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Chemist

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Chemist

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Chemist
Location Santa Fe Springs – California
Permanent
Full Time

About Heraeus

Making displays foldable? Helping hearts beat with medical innovations? Or breathing new life into precious metals? As a family-owned global technology group we help our customers to always being one step ahead.


About Heraeus Medevio

Together we improve lives. At Heraeus Medevio, we bring lifesaving and life-changing medical devices to market through partnerships with medical device manufacturing companies. Backed by Heraeus Group, we are committed to the growth of our teams and organization by providing an open space for open minds.

To reach our vision of improving 100 million lives every year, we foster a culture of curiosity that thrives on challenge, continuous learning, growth, and the opportunity to try new things. With sites in the United States, European Union, and Asia, and over 2,200 employees worldwide, together, we will meet tomorrow's challenges today.

Heraeus, the German based technology group is a leading international family-owned company formed in 1851. We create high-quality solutions for our customers by combining material expertise with technological know-how. Our ideas are focused on themes such as environment, energy, health, mobility, and industrial applications. In 2015 Heraeus generated revenues without precious metals of €1.9 bn and a total revenue of €12.9 bn. in more than 100 subsidiaries in 38 countries we offer our worldwide 12,500 employees the freedom to develop and promote their own ideas. We call it: Open Space. For Open Minds.®

The primary responsibility of this position is to be able to troubleshoot problems and develop new methods as needed.  Able to logically track down problems to their root cause.  Resolve personnel issues in a forthright orderly manner.  Determine reasonableness of analytical results with regard to customer, method capability and lot value.  Use independent action to quickly determine need for reassay and correct method. 

Your Role and Responsibilites:

  • Performs precise and well documented analysis in support of analytical testing. 
  • Performs general laboratory methods and tasks according to assigned written procedures. 
  • Checks balance calibration, once per week. 
  • Checks and records airflow on lab hoods. Notifies supervisor if out of specification 
  • Updates supervisor on status of all analyses and needed work 
  • Assures all methods are properly documented according to HMPI QA/QC policies. 
  • Keeps assigned equipment in functional operating condition, cleaned and available. Monitors equipment and supply needs and promptly informs supervisor of action to ensure uninterrupted workflow 
  • Ensures personal and overall laboratory work areas are organized and clean. Performs all necessary housekeeping as directed and required. Leaves workplace in clean and orderly condition at end of shift 
  • Suggests equipment, supply and resource needs for long term viability of the lab. 
  • Understanding of Company Quality Mission and specific laboratory QC/QA protocols. 
  • Understands and can perform all necessary QC/QA and corrective actions. 
  • Understands job safety requirements. 
  • Works under direct supervision of laboratory supervisor or another laboratory employee as assigned by supervisor or manager. 
  • Specific laboratory tasks deemed necessary for proper laboratory function as assigned by laboratory management. 

What is required for this role: 

  • Some laboratory experience preferred 
  • High school diploma, associate college degree, BS in scientific degree (preferred) 

Curious? Apply now!

We are interested in finding the best candidates, and they may come from a nontraditional background. So please don’t hesitate to apply, even if you aren’t an exact fit. We look forward to getting you started on your employment journey with Heraeus Medevio!

Any further questions?

Our Recruiting Team, Heraeus Precious Metals, is happy to assist you by email: [[cust_RecTeam]]. Or visit us at www.heraeus.com/careers.

57052 shandell.martinez@heraeustest.com [[cust_RecTeam]] 

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