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Eco-Tec is looking for a chemical technician in our Pickering, ON location. In this role you will be responsible for supporting an original equipment manufacturing company by conducting bench top tests and pilot plant studies as well as field tests mainly focusing on ion exchange, but with potential work with membranes, and other chemical processes.

What You Will Do

• Able to visually observe lab tests and discriminate subtle colour differences to include detecting colour changes in red/green hues.
• Ability to lift up to 23 kg (50 lb) and be able to stand for extended periods as required.
• Complete mass balances on test work as required.
• Perform other related duties as required by manager.
• Adhere to all plant health, safety and environmental guidelines, policies and procedures. Other Considerations:
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment in designated areas (hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, heeled boots and hearing protection).
• Prepare written reports suitable for internal and external distribution.
• Test, analyze, and document test results and findings in a clear and detailed manner, including completion of electronic experimental logs.
• Assist with lab and pilot plant process development work, including project planning input, setup, sampling, analyses and programming pilot unit controllers.
• Physical ability to work around and on industrial equipment, including frequent climbing, stooping, reaching, pulling, pushing, twisting, bending, kneeling, crawling and grasping. Standing for extended periods of time, walking up to two kilometers per day, and data entry while seated for greater than one hour.
• Assess problem situations and productively evaluate techniques and methods and offer solutions.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
• Perform routine and in-depth analytical, lab and pilot equipment maintenance, including calibrations, to ensure equipment reliability.
• Travel up to 30%, mainly international.
• Use prescribed analytical techniques and optimize as required to quantify required components, and develop new analytical techniques as required by the business.
• Perform quality control analyses on new stock items.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Legally eligible to enter the US.
• Willingness to work in an industrial plant setting.
• Valid driver's license.
• Valid passport that allows you to travel to the US without a visa, OR a US visa that is valid for the next 12 months.
• Chemical technician/technologist college diploma, or the equivalent coursework in a related specialized field.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally on short notice.
• Eligible to work in Canada.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Post graduate experience operating and troubleshooting ion exchange for chemical/water recovery/purification.
• Post graduate experience operating and troubleshooting analytical lab instruments like an ICP-OES, AAS, IC, PSA.
• Post graduate experience assembling, operating and troubleshooting pilot equipment for chemical processing.

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Who We Are

As a world-class manufacturer of innovative process equipment for a broad spectrum of industries, Eco-Tec a Koch Separation Solutions company is a trusted source for systems incorporating advanced proprietary ion exchange and other innovative separations technologies. Eco-Tec is delivering value to its customers by reducing environmental footprint, stabilizing product quality, increasing productivity, and reducing operational costs.

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