Lab Technician

Lab Technician – 1st Shift | Kernersville, NC

Location: Kernersville, North Carolina
Department: Quality
Pay: $21.25 per hour
Schedule: 1st Shift, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Lab Technician Job Overview

Our Client, a leader in the research, development, and manufacturing of advanced coating solutions and high-performance textile materials, is seeking a detail-oriented Lab Technician to join its Quality team in Kernersville, NC.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in laboratory testing, quality assurance, quality control, manufacturing, textiles, or material testing who enjoys hands-on technical work and maintaining high quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

As a Lab Technician, you will:

• Test incoming greige fabric, finished fabric, coated fabric, and other materials according to established procedures and customer specifications.
• Perform laboratory testing on work-in-process and finished products to verify compliance with quality standards.
• Conduct visual inspections to identify defects and potential quality concerns.
• Accurately record and maintain test results, inspection reports, laboratory forms, and quality documentation.
• Enter testing and inspection data into computer systems.
• Approve or reject products based on specifications and testing results.
• Immediately communicate out-of-specification results to operators, supervisors, managers, and quality personnel.
• Operate laboratory and material-testing equipment, including Instron equipment, hot presses, hot blocks, cure ovens, RF welders, and clicker presses.
• Verify that laboratory equipment is functioning properly.
• Monitor calibration and verification schedules for testing and measuring equipment.
• Perform special tests and product evaluations as directed.
• Maintain knowledge of testing procedures, product specifications, laboratory equipment, and quality standards.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe laboratory environment.
• Follow established safety procedures, chemical handling requirements, emergency practices, and PPE guidelines.
• Participate in cross-training and assist other departments as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Associate degree in a scientific, technical, quality, or related field preferred.
• Previous lab technician, quality assurance, quality control, manufacturing, textile, or material-testing experience preferred.
• Experience with laboratory testing equipment, quality systems, or manufacturing processes is a plus.
• Strong math skills and attention to detail.

Career Development

This position provides hands-on experience with laboratory testing, quality systems, advanced textile and coating materials, and manufacturing processes. Employees will have opportunities to expand their technical knowledge through cross-training, exposure to multiple testing methods and equipment, and collaboration with production and quality professionals.

Interested? Apply Today!

If you're detail-oriented, enjoy hands-on laboratory and quality work, and are looking for a 1st-shift Lab Technician opportunity in Kernersville, NC, we want to hear from you.

Interested applicants, please email your resume to Julia Yeargan at

jyeargan@theresource.com