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Lead Analytical Laboratory Technician

McCarran, NV

About Redwood Materials

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2019, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.

Lead Analytical Lab Technician 

As a Lead Analytical Laboratory Technician at Redwood, you will have the opportunity to make the world a better place by assisting in a wide variety of analytical / metallurgical / metrology processes across the Company. The key objective for this role is fulfilling the daily activities of our Analytical Laboratory teams in a responsible, safe, and practical manner while maximizing time and cost effectiveness. Successful candidates for this role will have strong initiative, excellent organizational skills, and exceptional team skills.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Provide leadership to our laboratory team supporting a quality culture in safety, quality, learning and training, and analytical methods
  • Working closely with shift supervisors or chemists, you will be asked to help lead and perform routine and non-routine chemical, physical and/or metallurgical analytical tasks
  • Expected to work as a lineside trainer, support onboarding, and act as a subject matter expert for all methods in the lab
  • In coordination with Supervisor, manage day to day operations of all samples coming into the lab and auxiliary lab facilities including assessing sample priority
  • Maintain a clean and safe work area. Be an advocate for safety
  • Foster a collaborative work ethic in our cross functional team to ensure that we deliver production and R&D goals
    • Interdepartmental communication is critical to job function
  • Work with Material Flow team to ensure materials are properly packaged and labeled
  • Perform routine product and process samples analysis, and verify results are within expected parameters
    • Hands-on work to be conducted daily in the laboratory. This is a working Lead Role
  • Perform chemical and sample handling with strict adherence to associated safety and quality procedures
  • Support 5S initiatives
  • Manage repairs/troubleshooting as instructed and independently
  • Coordinate with the Supervisor and Method Development team to meet validation and documentation needs in the laboratory. Write and update documentation as needed
  • Manage workload with a positive attitude and proactively help co-workers
  • Support data validation including understating quality checks, pass fail requirements, data trends, and method detection limits
  • Comfortable working in team and individual environments.

Desired Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in science or related field and 2+ years of related experience. Leadership experience strongly preferred
  • Experience in laboratory settings, quality settings, or chemical production facilities
  • Experience in typical laboratory practices including waste handling, safe work practices, data management, good documentation practices and experimental setup and execution
  • Comfortable wearing personal protective equipment including but not limited to lab coats, coveralls, smocks, and respirators
  • Experience with relevant test methods such as ICP-OES, auto-titration, X-Ray Fluorescence, tensile testing, material property testing, etc.
  • Experience with sample prep and analysis, chemical handling and laboratory hazards
  • Demonstrates ability to perform basic chemistry math and calculations
  • Adept with data acquisition and analysis tools including Laboratory Information Management Systems and Microsoft Office
  • Excellent written, verbal communication, and collaboration skills
  • Excellent attitude: understands priorities change with company needs and willing to work to ensure deadlines are met. Ability to execute with a calm and collaborative urgency
  • Ability to regularly lift 35 lbs
  • A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!

Current Shifts:

  • Sunday - Tuesday and every other Wednesday, 6am to 6pm
  • Sunday - Tuesday and every other Wednesday, 6pm to 6am [This shift includes a 10% shift differential]
  • Thursday - Saturday and every other Wednesday, 6am to 6pm
  • Thursday - Saturday and every other Wednesday, 6pm to 6am [This shift includes a 15% shift differential]

Physical Requirements:

  • Must be able to work hands on the lab, including standing and operating equipment at a lab bench

Working Conditions:

  • Environment: office, wet laboratory, chemical plant, outdoor test sites
  • Exposures encountered: hazardous materials, electrical hazards
  • Essential physical requirements: working hands-on in a research lab setting
  • Travel required as needed, less than 10%

The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

 

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