Technical Services Lab Technician

ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 200 global multi-industrial manufacturing leader with revenues totaling $14.1 billion in 2019. The company’s seven industry-leading segments leverage the unique ITW Business Model to drive solid growth with best-in-class margins and returns in markets where highly innovative, customer-focused solutions are required. ITW’s approximately 45,000 dedicated colleagues around the world thrive in the company’s decentralized and entrepreneurial culture. www.itw.com.

Polymers & Fluids segment is composed of highly branded products serving diverse markets that require value-added, differentiated solutions. These product offerings include adhesives, sealants, coatings, lubricants, additives, and cleaners for Transportation, Electronics, automotive aftermarket, MRO, Industrial Cleaning and Lubrication, New Energy, and Marine industry customers with unique needs. ITW differentiates through leading brand positions, technology, and innovation, and strong focus on specific niche opportunities. PPF East Asia is a division with regional headquarter in China and we have operations cross Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and countries in Southeast Asia.

At ITW, our team develops innovative products with leading technologies that help to shape the future. Our laboratory technicians are a key component to assisting in the development and testing of these products for the customer and our growth. In this role, you can apply your entrepreneurial spirit and continue to develop your critical thinking skills and lab experience in a variety of ways, whether it be through maintain the lab and equipment, prepping materials for shows/demonstrations, or performing testing on coatings, adhesives and sealants. This is an exciting opportunity to build and grow your career in a Division within a market-leading, Fortune 200 organization. Come and grow with us!

ITW’S BUSINESS MODEL & CULTURE:

• We have an environment shaped by our decentralized, entrepreneurial culture that brings our exciting ideas to life. Our people thrive in our “flexibility within the framework” approach.

• We are committed to providing you with growth and development opportunities that maximize your unique potential.

• Our culture empowers you to think and act like a business owner – we want your entrepreneurial spirit to thrive!

• Be a part of One ITW/One Team, where everyone’s contribution matters in our quest to achieve our full potential.

• We live by our Core Values:

• We trust our team members and are confident that they each work to the highest professional standards and in the company’s best interests.

• We deeply respect diversity at every level of the company and consequently promote an open environment where innovations can emerge from our various backgrounds and experiences.

• We treat our customers and suppliers with integrity and transparency, and constantly strive to do the right thing.

• We focus on the essential core of each business opportunity, fostering simplicity in how we think and execute.

• We gain strength through trial and error and work as a team through jointly sharing risk.

YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS JOB IF YOU ENJOY/ARE GOOD AT:

• You enjoy science and the industrial lab environment – being part of the innovation journey energizes you!

• You value organization both in cleanliness and in project workflow and are constantly looking for ways to improve your surroundings, methods, and processes.

• You hold yourself to high standards and seek to execute your tasks with perfection and confidence.

• You’re a wearer of many hats and you enjoy juggling multiple projects/tasks simultaneously.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepare and perform testing of adhesives and bonded products, sealants, coatings and abrasion resistant materials.

• Order/maintain all lab supplies including reagents, chemicals, testing substrates, and instruments tools/supplies.

• Operate testing instruments to generate mechanical and analytical data as determined by industry standards.

• Schedule, coordinate, and maintain all lab preventative maintenance, calibrations and general lab organization

• Adjust and create standard and non-standard test programs in mechanical and analytical laboratory instruments.

• Run experiments and records data preformed on manufactured batches.

• Answer incoming calls seeking fundamental technical advice.

• Promote, support and adhere to all company safety, environmental and quality related policies and procedures, including maintaining lab Safety Data Sheets and biweekly safety inspection audit report of the lab.

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  An independent, adaptable, and highly motivated attitude and looking to grow within an organization that sees your potential.

• An associate degree in a technical program, chemical engineering, polymer science, polymer engineering, or equivalent discipline OR 3 or more years of related industry work experience (i.e. internship or career experience)

• Grasp of fundamental lab practice and instrumentation, lab and project organization, and material relationships.

• Strong computer skills and proficiency with MS Office.

• Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, and investigative skills.

• Self-driven with an ability to effectively multitask and drive assignments to completion and to plan timely workflow.

• Occasional travel to vendors or customers sites as needed.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential.

As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.