Process Technician

Cambridge Isotope Separations (CIS) has an outstanding opportunity for an Calibration and Instrumentation Specialist based onsite in our Xenia, OH location. CIS is the world leader in the separation of 13C and 18O and is a subsidiary of Cambridge Isotope Laboratories (CIL) in Massachusetts, the world’s leading producer of stable isotopes and stable isotope-labeled compounds. CIL separates both 13C and 18O at its Xenia, Ohio, facility and has the world’s largest production capacity for both 13C and 18O. CIL also has the only large capacity nongovernmental D2O (Deuterium Oxide) enrichment columns in the world located at its CIS facility.

Our technicians work in a team-based environment and are responsible for safety, production, autonomous maintenance, and product quality. They are expected to understand and use automated control systems, production machinery, and laboratory equipment. Ability to work unsupervised and a willingness to succeed is required.

Responsibilities (Included, but not limited to):

• Monitor and understand area process control system (Delta V)
• Monitor field instruments (level gauges, pressure gauges, and temperature gauges), observe process equipment and liquid nitrogen equipment (tanks, compressors, vaporizers, liquefier)
• Conduct routine operating inspections of the unit, troubleshoot operational problems, and respond to area emergencies or to changing operational situations.
• Perform assigned function from oral and/or written instructions, drawings, or other manufacturing information
• Ability to obtain Fork Truck driving certification (training provided).
• Train with a continuous drive to better understand production facility
• Perform routine autonomous maintenance on plant equipment in area of assignment as required using appropriate tools.
• Observe good housekeeping and safety procedures and keep equipment, tools and work area clean
• Conduct monthly inspections and cleaning requirements to meet autonomous maintenance goals
• Exhibit teamwork in all you do, maintaining a positive and team based attitude. Support peers in time of high demand by working hours assigned and overtime as required.
• Participate on local teams to improve site conditions, productivity, and performance
• Remain flexible in day to day job duty modifications
• Follow all site safety and environmental policy requirements
• Know and follow established job specific and facility wide health and safety procedures and rules.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Basic Computer Skills
• Must possess a valid driver's license.

Criteria:

• Be willing and able to work a 12 hour rotating shift, including weekends, some holidays, overtime, and respond to call outs. Overtime is required.
• Basic knowledge of handling gases under pressure safely for pure components and mixtures
• Basic knowledge of handling hazardous chemicals and mild radioactive materials as applied to production processes
• Possess high degree of mechanical aptitude and have basic knowledge of proper tool for the job.
• Must be able to interact and contribute in a small team environment.
• Lift up to 50 lbs.
• Walking, bending, stooping is required.
• Will be required to be respirator fit trained, pass a respirator physical, and occasionally wear non-air supplied respirator
• Willing to wear appropriate Personnel Protective Equipment for different jobs including chemical handling
• Must take a hands on role in problem solving
• Must have strong can-do attitude with a commitment to service
• Know and follow established job specific and facility wide health and safety procedures and rules.
• Work safely by correcting safety issues you can or notifying management, observing and keeping others aware of safe actions, attend and participate in site safety programs, participate in accident and illness prevention, identify and correct hazards and unsafe conditions.
• Maintain housekeeping in work area.
• Must have reliable transportation.

• An excellent attendance record is mandatory.

Benefits

CIL and CIS offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including generous paid time off, Long Term Incentives, 6% matching 401K plan and health insurance with no in-network deductible.

CIL is an EEO/Affirmative Action employer.

Learn more about us on our website: www.isotope.com

About Us:

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. (CIL) is the world’s leading producer of stable isotopes and stable isotope-labeled compounds. With approximately 750 employees and laboratories in four countries, CIL specializes in the process of labeling biochemical and organic compounds with highly enriched, stable (nonradioactive) isotopes of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen. Our chemists substitute common atoms (e.g., 1H, 12C, 14N, 16O) with rare, highly valued isotopes (e.g., 2H or D, 13C, 15N, 18O) so that the final product can be readily measured or traced using mass spectrometry (MS) or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). CIL’s products are utilized in laboratories, medical, government and academic research centers and health care facilities worldwide.

We are proud that CIL products have contributed to medical advancements in cancer research, new-drug development, environmental analysis, and medical diagnostic research. In the past decade, as the fields of proteomics and metabolomics have developed as leading techniques for determining biomarkers for disease presence, progression and the monitoring of therapeutic response, CIL has worked closely with industry leaders and researchers to provide the stable isotope-labeled tools needed for improved quantitation and qualification of complex biological systems.

After decades of research, stable isotopes have found their place in an ever expanding commercial scale applications in pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, flat panel displays as well as other high technology fields specifically with deuterium oxide (D2O) and deuterium gases. Pharmaceutical companies have begun to investigate deuteration of molecules that may provide advantages over their existing nondeuterated counterparts. In addition, increasing research into the potential medical advantages of new deuterated drugs is also occurring. In high technology, deuterated organic molecules and deuterium gas are commonly used in the manufacturing of microelectronics and OLEDs, which contribute to the increased lifetime of the devices.

Learn more about us on our website: www.isotope.com