Technician Level 1 at K2O Inc dba Exact Scientific Services – Ferndale, Washington

The technician is responsible for sample preparation in the general chemistry department, which includes preparing solid and water samples for analysis, ensuring procedures are followed in compliance with ISO 17025 and established SOPs, maintaining appropriate turnaround times and workflow, responding to client inquiries via lab directors, managers, and administration, and maintain open communication with laboratory directors and administrative staff

Primary Duties:

1. Sample preparation specific to department
   1. Titrations, such as peroxide value, hydroxyl value, free fatty acids
   2. Fat by ether extraction
   3. Moisture/Ash
   4. pH determination
   5. Sample preparation for a variety of general chemistry tests, limited to weighing out/diluting samples according to standard operating procedures
2. Help maintain sample integrity, neatness, and organization (daily samples kept cold when required and containers kept neat).
3. Follow established Quality control measures and safety measures including wearing appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
4. Read and understand Standard Operating Procedures, Working instructions, and safety data sheets.
5. Communicate with managers/directors with regards to sample tracking, department delays or issues that affect clients.

Secondary Duties:

1. Back up for general chemistry analysts/miscellaneous tests such as salt content, density, content weight of caps, average weight, etc.

Shared duties:

1. All checklists pertaining to daily operations of chemistry laboratory.
2. Maintaining reagent and supplies stock, ordering as needed.
3. Dishes
4. General lab cleaning and maintenance
5. Garbage
6. Sample retain and integrity.
7. Sample homogenization and compositing
8. Re-stocking supplies
9. Lab Organization