QAQC Technician

Description

Working at Walker

At Walker your contribution matters. Become part of a team you can count on and where your health and safety are our priority. Our team of more than 1200 people work in environmental waste management and recovery renewable energy paving and construction aggregates and emulsions are a fifth-generation family-owned company founded in 1887 operating from our base in the Niagara Region with facilities across Canada and the United States. We care about the environment each other and our neighbours and give back to our communities. Join us on our journey to build a sustainable future together.

About the Job

You will be successful in this role if you are attentive to detail methodical in your workflow and enjoy problem primary goal will be performing a variety of quality control duties to assist in the effective and efficient operations of the plant while maintaining a focus on safety. Your day-to-day tasks would include following established procedures to sample and test products.

In this role you will report to the Manager of Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA / QC). You will work with Research & Development (R&D) Product Development and production operations teams to enhance product quality. The position is full-time and based at the production facility in Burlington ON.

The schedule will be day shift but will require variable schedule for days to swing shift to meet coverage for production shift (day production is 6am-3pm and swing production is 12pm-9pm). Exact hours will vary during high volume season normally the summer. Salary range for this position is between $50-55K based on experience and qualifications.

What Youll Be Doing

• Gathering samples from the process and finished good tanks to ensure representative samples are tested.
• Compiling records interpreting experimental and analytical results adding results to the database issuing COAs (certificate of analysis) and periodically monitoring Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts.
• Developing and conducting programs for sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials chemical intermediates and finished products.
• Preparing solutions and reagents according to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) test methods and formulations.
• Operating laboratory equipment and apparatus maintaining them and keeping the areas clean while following the Health and Safety Manual guidelines.
• Setting up and conducting chemical experiments while maintaining instrument calibration records.
• Maintaining a detailed understanding of bitumen asphalt emulsion chemistry asphalt emulsion production and various end-use applications.
• Following the production of new formulations or new processes on site (trials) to support R&D Technical Sales and Operations keeping records to track any variation causes that might occur.

Heres What You Need

Whats in it for you

At Walker your contribution matters. If you share our commitment to giving back to your community and caring about the environment wed love to hear from you. Our workplaces strive to reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate. We welcome applicationsfrom qualified candidates of all ethnicities race religions gender identities and expression Indigenous communities and persons with disabilities.

Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role or throughout the interview process please let us know when contacted and we will work with you to meet your thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 50 - 55