Lab Technician

Description

In the role of a Lab Technician at Bolton you will support the production of customer High Performance Resin Flooring with demonstrations & samples. This role will involve:

• Receipt of customer samples order, including review of requested items for viability and confirmation of expected timelines
• Production of liquid resin/screed samples in accordance with defined work instructions
• Preparation of substrate surfaces pre-application, to allow for liquid samples to be applied to technical specifications
• Organisation of cured resin/screed samples for shipping/movement to cutting area
• Production of ‘presentation standard’ customer demonstration samples
• Maintenance of area stocks of raw materials, consumables, tools and retained customer demonstration samples
• Maintenance of working area to a high level of safety and cleanliness

The position requirements include:

• Effective time management, allowing independent working including setting priorities and delivering on scheduled workloads
• Ability to learn and apply defined processes in line with established test-methods and standard operating procedures
• Exhibits a keen eye for quality and shows good levels of initiative
• Exhibits strong communication and inter-personnel skills to enable customer demonstrations and key stakeholder engagement
• Exhibits good organisational skills, complies with all safety regulations and maintains a clean working area
• Previous experience of hand-application techniques
• Previous experience of High Performance Flooring application techniques and products

This role is based at the Sherwin-Williams Bolton Manufacturing site in Greater Manchester and works Monday to Friday. On the rare occasion they could be the need to travel to a customer to support.

Our offer...

• Competitive salary
• Company contributed pension
• Career growth opportunities in a truly international environment
• Innovation leaders in the protective coatings industry
• Sherwin Academy offers continuous training programmes for all seniority levels
• Attractive wellbeing, mental health, women & inclusion and ID&E programmes

Sherwin-Williams is the largest paints and coatings company in the world. With $18 billion in sales, more than 4,100 stores, and 140 manufacturing and distribution centers worldwide. Our 60,000 employees across the globe are diverse, innovative and passionate. With a variety of rewarding and challenging opportunities, Sherwin-Williams is a great place to launch and grow a career. Find yours and join us today.

At Sherwin-Williams, we're proud of the company we keep — our family of loyal employees. To learn about our company and our culture go to Sherwin.com/careers.

**Please note that Sherwin Williams is unable to respond to any enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies**

Basic Qualification:

Please note you will need the existing right to work in the country you apply for. Sherwin-Williams is unable to sponsor work permits or visas.

Equal Opportunity

An equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, colour, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic or national origin, disability, age pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or any other consideration prohibited by law.

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