Laboratory Technician/ Colourist

Position

Production/Lab Technician/Colourist

Location

Leicestershire

Salary

Up to £35k

Company / Sector

Paint Manufacturer

Responsibilities

• Low-loss filling of the allotted production batches
• Cleaning and maintenance of the production, laboratory and spray equipment
• Adherence to quality requirements, reporting to the superior of any standard deviations during batch production or colour matching process
• Manufacture products in accordance with manufacturing instructions
• Label batches during the production process
• Check conformity of the coating material with the correct label/batch number
• Regular control and filling of the semi-finished products/tinters to be used for production & colormetric
• Process allotted production orders in the EDP
• Use mixing technology, e.g., colour measurement computers, per instructions
• Use tinting techniques per formulation guidelines/instructions
• Use mixing systems and scales, including cleaning and maintenance as specified
• Execute all tasks arising from daily job requirements
• Demonstrate completion and retention of production documents per quality manual
• Use filling techniques per instructions
• Colour match various paint systems using semi-finished products and scratch materials
• Be competent to colour match in solid colour, metallic and effect pigment systems using relevant computer software and manual eye corrections
• Correctly process Master exchange panels/SAP/EDP set up as instructed
• Use laboratory paint test equipment such as microscope, rheometer, flow cups, and density
• Apply paint spray colour design samples for solid, metallic and effect colours
• Complete and pass Munsell colour vision hue test
• Pay attention to cleanliness and orderliness
• Conduct all operations associated with tasks of the production department

General & Operational Requirements

• Monitor and report market trends, customer trends, and competitive activities within own area of core competence
• Report as required to management within the company on a regular basis
• Cooperate closely with the in‑house office/technical teams to ensure continuity of service and provide necessary information
• Adhere to expenses policy and reporting
• Be technically and commercially aware of areas of core responsibility within own sector
• Comply with NDA and confidentiality requirements as directed
• Comply with IT/GDPR requirements within operational guidelines
• Comply with health & safety requirements and SSOW

Quality System & Health & Safety

• Support the control, update, management and adherence of the company quality management systems and requirements in line with corporate policy
• Adhere to health & safety policy to meet statutory UK health and safety act requirements
• Perform any other reasonably requested activity in support of the above

Site Management

• Record and control all records relating to equipment servicing within the site related to production and technical equipment
• Perform any other reasonably requested activity in support of business requirements