Technical Assistant, Senior

Are you an experienced Lab Tech who is looking to make their next step in a true career not just another job? Are you passionate about providing exceptional results and making a true impact of the world around you? Then this is the role for you!

As a Product Development Lab Technician - Color you will be responsible for providing a wide variety of technical activities in support of color matching activities. As a senior lab technician, you will work independently or in concert with chemists or project leaders to plan, prioritize, execute, test and document assignments involving the use of learned skills in color matching. Ideally, as the Product Development Lab Technician you will either have experience matching color or will have exposure to color matching and be willing to train and learn additional skills.

This role will work onsite at our Oak Creek, WI facility and report to the Supervisor of S&T Product development.

PPG offers excellent benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, matching 401k, additional retirement savings, continuing education, and excellent opportunities for career growth!

Responsibilities:

• Follows all PPG EH&S and safety guidelines.

• Preparation and application of liquid coating products and using spectrophotometers to measure color.

• Independently plans and organizes tasks following a discussion of objectives and procedures with the supervisor.

• Observes unusual results and suggests possible root causes.

• Makes smooth transitions between projects or situations.

• Builds on past experiences to improve efficiency.

• Seeks additional assignments.

• Solves problems in own area.

• Makes/contributes to internal presentations.

• Learns, understands, supports, and conforms to company policies and processes, along with Adherence to company policy.

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience.

• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent.

• Comfortable wearing a respirator and with hands-on benchwork and working with complex equipment.

• Previous work in a coating's laboratory environment preferred.

• Color matching experience strongly preferred.

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About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday - everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

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We make it happen.

We run it like we own it.

We do better today than yesterday - everyday.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

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