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🥝 US|Lab Technician I (Research Technician)

First Tek, Inc. | Richmond, California, United States | Posted May 08, 2026

Job Description

LAB TECHNICIAN/ RESEARCH TECHNICIAN



Well executes lab tasks for testing refining catalysts & hydrocarbon feedstocks/products under the direction of team leaders, senior operations team members, and/or research engineer/chemist lab users.



These may involve:

o Handling BSU or PTU testing units' product collection, blending, storage, and inspection sample submissions may include potentially hazardous chemicals.

o Operating team's various analytical equipment to collect feed/product characterization data and generate summary reports; strictly following SOPs and QA/QC principles while performing these tasks.

o Supporting the operation of complex Bench Scale Units for catalyst evaluation work, which may run at elevated temperature & pressure (?500F and ?1000 psig), such as monitoring and recording unit status information.

o Conducting basic maintenance and troubleshooting of lab's analytics and...

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