Laboratory Technician I

**Core Laboratories is the Reservoir Optimization Company**
At Core Lab, our values matter: Safety, Honesty and Integrity, Customer Focus, Building Trust, and Employee Development.
We regard our employees as our greatest asset.
We believe that identifying, attracting, developing, and retaining talent are significant actions because our people are so important.
**SUMMARY**:
This position performs basic laboratory tests, under close supervision, to determine chemical or physical characteristics designated by our clients.
**DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- **Perform physical-chemical tests on products, respecting the determined technical requirements, according to Brazilian ABNT and international ASTM, IP and other methods, releasing them during and after the test, and filling out their respective forms.
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- **Analyse received materials and release them, filling out their respective forms with information and identifying data that enable future actions regarding said materials.
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- **Analyse products related to the request for technical assistance from the company and partner companies, verifying their origin, their respective documents, making the appropriate records and issuing the reports pertinent to the tests performed.
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- **Prepare reagents; use measuring and control instruments; prepare samples; record analysis results.
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- **Perform other activities, if they are of the same nature and with equivalent degrees of responsibility and complexity, whenever requested to intervene.
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- **Ensure the maintenance, conservation and cleaning of equipment, machines and the workplace, keeping it in order and suitable for operations.
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- **Properly use the systems, tools and other resources made available by the company to carry out your work in accordance with defined standards and procedures.
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- **Control the entry and exit of samples in the sample rooms.
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**QUALIFICATIONS**:
- Technical level diploma in chemistry, petrochemical or oil and gas, and/or higher education in chemistry, engineering in chemical or oil and gas is required.
- High School Diploma is required
- One plus year related laboratory experience and/or training preferred.
**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES**:
- **Ability to write basic routine reports and correspondence.
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- **Ability to speak professionally with customers or employees of organization.
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- **Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
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- **Ability to compute rate, ratio, percent, and quantities (linear, volumetric, or weight) and to read and interpolate applicable data and tables.
Able to draw and interpret applicable graphs and control charts.
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- **Ability to communicate orally, written and read in English.
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- Ability to communicate in Spanish would be a differential.
OTHER INFORMATION
**PHYSICAL DEMANDS**:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The employee may be asked to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
**WORK ENVIRONMENT**:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- This position resides within a normal office working environment.
International travel will be required.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
The employee may also be exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals in some work areas.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Core Laboratories, including all of its affiliated and related entities, is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.
Employment decisions are made regardless of characteristics including, but not limited to, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, religion, genetic information, protected veteran or uniformed service member status, and any other characteristic protected under applicable law.