What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Lab Technician position at Livent, now Rio Tinto?
In January 2024, Livent merged with Allkem Limited to create Arcadium Lithium plc. While we work to integrate our technology systems, including our recruitment platforms, Arcadium Lithium plc will use Livent’s ADP system to capture all candidate information.
About Arcadium Lithium: We are change-makers, joining forces to drive progress. A world enabled by the critical mineral, Lithium - the elemental source powering modern life and our global transition to clean energy.
For decades, we’ve grown alongside and collaborated with our people, our customers, and communities. Pioneering, collaborating, and evolving Together.
From the birth of the first lithium-ion battery to the breakthrough lithium advancements that have followed. We've helped lead the change, powering the future of lithium innovation.
Our growth continues to be strategic, expansive, and sustainable. With a wealth of premier lithium resources spread across the world in key locations. We can reliably, safely, and responsibly provide the resources to meet the diverse needs of our customers.
No matter where they are. No matter the challenge. It's all about delivering on the high expectation for quality, performance, and sustainability.
And our duty goes even further. It includes everyone on the planet using a lithium-powered device or vehicle.
Every battery charged. Every device powered. Every lithium application utilized. Underscoring our commitment to quality, collaboration, and our shared vision of powering a more sustainable future for everyone.
Arcadium Lithium is more than just a company. It's a promise, and a commitment by our people.
To act ethically and responsibly, ensuring that our legacy is one of positive impact and lasting change.
Position Summary: Responsible for accurate and timely testing samples received into the Quality Control (QC) laboratory. Samples include raw materials, in-process samples and packaged final products. A variety of instrumentation is used including Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP), Gas Chromatography (GC), Auto-titrators and coulometric Karl Fischer titration. Other equipment such as pH meters, ovens, balances, burettes, and calculators are also used.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Personal Protective Equipment: Must wear PPE as required based on job duties or when traveling to locations where PPE is essential.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
ARCADIUM LITHIUM employs people across a broad range of occupations in locations across the world. We are looking for people to join us in creating, developing, and improving our products, our processes, and our markets. Employees enjoy competitive compensation, a menu of work/life benefits and opportunities to continue developing their skills and building their career.
ARCADIUM LITHIUM is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EEO, AAE, MFDV and supports a drug free workplace.
About Arcadium Lithium: We are change-makers, joining forces to drive progress. A world enabled by the critical mineral, Lithium - the elemental source powering modern life and our global transition to clean energy.
For decades, we’ve grown alongside and collaborated with our people, our customers, and communities. Pioneering, collaborating, and evolving Together.
From the birth of the first lithium-ion battery to the breakthrough lithium advancements that have followed. We've helped lead the change, powering the future of lithium innovation.
Our growth continues to be strategic, expansive, and sustainable. With a wealth of premier lithium resources spread across the world in key locations. We can reliably, safely, and responsibly provide the resources to meet the diverse needs of our customers.
No matter where they are. No matter the challenge. It's all about delivering on the high expectation for quality, performance, and sustainability.
And our duty goes even further. It includes everyone on the planet using a lithium-powered device or vehicle.
Every battery charged. Every device powered. Every lithium application utilized. Underscoring our commitment to quality, collaboration, and our shared vision of powering a more sustainable future for everyone.
Arcadium Lithium is more than just a company. It's a promise, and a commitment by our people.
To act ethically and responsibly, ensuring that our legacy is one of positive impact and lasting change.
Position Summary: Responsible for accurate and timely testing samples received into the Quality Control (QC) laboratory. Samples include raw materials, in-process samples and packaged final products. A variety of instrumentation is used including Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP), Gas Chromatography (GC), Auto-titrators and coulometric Karl Fischer titration. Other equipment such as pH meters, ovens, balances, burettes, and calculators are also used.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Contribute towards the efficient running of the laboratory by helping with infrastructure duties such as restocking of supplies, cleaning of glassware, disposal of samples and managing sample retains.
- Enter laboratory data into the LQM database, run interim and final reports to release samples for production use.
- Standardize equipment prior to use
- Train others in routine test methodology
- Analyze samples in accordance with the prioritization plan.
- Serve as First Aid responder to plant personnel. Assist PERT team in emergencies.
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree in a science discipline is required.
- Ten years of experience in a laboratory setting is desired; this can be from college training in a laboratory science or equivalent laboratory experience.
- Advanced understanding in acid/base titrations, Karl Fischer moisture, manual titrations, particle size, sieve analysis, and programming of automatic titrators
- Basic computer skills involving Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook are required.
- Ability to read, understand and write technical documents (analytical procedures) is required.
- Experience in Thermo LQM software is required. Ability to perform functions such as assisting production personnel in logging in samples, editing tests, and cancelling samples is needed.
- Expertise in the use of Inductively Coupled Plasma instruments is needed. Able to calibrate and check for correct operation of ICP. Ability to review data, trouble-shoot and correct instrument problems.
- Experience using SharePoint sites is needed. Skilled in different SharePoint sites used at Livent is needed (training, TOR reports, technology goals, etc.)
- Must be qualified to run all tests outlined in the QC technician Individual Training Plan (ITP).
- Must have experience dealing with air sensitive product line and be signed off on all of the methods used for BuLi samples.
- Experience in cGMP (good manufacturing practices) is needed. Must be certified as able to analyze Pharmaceutical Carbonate samples. Must be approved to run all test methodology associated with Pharm Carb samples.
- Ability to handle complex and challenging functions such as Cat Phosphate analysis and distillation of benzyl chloride.
- Certified as a trainer in the majority of key tasks (ITP, Buli and Pharm Carb).
- Must have a clear understanding of all Bessemer City production units and how QC analysis contributes to their production of material within specifications.
- Understand and apply basic six sigma principles such as Kanban, Right First time, 5S, control charting
- Time management
- Multi-tasking
- Problem solving with respect to analytical methodologies and instrumentation.
- Teamwork; able to get along with others
- Demonstrated leadership ability
- Ability to impart information to others; serve as a trainer
- Proficient in troubleshooting and fixing most instrument issues
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Personal Protective Equipment: Must wear PPE as required based on job duties or when traveling to locations where PPE is essential.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
ARCADIUM LITHIUM employs people across a broad range of occupations in locations across the world. We are looking for people to join us in creating, developing, and improving our products, our processes, and our markets. Employees enjoy competitive compensation, a menu of work/life benefits and opportunities to continue developing their skills and building their career.
ARCADIUM LITHIUM is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EEO, AAE, MFDV and supports a drug free workplace.
