Position: Chemist
Tribologik Corporation
Website: www.tribologik.com
Tribologik Corporation seeks an enthusiastic, highly motivated, and career-minded Chemist for its fluid analysis laboratory in Hammond, IN.
Opportunity:
This position offers the chance to manage a high-volume, technology-driven laboratory operating in two shifts in the United States. You'll collaborate with a team of professional managers, chemists, and I.T. specialists.
Type of Business:
Tribologik Corporation is an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited lubricant, coolant, and fuel analysis laboratory. We provide testing services to military, industrial, transport, and natural resource companies globally. Our Head Office, located in Montreal, Canada, houses a similar lab known as Predictive Maintenance Corporation. Both Tribologik and Predictive Maintenance Corporation are technological leaders in fluid analysis, equipped with modern lab instruments and a proprietary expert system.
The Candidate:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in testing lubricating oils, fuels, and coolant.
• Mechanical inclination is an asset.
• Demonstrated leadership and entrepreneurial energy, proactive in issue resolution.
• Ability to identify and focus on problem areas, initiating steps for resolution.
• Detail-oriented, creative, resourceful, efficient, with strong analytical and organizational abilities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with good interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in computer literacy, able to exchange ideas effectively.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Analyze industrial, mobile equipment, fuel, and coolant samples to determine fuel quality.
• Perform fuel sample analyses using various laboratory instruments according to ISO and ASTM test methods.
• Verify accuracy of test reports and improve testing procedures as needed.
• Ensure proper operation, maintenance, and calibration of instruments according to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and company Quality Control System.
• Conduct research and development, create case studies as required.
• Lead, manage, train, and support a team of laboratory technicians across shifts.
• Review, improve, and validate existing analytical test methods for efficiency and compliance.
• Report to operation manager, develop and implement new testing methods as per customer requirements.
• Manage ISO17025 audits, certification, and accreditation.
• Provide technical assistance to sales and customer services, answer customer queries.
• Implement corrective actions, including root cause analysis.

Conditions:

• Full-time position: Immediate availability.
• Monday to Friday: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, additional hours as required.
• Salary: Based on qualifications and experience.

Contact:
Please email your CV to eostin@tribologik.com. No phone calls, please.
Tribologik Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free workplace.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $19.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Laboratory experience: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Hammond, IN 46324 (Required)

Work Location: In person