Lab Tech

Overview

Lab Technician at a Growth-Oriented Energy Company

• Opportunity to jump start your career in the energy industry.
• Work in a fast-paced lab with changing priorities.
• Understand Petroleum Refining
• Expand knowledge of the Asphalt Paving Industry
• Become involved in maintaining a high level of environmental responsibility.
• Grow in our Renewable Fuels interests.
• Become part of the lab team and Par Family.

To meet the basic qualification for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship. To be a good fit for the Lab Technician opportunity, you will have:

• Minimum of two (2) years Vocational Technical or College training (science background preferred)
• Ability to lift 35lbs.
• Be self-motivated, independent (working with minimal supervision), able to multi-tasks in a fast-paced environment, strong work ethic, and be team oriented.
• Proficient with most MS programs - particularly MS Office Suite of products (Excel, Outlook, and Word)
• Job involves shift work, 24 hours/day and 7 days/week operation (including holidays).
• Laboratory Technicians will normally work an 8- or 10-hour shift of rotating day and swing shifts on a 4-week basis.
• Graveyard will be expected once qualified in 5 out of 6 lab subdivisions.
• Ability to work overtime is a requirement.

Reporting to the Lab Supervisor, you will be providing exemplary customer service to our clients.

• Actively participate in a team environment.
• Training in Lab Specific Modules in accordance with a set qualification and progression path.
• Successfully complete and maintain qualifications in Gas Streams Subdivision.
• Successfully complete and maintain qualifications in Gas Bench Subdivision.
• Successfully complete and maintain qualifications in Jet Subdivision.
• Participate in all safety training and attend all monthly lab safety meetings.
• Utilize highly technical equipment such as Automated Distillation Apparatus, Viscometers, Flash Point, Cloud/Pour Point, Densometers, VP Analyzer, pH, Ammonia analyzers.
• Analyze all intermediate process samples and finished tanks of various petroleum products.
• Maintain active safety presence while working in a petroleum environment.

Note:

This description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.

At Par Pacific, we own and operate market-leading energy and infrastructure businesses in logistically complex markets. We have built a team of oil and gas industry veterans and subject matter experts to lead our organization with an entrepreneurial spirit and a collaborative, problem solving approach. We bring our diverse strengths and motivation to complex markets where we seek out diamonds in the rough.

As a nimble, growing organization, we actively pursue new opportunities with corporate financing know-how, respond to local market demands, and adapt to changing external environments.

There is nothing ordinary about Par Pacific -- a niche player in the energy space that operates in logistically complex markets. And there s certainly nothing ordinary about Par Pacific people. We are driven, hardworking, entrepreneur-minded professionals that love to win. If that describes you, you ll fit right in.

Par Pacific is located in some of the most beautiful places throughout the country. The office where you ll work is in Tacoma, Washington. It s a vibrant area of the city with plenty of places for lunch or to wind down after work.

At Par Pacific, we look for operations with strong fundamentals and great employees who can move a business forward. Our management team has deep experience in the energy industry, as well as in leading mergers, acquisitions, and integrations of newly acquired companies.

We are an energy company that has recognized the imperative and embraced the opportunity to begin the transition from fossil fuels. We are developing products that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Excellent compensation and benefits:
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