Chemical Hazard Technician

Category:

Production or Manufacturing

Employment Type:

Contract

Reference:

BH-377820

Chemical Hazard Technician
needed for a contract
opportunity with Yoh's client located in Newark DE..

The Big Picture - Top Skills Should You Possess:

• Understanding the physical and chemical properties of various substances, including their potential health and safety hazards, is fundamental.
• Ability to use various analytical tools and techniques to test and analyze chemical substances, including understanding laboratory procedures and instrumentation.

• Lab and pilot scale operation of high hazard chemical processes at the 100 mL to 200 gal scale, including polymerizations, batch and continuous reactions, distillations.
• Handling and manipulation of chemicals: Compressed gas cylinders, 55 gal drums, half ton cylinders, tube trailers.
• Management and safe execution of lab work of wet chemistry experiments using corrosive, toxic, and flammable chemicals.
• Monitor and adjust chemical processes using automated control systems to successfully complete batch and continuous chemical synthesis.
• Documenting and auditing specific operating, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Troubleshoot reaction, mechanical process, controls, or laboratory issues.

• Seeking candidates with chemistry or chemical hazard and not with medical / biological hazard experience,
• Have laboratory operations and routine laboratory experience
• Understand how to handle tasks in support of scientific research at varying scales and levels of complexity.

• The technician position will be shift work with either of the following schedules:
  - Twelve hour rotating shift available in a chemical process area that operates 24/4.
• This position you will have all holidays off.