Engineering Technician; Laboratory

Location: Amarillo, TX

Job Title: Engineering Technician (Laboratory)

Organization: Weapon Material Program )

Performs a variety of duties in assisting technical and scientific personnel on various production support, research, and development projects. Typical general functions of this classification include:

• Sets up, calibrates, and operates various pieces of complex equipment and instrumentation
• Performs a broad range of difficult chemical and physical analyses using complex instrumentation and equipment
• Performs and records calculations (arithmetic and algebraic) in the course of data analysis
• Collects, reduces, and records data using manual, calculator-assisted, and computer techniques
• Performs associated duties as assigned within the work areas to ensure proper housekeeping incidental to care and protection of equipment, records, and procedures
• Performs work with a high degree of accuracy in all phases of duties under general supervision
• Assists professional staff as required in identifying problems and in establishing new and improved procedures and techniques
• Requires the application of good judgment and skill in the performance of critical data assignments
• Precisely follows prescribed safety procedures in handling explosive, toxic, flammable, or otherwise hazardous materials
• Demonstrates the ability to methodically perform specified tasks and assigned functions
• Ensures that operations are conducted according to applicable environmental, safety, health, and management requirements
• Observes and reports unusual occurrences or events that may affect safety, quality, or understanding of experiments or operations
• Assists professional staff with the training of other Engineering Technicians as assigned
• Responsible for maintaining a knowledge of applicable Federal, State, Department Of Energy(DOE), Corporate and Plant rules, regulations, Labor Agreements and Plant-wide operating policies and procedures
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Required to attend and/or successfully complete training classes as determined by the Training and Development Technologies Department, through General Employee Training (Reference DOE Order 5480.19), and Management
• Participates in worker involvement including input to work planning and methods to identify hazards and controls
• Understands a worker’s right to stop work when they feel their own or other’s personal safety is jeopardized
• Attends all required safety meetings and training, offers suggestions on improvements to the work environment

• Sets up, calibrates, and operates various instruments including, but not limited to:
  Mass, Raman, Infrared Spectroscopy (IR), Ultraviolet Spectroscopy (UV) and Atomic Absorption Spectrometers; thermal analyses such as Chemical Reactivity Testing (CRT), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA), and Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA); liquid and gas chromatographs; and related equipment used for performing varied analyses
• Performs qualitative and quantitative analyses in both gravimetric and volumetric areas

• Must be able to perform all duties and functions outlined above
• Must meet initial employment requirements
• Must be able to read, write, and comprehend applicable written and/or oral instructions
• Must be physically fit to perform the above job functions as determined by Medical Evaluation
• All qualifications, work history, training, and education are to be verified by direct contact with former employers and/or documented proof
• Must have no documented quality or safety issues during the most recent 18 month period

• Satisfactory completion of a Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline or an Associate degree in chemistry or chemical technology
• OR Satisfactory completion of 18 semester hours of relevant college chemistry including as a minimum the courses of General Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I, Analytical Chemistry, and their associated laboratories, and 6 semester hours of college math, specifically in college Algebra and Trigonometry
• OR Satisfactory completion of 12 semester hours of relevant college chemistry (including associated…