Laboratory Technician

Responsibilities

Howmet Aerospace, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company’s primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems and titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. Howmet Aerospace is transforming the next phase of more fuel-efficient, quieter aerospace engines and sustainable ground transportation. For more information, visit www.howmet.com. Follow @howmet: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Howmet has challenging opportunities for individuals who are excited to engage with us in growing our business. Join us where you will be part of a dedicated team to manufacture high tech products, safely, accurately and efficiently, you will perform a variety of hands-on operations in accordance with standardized processes within customer specifications.

Job Summary

Performs and/or coordinates laboratory tests to determine chemical and physical characteristics of alloy (metallic) and non-alloy (non-metallic) materials for such purposes as quality control, process control, or product development and production.

Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities

While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to follow all Howmet’s safety regulations, work rules, along with handbook and all departmental specific requirements.

• Monitor and manage incoming alloy master heats. Facilitate the casting of test material, heat treatment, test bar machining, and testing to specification requirements. Requires use of LIMS computer system. Record test results, track progress of testing, issue retest based on testing results, obtain and issue finished report, and generate master heat certifications. Release alloy to production.
• Performs chemical and physical testing of non-metallic materials to specifications and/or submits samples for testing at Howmet Research Center (HRC) testing facility. Coordination required with internal customers (QA, Engineering, etc.), material suppliers, and HRC.
• Coordination of alloy testing samples required with machining suppliers and HRC testing facility.
• Review internal and customer specifications as it relates to testing requirements.
• Communicate with HRC on their techniques and materials, as well as understand and utilize the corporate manuals.
• Operate laboratory equipment and instruments as required for designated assignments. Equipment may include, but is not limited to, wet saws, polishing machines, microscopes, centrifuges, chemical balance scales, PH meters and other equipment.
• Prepares chemical solutions according to standard formulas.
• Review COC/COA (certificate of compliance or analysis) of incoming raw materials against corporate manual specifications before releasing materials to production.
• Maintain testing schedules, organization, and documentation. Use of LIMS system.
• Must comply with all company attendance policies and guidelines; this includes, but is not limited to, regular attendance and overtime (after hour or weekend) in support of production requirements.
• Other duties as assigned to include the training for back-up responsibilities of other laboratory technicians.
  
  

Skills & Abilities

• There are no licenses, or registrations required for this position. After appropriate training, employee must be certified/qualified for techniques as required by customer specifications (internal/external).
• Strong computer skills using MS Office, and internal computer systems such as LIMS, lot trace, OCHMS, IPC, or other systems introduced to this facility.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills preferred. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to add subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
• Ability to understand when to stop and seek help prior to initiating the task if there is a question or inability to proceed.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.