Sample Weigh Technician

**General Description**

The position involves the repetitive weighing of soil/rock powders for the chemical laboratory. The shift would be approximately from **3:00pm - 11:00pm.**

**Education**

High School Diploma

**Requirements**:
Exhibit strong organizational, time management and multi-tasking skills
- Demonstrate initiative, reliability and common sense
- Ability to prioritize and work well under pressure
- Ability to meet deadlines and targets
- Good manual dexterity and basic computer skills
- Effective verbal and written communication skills in English
- Ability to work independently with mínimal supervision and participate as a team member as required
- Good interpersonal skills
- Work safely and conscientiously consistent with Company Policies
- Compliance with the company’s Health & Safety and Professional Conduct Policies

**Responsibilities**

May include some or all of the following; or any other tasks assigned directly or indirectly by the department manager
- Complete and maintain required logs
- Label samples received, test tubes and package boxes
- Sort samples
- Ability to follow written or verbal instructions to weigh samples for analysis
- Archive samples and record location
- Weigh samples using a decimal balance
- Catalogue and inventory all samples after work is complete
- Maintain and report equipment issues as they relate to sample weigh and production related issues
- Communicate effectively with team members
- Maintain departmental housekeeping
- Assist in ensuring turnaround time meets client’s requirements

**Additional Information**
- Free on-site parking

**About Us**

A global company with a local presence. Actlabs is a Canadian owned company founded in 1987, headquartered in Ancaster and operates 15 locations in 6 countries. We are recognized throughout the world as a leader in analytical testing and development services. With over 30 years of experience, our analytical laboratories provide high quality analysis impacting every aspect of our life including: Mining and Mineral Exploration, Agriculture, Cannabis, Environmental, Forensics, Life Sciences, Material Testing, Occupational Health and Petroleum Industries.

We’re investing for the future, implementing innovative strategies to allow us to continually strengthen and lead in the industries that we serve. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who wants to join an established and growing company. At Actlabs, we are committed to rewarding and retaining people who are passionate about making a positive impact in their professional and personal lives.

**As health and safety is our priority, we have taken additional steps from the onset of the pandemic to provide a covid-19 free work environment for our team.**
- Routine sanitization/cleaning by the janitorial staff of high touch surfaces
- Hand sanitizers available throughout the lab
- Enforcement of social distancing
- Various Personal Protective Equipment provided by the company: N95 respirators, latex gloves, lab coats
- As a laboratory, there is significantly more fresh air brought into the building (and then exhausted)

We celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive workplace environment for all employees. Actlabs is proud to be an equal opportunity work environment.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

**Quality Analysis in a Timely Fashion-Innovative Technologies-Dedicated to Supporting**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: $18.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ancaster, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Are you legally eligible to work in Canada?

Work Location: In person