Entry Level Lab Technician at Wagner Equipment Co. in aurora, Colorado

Job Description:

Would you like to be part of a focused, dedicated team? Do you want to work and grow with other motivated, ambitious people?

Wagner Equipment Co. offers challenging career opportunities, extensive training and employee development along with an opportunity to grow your career and thrive under Wagner’s reputation for excellence. We offer excellent benefits and supply you with the tools you need to maximize your potential and grow within Wagner.

Benefits include:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan - Up to 96 hours of PTO in your first year + 8 company paid holidays
  


• Medical, dental, and vision insurance 


• Life and AD&D Insurance


• Retirement Plans -  401K and Roth 401K , eligible employees can receive a company contribution up to 7%
  


• Tuition Reimbursement 


• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)


• CEFCU- Citizens Equity First Credit Union - Employees have access to services include payroll deductions savings, accounts, loans, VISA card, and more.


• Additional Benefits include: Unum Supplemental life Insurance, Aflac Critical Illness + Accidental Insurance, ID WatchDog and discounted employee phone plans.

The Lab Technician is responsible for running specific tests and helping to prepare and process other samples to be tested in a manner that reflects the company’s vision of working as “One Professional Team.”

Pay rate:  $17.13 - $24.56 per hour
Pay rate is dependent upon education & experience. 

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Performs various administrative tasks in support of processing lab samples


• Opens, sorts, and preps samples for processing


• Sorts into trays, numbers bottles, and prepares daily sheets


• Dilutes samples for ICP, runs visual checks, and programs ICP computer


• Prepares hard copies and sends data when finished.


• Completes physical tests as needed: viscosities, tests for water, fuel dilution, and glycol contamination


• Runs samples for FTIR, selects correct reference oil, and establishes computer transfer of data


• Runs Level I Coolant samples and fuel samples


• Runs particle count and PQ tests


• Completes visual notes on coolant, fuel, and oil samples


• Assists in running daily verification samples, handling rush samples, and maintaining lab equipment in good condition


• Will be cross-trained in other areas such as registration and evaluation


• Other duties as assigned by manager

Required Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED


• 1-3 years administrative/clerical experience


• 1-3 years customer service experience


• 1-3 years technical or mechanical experience

Physical Demands & Competencies:

• Standing, walking, talking, sitting, use of hands & hearing


• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing but may require occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds


• Data Entry, telephone, reading/writing, reasoning, organizational, communication & math skills


• Safety & Product Knowledge


• Basic knowledge of DBS

Work Environment:

• Noise: Quiet


• Indoors

Other Duties:

Job Offers are contingent upon all required pre-employment screenings which may include but are not limited to background checks, drug/alcohol testing, fit for duty testing, and any other job-related tests/screenings.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.  

Wagner Equipment Co. is an EEO/AA/Veterans/Disabled employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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