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About Livent: Livent powers the things that power our lives. From the revolution in electric vehicle batteries and mobile devices to the strong, lightweight alloys and advanced polymers that take innovation further, we harness lithium technology to help the world move forward—cleaner, healthier and more sustainably.
For nearly eight decades, we’ve been harnessing lithium’s potential to change the energy landscape. We are a pioneer in the lithium industry and have a rich history of breakthrough innovations and industry achievements, including partnering with Sony Corporation to develop the first ever Lithium-ion battery for commercial use.
Today, Livent builds on our heritage and is a global leader in the lithium industry with a differentiated product offering, proven track record and sustainability profile. Our customer portfolio includes some of the most dynamic companies in the world, including Tesla, BMW Group and LG Chem.
Our customers look to us to meet the most demanding technical requirements, drawing upon our strengths in R&D with our advanced engineering capabilities, industry-leading materials science expertise, fully integrated global supply chain, and passion for continuous improvement and excellence.
Together, we work to safely and sustainably convert lithium’s potential into commercial progress, driving not only incremental improvements and also next generation, transformative opportunities.
For customers at the forefront of the once in a generation shift in how the world powers itself – and the fight against climate change – Livent is the lithium technology partner that’s leading the way.
Position Summary: Responsible for testing samples received into the Quality Control (QC) laboratory. Samples include raw materials, in-process samples and packaged final products. A variety of instrumentation is used including Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP), Gas Chromatography (GC), Auto-titrators and coulometric Karl Fischer titration. Other equipment such as pH meters, ovens, balances, burettes, and calculators are also used.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Contribute towards the efficient running of the laboratory by helping with infrastructure duties such as restocking of supplies, cleaning of glassware, disposal of samples and managing sample retains.
- Enter laboratory data into the LQM database, run interim and final reports to release samples for production use.
- Standardize equipment prior to use
- Analyze samples in accordance with the prioritization plan.
- Serve as First Aid responder to plant personnel. Assist PERT team in emergencies.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Supervisory Responsibility: No supervisory responsibility comes with this position.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a science discipline is required.
- Two years of experience in a laboratory setting is desired; this can be from college training in a laboratory science or equivalent laboratory experience.
Knowledge and Skill Requirements
- Knowledge of basic analytical chemistry is required (ex. Acid/base chemistry, calibration of equipment, separation science)
- Basic computer skills involving Word, Excel and Outlook are required.
- Ability to read, understand and follow technical documents (analytical procedures) is required.
- Experience in Thermo LQM software is a plus.
- Experience in the use of Inductively Coupled Plasma instruments is a plus.
- Experience using SharePoint sites is a plus.
- Experience in SAP is a plus.
- Experience in cGMP (good manufacturing practices) is a plus.
Competencies
- Time management
- Multi-tasking
- Problem solving
- Teamwork, ability to get along with others
Physical Demands:
- The job requires multiple hours of standing and performing laboratory tests. Putting away supplies and restocking involves sometimes lifting items of up to 50 pounds in weight. Changing gas cylinders is sometimes required which involves manually manipulating a cylinder onto and off of a hand-truck transportation device.
Work Environment:
- The majority of time the employee will be in the QC laboratory area which has a lot of benches upon which equipment is stacked; the area is slightly crowded. The area can experience seasonal temperature changes due to the large number of fume hoods working in tandem with the air conditioning. Multiple people work in the laboratory at the same time, so work needs to be cooperative; team work is needed. Time to do the analysis of samples is measured closely so time management and multi-tasking are both needed.
Safety Requirements: All employees are expected to carry out their work functions in a healthy and safe manner, to encourage and support safe work practices at all times, and to report and/or rectify any unsafe conditions that may come to their attention immediately. Participation in the sites numerous safety programs is a requirement. Housekeeping is important, and we expect the employee to maintain a clean and organized work area. Some of the chemicals we handle are reactive and they must be worked with in a safe manner.
Personal Protective Equipment – Must wear PPE as required based on job duties.
Travel Required: None
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
LIVENT employs people across a broad range of occupations in locations across the world. We are looking for people to join us in creating, developing, and improving our products, our processes, and our markets. Employees enjoy competitive compensation, a menu of work/life benefits and opportunities to continue developing their skills and building their career.
LIVENT is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EEO, AAE, MFDV and supports a drug free workplace.
