Senior Chemist - Trace Metals

Overview:

Element has a current opening for a Senior Chemist (Trace Metals) to join our growing team in Mississauga, ON.

Responsibilities:

• Perform routine chemical and physical analysis on the full range of analytical samples in accordance with in-house methods, customer’s method or compendial method primarily using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)/ Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)/ Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS).
• Perform and maintain Trace Metals instruments- performance verifications, troubleshoot when required.
• Lead method development, validation and analytical method transfer testing using ICP-OES/ ICP-MS/ and AAS.
• Prepare analytical reports, method validation protocols and reports for validations and verifications performed.
• Maintain documentation, including lab notebooks, equipment logbooks and instrument raw data in accordance with applicable SOPs.
• Lead investigations on atypical / OOS result and deviations.
• May assume a team lead role for the work group by delegating work to more junior colleagues.
• Works with direct manager and colleagues, occasionally taking direction from manager and more senior colleagues as needed.
• Communicates status of work and identifies roadblocks to leaders above their manager.
• Regularly trains and mentors more junior colleagues through on the job coaching and delegation.
• Handles complex matters and problems autonomously, both routine and non-routine in nature.
• Applies base skills to a variety of processes and work streams across longer and more complex product and testing life cycles.
• Serves as an SME in multiple areas for the lab.

Skills / Qualifications:

• Minimum 8 years relevant experience with BS Degree / 5 years with master’s degree or 4 years with a PhD.
• Excellent time management and prioritization
• Intermediate reading, writing, and math skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to articulate how work impacts the larger business.Ability to provide clear instruction to others while delegating and coaching.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Good presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex topics to a variety of audiences.
• Strong critical thinking skills
• Basic understanding of cost control measures and how 5S and SQDC principals impact lab financials
• Ability to write technical reports without guidance and help others in doing so or review others' work.

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Company Overview:

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement:

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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