Lab Technician I - Candle Safety Testing Lab

Who We Are

Alene Candles LLC is a private label, contract manufacturer that produces high-quality candles for some of the world’s most recognized retail, boutique, and cosmetic brands. With our headquarters in New Hampshire and locations in Ohio, we’ve been in business for over 25 years. We are passionate about making the best products in the world, making safety our number one priority, and being an insanely great place to work. We have been selected as a "Best Company to Work For" in 2020 and 2021 and 2023 Business of the Year for Manufacturing.

The Location

We are located at 51 Scarborough Lane, Milford, NH. This position is onsite. 

Additional Job Details

• Execute and interpret candle performance and safety testing in accordance with laboratory standards and customer specifications, ensuring accuracy and reliability of results.
• Collect, review, and analyze lab data, applying sound judgment to resolve any issues before submitting for review.
• Identify issues related to equipment, processes, materials, and safety; apply problem-solving skills to support and/or recommend effective corrective actions.
• Measure items such as candle emissions, wax temperature, or material flash point using specialized laboratory instrumentation and perform mathematical calculations for analysis and reporting.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance testing methods, efficiency, and data quality, while ensuring compliance with safety or regulatory standards.
• Contribute to the optimization of laboratory test methods and support training efforts as needed.
• May be asked to perform other duties as assigned that are not listed above.
• Travel is not required for this position, however there may be some opportunity to travel to our Ohio facility (<5%).

Education required:

• High school diploma or general education diploma (GED)
  
  

Range of Experience:

• 1 year of related experience
• Competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access

 

Preferred Skills:

• 0-3 years of experience in a lab setting, quality work, or a similar role. Previous experience working in a laboratory environment a plus
• Commitment to maintaining a clean and safe laboratory work environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret data and identify trends.
• Previous data entry experience highly desired
• Ability to read and interpret documents as well as prepare routine reports
• Comfortable with math; ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, percentages and decimals.

 

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to handle or touch; reach, talk, hear and smell. The employee may be required to kneel, crouch, sit, climb or balance. The employee may lift and/or move up to more than 50 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee may be regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and aromas. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the physical demands and work environment.

Benefits