Who's Everlam?
Everlam is an international privately held chemical company headquartered in Mechelen, Belgium. With over 35 years of experience in making high-quality polyvinyl butyral (PVB) film for architectural laminated safety glass, Everlam has become an international supplier with a reputation for consistent quality and excellent technical support. Our center of competence in Mechelen, Belgium, hosts the company’s commercial headquarters, R&D laboratory, technical center as well as the group shared service center. Bringing together in one place the company’s experts in all disciplines creates stronger synergies across functions to propose innovative solutions to customers.
What's our world?
Are you passionate about chemistry, innovation and product development? Does laminated glass, PVB, PU and EVA sound familiar to you? Do you enjoy participating in product and formulation development? Are you ambitious and driven to grow further in the world of laminated glass? Does working in a team and in an international company sound exciting to you?
If you answered yes, read on to become our new Lab technician!
What's in the name?
As Lab Technician you’re part of the LAB team based in Mechelen. In this role you will work in partnership with LAB team members as well as Technical Services, Operations (Germany) and external parties. The key responsibilities include the following:
- You are flexible to execute & analyze different types of (hands-on) tests.
- You perform lab requests in alignment with the team taking into account the priority of the business in order to ensure a timely delivery.
- You report on your findings and interpretations of the tests in the team in a timely fashion.
- You support the daily operations of the Lab and contribute to keep the lab clean and organized.
- You support the Lab Coordinator by managing the inventory of the samples and sample storage.
- You gain a good understanding of laminated safety glass interlayers, its properties & applications.
- You support in the design of new tests methods (where possible).
- You participate actively in the team meetings sharing the status of your lab work and your findings.
- You monitor the quality control data and report out on the trends and abnormalities.
- You participate actively in the preparation of the ISO9001 compliance in the lab.
Do I get what it takes?
As Lab Technician, you have following added values:- Bachelor’s in Chemistry, material sciences, or equivalent through experience.
- Experience in a lab environment or workshop environment.
- You have some experience in mechanical testing, impact testing etc.
- Experience with diverse lab techniques such as: spectroscopy, chromatography, titrations, optical microscopes is not mandatory but preferred.
- You are skilled in the use of Microsoft Office and other software (Outlook etc).
- You can process the data for proper analysis by creating graphs, diagrams, tables in Excel.
- You have a basic knowledge on statistics to analyze experimental data.
- You have excellent interpersonal skills with a strong team player mentality in combination with the ability to work autonomously.
- You have excellent organizational skills and a high level of attention to detail.
- You feel comfortable in a dynamic work environment where deadlines need to be met.
- Experience with a laminated safety glass is a plus.
- You are fluent English and preferably also in Dutch. Knowledge of German is a plus.
The working location will be the LAB facility in our center of competence in Mechelen, Belgium with the possibility to visit our manufacturing site in Germany by your start. You will be reporting to the Technology Manager.
What would we like to offer you?
A permanent employment contract in an ambitious international company with an attractive salary and divers’ extra-legal benefits.
What are you waiting for?
Do you feel like you can’t wait to get in contact with us? Our HR team is already pleased to meet your resume via HR@everlam.com