Materials Testing Technician

Job description

**Materials Testing Technician**

**Qualifications:**
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree, in a technical field
• Must have strong time management and organization skills
• Able to manage multiple tasks/ projects concurrently
• Spreadsheet and word processing skills (MS Office)
• Fluency in English language- written and oral communication skills
• Ability to learn and apply new skills
• Work in teams for achieving common goal
• Ability to work with construction tools such as saws, power equipment, etc.
• Ability to lift moderate weights up to 30 lbs

**Preferred Qualifications:**
• Prior experience (2-4 years) in MATERIALS lab testing
• Proficiency in lab equipment such as Instrons

**Responsibilities:**
• Learn quickly to become proficient in a wide range of tests and processes
• Perform standard testing independently
• Collect and compile data from tests.

Able to check data and flag noteworthy patterns or observations to researcher.

Make recommendations to broader project team based on test results.
• Generate data reports using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Accountable for own contributions in a timely manner
• Work well in a team
• Understand different viewpoints and collaborate with diverse teams
• Communicate clearly and respectfully with team and customers
• Be a thought partner to develop effective test/ process research plan
• Travel for production trials or special testing at external sites
• Contribute to lab improvements and maintenance (housekeeping, waste disposal, etc.)
• May be responsible for maintaining, verifying and calibrating lab equipment
• Use construction tools- e.g. table saws, band saws and hand-held power tools for sample preparation

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources.

Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability.

As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account.

In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan.

Click here (https://www.mykelly.com/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly ® Science & Clinical?

Kelly Science & Clinical is your connection to premier scientific and clinical companies looking to hire industry experts just like you.

Our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world’s most critical challenges.

Every day, we match science professionals with dream jobs that fit their skills, interests, and career goals—it’s the way we think job searching should be.

Nearly 100 percent of our science recruiters have a professional background and education in science, so we know a thing or two about the science market and how to get your expertise noticed.

About Kelly

Work changes everything.

And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you.

To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity.

It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life.

It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world.

Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce.

Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center.

Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws.

A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.

Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities.

At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide.

Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center.

Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws.

A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.

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