Lab Technician in San Antonio, Texas at Carbon Free Chemicals

Lab Technician

San Antonio

CarbonFree in San Antonio is looking for a Lab Technician to support our company as it grows. This position carries out responsibilities in the following functional areas: running and maintaining an ICP-OES, GC and other lab analytical instruments, performing titrations on products and environmental samples, and be familiar with particle analysis equipment and methods such as laser diffraction and sieve testing. This role will report directly to our Lab Manager.

What You’ll Do

• Accurately test and evaluate results for product performance using ICP-OES
• Be able to prepare dilutions from stock solutions, perform wet chemistry titrations and interpret test results.
• Maintain and operate laboratory instruments including an ICP-OES instrument, GC, laser diffraction particle analysis, sieve shakers, autotitrators, and UV-VIS spectrophotometer
• Be able to generate certificate of analysis (CoAs) on finished products
• Maintain chemical and laboratory inventory
• Ability to understand the methods and instruments in the lab for on-the-spot troubleshooting
• Read, understand and utilize standard operating procedures and methods
• Maintain SDS for raw materials and products
• Prepare samples for submission to outside testing laboratories
• Be able to communicate lab test results effectively to operations, engineering, sales and customer service departments.

Who You Are

• BS degree in Chemistry with no experience, or 1+ yrs. of experience in an analytical chemistry laboratory with some completed college chemistry coursework, or 3+ yrs. of experience in a chemical laboratory.
• ICP-OES and knowledge of LIMS or LIMS-type systems are a must with GC experience preferred.
• Ability to work a rotating shift.
• Strong computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), oral and written communication skills and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision are also required.
• General understanding of good laboratory practices (GLP), excellent attention to detail and the ability to perform in a fast-paced environment.

About Us

We only have one planet and one atmosphere, at CarbonFree we are ready to roll up our sleeves and be part of the solution. We want to capture carbon from industrial emitters today so that we can have a better planet and atmosphere tomorrow. We only have one planet and one atmosphere, at CarbonFree we are ready to roll up our sleeves and be part of the solution. We want to capture carbon from industrial emitters today so that we can have a better planet and atmosphere tomorrow. Operating since 2015, SkyMine, San Antonio Texas, is the world’s first and largest industrial-scale carbon mineralization facility. Our SkyMine plant captures CO2 from cement flue gas, transforming it into carbon-negative baking soda. SkyCycle is CarbonFree’s second-generation technology providing a complete CCUS solution, solving the high cost of transport and storage infrastructure. SkyCycle has an ultra-low energy penalty providing CO2 capture and carbon negative chemicals and is a strong profitable proposition that is ready to roll out now.