QC Technician III

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future. We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you?

In your future role as QC Technician III, you will:

• Conduct routine wet chemistry and instrumental analyses on in-process, final shipment samples, and raw materials to ensure top-notch quality.
• Work closely with the production team to troubleshoot and resolve any quality issues that arise.
• Perform wet chemistry analyses as part of established procedures. Tasks include:
  • Weighing alkyls and alkyl solutions for hydrolysis.
  • Titrating hydrolyzed samples to check for metal and halide content.
  • Preparing and standardizing reagents.
• Handle GC instrumental analysis, including:
  • Analyzing neat alkyls/alkyl solutions for gas composition via hydrolysis.
  • Testing solvents and raw materials for purity using gas chromatography.
  • Preparing GC standards and using Chromeleon software.
  • Maintaining and troubleshooting GC instruments.
• Review and calculate routine analytical data for accuracy using MES software.
• Keep your work environment safe and clean by following plant/technical center safety practices, good housekeeping habits, and disposing of products, raw materials, and waste properly.
• Participate in plant/analytical safety programs.
• Review and release analytical reports and shipping certificates of analysis (COAs) when needed.
• Lead projects like MSA studies and document your work as directed by lab supervision.
• Train other lab technicians on instrument maintenance.
• Analyze high-purity metal alkyls using ICP and NMR spectroscopy. This includes:
  • Operating Thermo iCAP ICP system.
  • Becoming familiar with the NMR system.
  • Using and maintaining the MBraun glovebox.

We Believe You Bring:

Education:

• AA in Chemical Technology, BA, or BS in Chemistry or related science, or equivalent experience.
• At least 20 hours of college science coursework.
  

Experience:

• 4-8 years in a production environment, ideally in the petrochemical lab industry.
  

Technical Skills:

• Experience operating the Spectro Arcos or Thermo iCAP ICP system.
• Familiarity with Chromeleon software (Thermo FS).
• Strong understanding of modern analytical chemistry, wet chemistry, and GC analysis.
• Comfortable with basic lab automation and using computers.
  

Communication:

• Proficient in reading, writing, and communicating in English.
  

Teamwork & Independence:

• Ability to collaborate well with other teams and departments.
• Comfortable working independently when needed.
  

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand for long periods (up to 12 hours per shift).
• Comfortable lifting up to 30 pounds and changing gas cylinders.
  

Safety & Compliance:

• Comfortable wearing high-top steel-toed safety shoes, safety glasses, gloves, and protective gear (including respirators, face shields, and FRC coveralls).
• Able to work safely with PVC or nitrile gloves, aluminized suits, and respirators.

Good to know:

This is a permanent position on a full-time basis, reporting to the Quality Control Supervisor in LaPorte, TX.

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/

We look forward to receiving your application!

We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.
About Nouryon:

We’re looking for tomorrow’s Changemakers, today.

If you’re looking for your next career move, apply today and join Nouryon’s worldwide team of Changemakers in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care, cleaning, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Our employees are driven by the desire to make an impact and actively drive positive change. If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions.

From day one, we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment.

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