Chemist Laboratory Technician (M/F)

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Thales is a global leader in high technologies specializing in three sectors of activity: Defense & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly 4 billion euros per year in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.

Our commitments, your advantages

• Success driven by our technological excellence, your experience, and our shared ambition
• An attractive compensation package
• Continuous skills development: training paths, academies, and internal communities
• An inclusive, benevolent environment that respects employee balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Your daily life

Join us on the Vélizy campus, which hosts a wide variety of Thales activities: aero, defense, civil, etc. West of Paris, this site offers a work environment equipped with the latest technological innovations and provides services that allow for a balance between professional and personal life.

Your daily life:

Within the framework of objectives defined by the Activity Manager, the Laboratory Technician is notably responsible for:

Monitoring and chemical maintenance of surface treatment baths and recycled water:

• Performing samples according to the analysis periodicity schedule,
• Analyzing baths according to current analysis methods (pH-metry, conductimetry, colorimetry, titrimetry, and ICP)
• Calculating concentrations, readjustments, and corrective actions
• Monitoring the conductivity of the workshop's rinsing baths
• Recording results, making additions, or leaving instructions for operators
• Drafting analysis protocols and analysis reports,
• Ensuring controls and analyses of the rinsing water treatment station
• Sending samples for subcontracted analysis if necessary
• Monitoring non-conformities and implementing corrective actions
• Presenting evolutions of analysis protocols and quality procedures to their hierarchy
• Participating in the continuous improvement of existing processes

Performing tests on specimens:

• Launching specimens (plates for pickling or Hull cell) according to the analysis periodicity schedule
• Performing tests on specimens by applying and respecting specimen test method protocols
• Sending specimens for subcontracted analysis if necessary

Performing maintenance and upkeep of laboratory equipment

• Performing first-level maintenance and upkeep of laboratory equipment (micropipettes, balances, surface carbon content analyzer, Fischerscope / X-ray Fluorescence, etc.), controlling their calibration and operational conformity
• Managing small equipment and necessary products for laboratory operation (making purchase requests, etc.)
• Training operators in the use of laboratory equipment.

Intervening as technical support to production

• At the request of the hierarchical manager, intervening on activities related to other processes or as a backup for team members in case of absence or increased activity

Your profile:

You ideally have a BTS, DUT, or BUT Chemistry degree.

You have at least 8 years of experience in the surface treatment industry, process treatment, or have evolved within a laboratory.

You master surface treatment processes (degreasing, pickling, and electroplating processes) with good knowledge in Chemistry and material properties (structural, chemical).

Mastery of an automatic titrator or the use of an ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry) is a plus.

You are motivated, curious, rigorous, persevering with a field spirit and good organizational skills.

Liking contact, energetic, you enjoy working in a team and taking on every challenge!

Thales, a Handi-Engaged company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our best asset. Apply and join us!