Quality Control Laboratory Technician (Cordova, IL)*

Job Description:

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

3M is seeking a Quality Control Laboratory Technician for the Materials Resource Division (MRD) located in Cordova, IL.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
 

As a Quality Control Laboratory Technician, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world.

The person hired for the position of QC Laboratory Technician will support product quality, product development, process scale-ups, or production processes by learning and performing elementary tests, measurements, and tasks for experimentation and/or production. The technician will also gain understanding and assist in the development of quality standards and test procedures in order to inspect materials, in-process, or final products to ensure 3M quality standards are met.

This position is a 12 hour shift rotating position at the Cordova plant.

Here, you will make an impact by:

• Conducting analysis of samples with minimal supervision and report results.
• Supporting QC lab process improvement initiatives.
• Supporting product validations and optimizations.
• Utilizing LIMS and other Computer Systems.
• Documenting all test results.
• Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
• Participating in quality improvement programs.
• Maintaining/improving testing cycle times for QC.
• Other duties as assigned.

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• High school diploma/GED or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• One (1) year of quality control technician experience in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Associates/2 year Technical degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a chemical operator, laboratory technician or combination of both
• Understanding of basic concepts of measurement systems, testing, and calibration
• Working knowledge of the basic quality tools (checksheets, process flow diagrams, cause-and-effect, histograms, Pareto charts, scatter diagrams, run charts) and general awareness of a consistent problem solving methodology, such as the "7 Step Problem Solving Method"
• Experience working with diverse team including external partners
• Ability to communicate regularly and effectively on test results and observations
• Detail oriented
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Work location:

• Cordova, IL

Travel:  None

Relocation:  Is not authorized   

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum.

To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to co