization of data.
- Working knowledge of basic applications for data presentation including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Attention to detail within daily working habits.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience working with chemicals, surface treatments, adhesives, and/or coatings, especially for metallic based products and processes.
- Mechanical and equipment aptitude, including ability to troubleshoot.
- Experience within the metals manufacturing industry, especially aluminum.
- Advanced data analysis skills including experience in data analysis packages such as JMP, Minitab, or others.
- Experience in scaling up processes from laboratory to production.
- Knowledge of general engineering principles as they apply to aluminum processing operations, including casting, rolling, extrusion, and related forming techniques.
Education:
- Associate of Science (AS) Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or other related Science or Engineering discipline.
- Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or other related Science or Engineering discipline.