What are the responsibilities and job description for the Laboratory Assistant (Stationary) position at UL Solutions?
Job Description
Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means having the power to grow our skills and deepen our knowledge every single day. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we give our teams the tools to help build a better future — one where everyone benefits.
Our Retail Center of Excellence, in Lowell, AR, is looking for a Laboratory Assistant, to join our footwear, crafts, and office supplies testing team!
Responsibilities
Mission: For UL, corporate and social responsibility isn’t new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 130 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.
People: Ask any UL employee what they love most about working here, and you’ll almost always hear, “the people.” Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL. We’re able to deliver the best because we employ the best.
Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers create. We’re inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.
Grow & Achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.
Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career, and the estimated salary range for this position is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, and geographical location. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 5% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).
About Us
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
About The Team
From life jackets to lawnmowers, toys to televisions, beauty and wellness, vitamins and supplements, we’re involved in almost every consumer product you can imagine. We work with some of the largest retailers in the world, performing market surveillance, auditing and inspecting the products we put in and on our bodies. We abide by the highest ethical standards to ensure that not only are the products themselves safe, but the supply chains are using ethically and sustainably sourced materials. We build close relationships with our customers, providing advice and expertise to make sure they’re delivering safe products that meet the latest requirements and manufacturing them fairly. Join our team and make your mark on products that shape people’s lives.
Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means having the power to grow our skills and deepen our knowledge every single day. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we give our teams the tools to help build a better future — one where everyone benefits.
Our Retail Center of Excellence, in Lowell, AR, is looking for a Laboratory Assistant, to join our footwear, crafts, and office supplies testing team!
Responsibilities
- Builds and/or adapts basic setup and test equipment for performance of tests.
- Performs tests using general laboratory equipment.
- Performs routine care of designated test equipment and work area.
- Operates computer terminal to extract/input readily available information and to use available software.
- As directed follows defined test plans and datasheets.
- Evaluates test performance and sample operation to properly evaluate test results.
- Records and explains test results.
- Reads and interprets results of tests.
- Prepares charts, graphs and reports to explain test results.
- Examines test samples, reads measuring instruments and reviews test data with supervisor.
- Reads and interprets blueprints, schematics, wiring diagrams and operational instructions.
- As instructed examines customer samples and learns to operate basic tests for each case.
- Communicates with customers during setup and operation to ensure proper evaluation.
- Operates designated laboratory equipment and tools as directed.
- Receives instructions from and reports data to engineers and other laboratory technician staff.
- Records observed or calculated data on appropriate data sheets.
- Develops working knowledge of the job, methods, instrumentation and systems.
- Integrates continuous improvement concepts and techniques into all aspects of the job.
- Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.
- Performs other duties as directed.
- Required: Higher Secondary Education.
- Required: Strong communication (verbal and written) skills, and demonstrated ability to do so effectively with customers.
- Required: Desire to work in a fast-paced and team-oriented environment.
- Required: Ability to use Microsoft Office software (i.e., Outlook, Excel).
- Required: Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., assisted or unassisted.
Mission: For UL, corporate and social responsibility isn’t new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 130 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.
People: Ask any UL employee what they love most about working here, and you’ll almost always hear, “the people.” Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL. We’re able to deliver the best because we employ the best.
Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers create. We’re inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.
Grow & Achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.
Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career, and the estimated salary range for this position is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, and geographical location. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 5% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).
About Us
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
About The Team
From life jackets to lawnmowers, toys to televisions, beauty and wellness, vitamins and supplements, we’re involved in almost every consumer product you can imagine. We work with some of the largest retailers in the world, performing market surveillance, auditing and inspecting the products we put in and on our bodies. We abide by the highest ethical standards to ensure that not only are the products themselves safe, but the supply chains are using ethically and sustainably sourced materials. We build close relationships with our customers, providing advice and expertise to make sure they’re delivering safe products that meet the latest requirements and manufacturing them fairly. Join our team and make your mark on products that shape people’s lives.
