R&D Lab Technician

Company Description

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides branding and information labeling solutions, including pressure-sensitive materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, and a variety of converted products and solutions. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of labeling and functional materials that enhance branded packaging, carry or display information that connects the physical and the digital, and improve customers’ product performance. The company serves an array of industries worldwide, including home and personal care, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2022 were $9.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Job Description

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

The R&D Lab Technician role is focused on executing and delivering performance testing to support a variety of R&D initiatives. This role requires a good understanding of performance properties of labels, graphics, paper, specialty and durable materials.  In this role, you will be required to learn and excel at using various instruments to determine performance characteristics of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives, Labels, Graphic and Specialty materials.  This role will handle multiple requests simultaneously in a high volume laboratory while being able to prioritize their workload to meet required due dates. 

This is a first shift opportunity working 7:30 to 4:00pm.

In your role as R&D Lab Technician, delivering on these responsibilities is critical to success:

• Ability to collaborate with colleagues and project leaders
• Effectively meet expectations of testing accuracy and turn around time.
• Multi task and manage a variety of testing, timelines and due dates successfully meeting team and individual performance indicators
• Ability to effectively navigate a variety of instrument software, analytical tools, laboratory information management system, laboratory equipment, instruments and printers.
• Comfortable in a high output laboratory environment
• Ability to follow all Environmental, Health & Safety policies, 5S principles and adhere to all Company policy/trainings
• Conduct lab testing in support of R&D project teams, quality teams, production, and segment/emerging technology teams.
• Perform a variety of laboratory tests on raw materials, finished products, chemicals and equipment. 
• Duties usually consist of making measurements, performing quantitative and qualitative physical/application tests
• May participate in the development, maintenance and refinement of internal quality control and reliability programs.  

Qualifications

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BRING TO THE TEAM: 

Avery Dennison has a long history of being a market leader.  Your history is important to us. It should include the following: 

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred - Chemistry, Physics, Material Science, Engineering, or similar fields.

Experience: 

• 0 - 3 years or related experience in technical environment including automotive, pharmaceutical or graphics experience
• Ability to create & maintain and follow Standard Operating Procedures
• Ability to support ISO management process, including ISO17025 and 9001

Other:

• Able to understand what customer’s value and to identify/execute testing and deliver meaningful data that enhances the division’s capabilities to deliver that value
• Ability to navigate Avery Dennison software tools, learning tools, data management tools.
• Ability to lend insight to quantitative/qualitative analysis for decision making and problem solving
• Ability to take on increased responsibility, special initiatives and maintain strong engagement in R&D activities.

Physical Demands

● Lifting: Regular lifting of materials, dies or rollers weighing 10 lbs or less.

• Lifting: Occasional lifting of materials weighing 10 to 50 lbs.

● Standing: Regular or prolonged standing. Typically, standing 5 to 6 hrs per day.

● Sitting: Some sitting, Typically, sitting 2 or 3 hrs per full day

● Repetitive Motion: Regular repetitive motion, including bending, reaching, computer work.

Other considerations:

○ Requires ability to work in temperatures varying from -4 F to 110F in high and low humidity conditions for

limited time intervals.

○ Requires ability to test large volumes of workload in short turnaround time periods where work is repetitive