Laboratory Technician (m/f/x)

A Job&Talent powered by Multitempo is recruiting a Production Operator for a leading company in the industrial sector located in Águeda.

• Temporary employment contract with the possibility of integration into the client company;
• Base salary - 920€ + meal allowance - 6.5€ + shift allowance - 25% for rotating shifts and 50% for continuous operation.

After applying, you will be contacted shortly by our digital recruiter, Clara, or by a member of our recruitment team, should you advance to the next stage. The vacancy should be considered by all interested parties who believe they meet the mentioned requirements, with the recruitment process being free from any discrimination and based exclusively on the skills and profile of the candidate.

Mechanical Testing

• Establish a standard daily on the hardness testing machine;
• Collect parts and transport them to the laboratory;
• Cool, deburr, and cut parts according to the technical drawing;
• Measure the hardness of the part according to the control sheet and record it;
• Perform preparation and sampling (polishing) and record the nodularity, perlite percentage, and carbides of each cut in DataPro;
• Compare with the data obtained against the standard defined for each type of reference;
• Removal of clusters in the Automatic Mould Conveyor (AMC) during molding;
• Removal of parts with chemical composition outside the specified range in the AMC;
• Use of the shot blaster for cleaning AMC clusters;
• Collect scrap samples and fill out the batch identification sheet (to be delivered to spectrometry);
• Visually inspect scrap and alert in case of "furnace charging" necessity;
• Verify molding tests (minimum of two parts), analyze hardness, cuts, and two specimens;

Chemical Testing:

• Comply with the fixed work plan for sands;
• Collect sands and analyze temperature, compatibility test, humidity, weight, permeability, compressive strength, active bentonite, wet coating, carbon, and sulfur;
• Proceed with the recording of sand collections and analyses;
• Execute daily tests for loss on ignition, volatiles, granulometry, percentage of fines, sand washing, filtration, and drying;
• Collect and analyze raw material samples according to the defined parameters;
• Prepare chemical solutions daily for performing analyses;
• Analyze the quality certificate of raw materials from suppliers, verify and compare with the analyses performed, inserting and validating in PHC;
• Fill out the scrap reception checklist;
• Validate/invalidate equipment (place a green or red label), record the reference, calibration date, validity, and name of the person responsible (melting, molding, laboratory, and mold locksmithing);
• Receive cores (approve/reject) and record the hardness control in DataPro;
• Receive, prepare, analyze, and record the spectrometric sample (or pellet);

• Professional experience in industry (preferred): We value candidates with previous experience in an industrial environment, especially in the automotive sector;
• Availability to work in a continuous working regime and/or in rotating shifts from 06:00 to 14:00 / 14:00 to 22:00 and 22:00 to 06:00;