JOB TITLE: LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, NOVUM NANO
REPORTS TO: PRESIDENT, NOVUM NANO
FLSA STATUS: EXEMPT
PREPARED DATE: MARCH 7th, 2025
SUMMARY: Novum Nano is seeking a highly motivated laboratory technician to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for supporting laboratory operations, conducting experiments, preparing materials and samples, maintaining lab equipment, and ensuring a safe and efficient lab environment. This role requires strong analytical skills, an understanding of laboratory techniques, and the ability to work collaboratively with team researchers and engineers.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Previous experience in a chemistry laboratory or a similar lab setting preferred.
- Knowledge and experience of laboratory equipment operation and maintenance.
- Familiar with chemical safety protocols and hazard management.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to follow detailed procedures.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team.
- Good communication skills and ability to present results clearly and concisely.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Assist in particle synthesis and preparing samples for experiments and evaluations
- Conduct laboratory tests and analysis and document results accurately
- Produces Novum Nano products as directed
- Operate and maintain laboratory instruments and equipment
- Handle, storage, and dispose chemicals in accordance with safety regulations and protocols
- Maintain a clean and organized laboratory environment and ensure compliance with safety standards
- Record and interpret experimental data accurately, generate reports, and present findings to senior staff
- Follow standard operating procedures and contribute to development of new lab protocols
- Assist in inventory management, including managing lab supplies and ordering materials
- Work with team members to ensure smooth operation of projects and laboratory functions
- Adhere to safety guidelines
- Other duties as assigned
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
No direct supervisory role, but provides leadership on project teams, directing the staff as appropriate.
SALARY RANGE:
$20-$24/hr
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or environmental sciences (or other relevant science field)
- Preferred 2 years’ experience in a chemical laboratory environment
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Innovation – The openness to new ideas and the ability to generate breakthrough solutions. Can develop, seek out, critically assess, and implement new and value adding concepts.
- Business Insight – An understanding of the basic business model for R&D and production in a small company, how to take new innovations to market, and how to grow the market footprint of new products.
- Decision Making – Decision making in a timely manner based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; sometimes with incomplete information, under tight deadlines and pressure, while based upon appropriate risk and authority.
- Analysis and Problem Solving – Solves difficult problems with effective solutions; asks good questions and researches all sources for answers; can solve complex problems and recognize complex patterns; utilizing all appropriate tools to reach a robust answer.
- Communication – The ability to communicate information clearly and effectively in an engaging and convincing manner.
- Managing Performance – Possessing the drive and focus to achieve challenging goals.
- Collaboration and Networking – The ability to work in an integrated product team at Novum Nano and with collaborators outside NN.
- Project Management – The ability to manage tasks and activities and achieve their completion within the agreed framework, across regional and organizational boundaries.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
- Read and interpret documents in English such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals, newspapers, periodicals, journals, and manuals
- Able to develop, write, format, and communicate policy and procedure
- Write routine business and technical reports, correspondence, business letters, summaries, and reports in English using prescribed format, and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style
- Able to read and interpret technical reports
- Assist with translation of technical documents
- Ability to speak effectively in English before groups such as customers or employees
COMPUTER SKILLS:
- Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel at an advanced level
- Proficient in electronic forms of communication including email, web searching, and data organization
REASONING ABILITY:
- Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Use mathematical skills to interpret findings, financial information, and prepare budgets.
- Identify deficiencies and develop new products and/or designs to improve performance
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee must be able to see differences in widths and lengths of lines such as those on graphs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:
Inside: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. Much of the work will be done in a laboratory type environment with high noise levels, dust, and other hazards associated with machining work.
A job is considered “inside” if the worker spends approximately 75 percent or more of the time inside.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- Must be able to work effectively in a dynamic environment, communicate well with others, effectively deal with technicians and customers, and accept constructive criticism.
- Must be able to change activity frequently and cope with interruptions.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Essential functions of this job are described under the headings above. The job requirements and features are subject to change from time to time due to the dynamic nature of the Company.
It is the policy of Novum Nano not to discriminate or allow the harassment of employees or applicants on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law with regard to any employment practices, including recruitment, advertising, job application procedures, hiring, upgrading, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, job assignments, benefits and/or other terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, provided the individual is qualified, with or without reasonable accommodations, to perform the essential functions of the job. This policy applies to all jobs at the Company.
Employees and applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans are encouraged to inform Human Resources if they need a reasonable accommodation to perform a job for which they are otherwise qualified. The Company makes, and will continue to make, reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and
disabled veterans, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the operations of the Company’s business.
