QC Chemical Technician

🌎✨ Join Us in Protecting the World’s Most Vital Resource

Imagine starting each day knowing your work has a real, tangible impact on the world around you.
Imagine being part of a team that lifts you up, challenges you, and celebrates your growth.
Imagine contributing to a future where water—the resource every community depends on—is safer, cleaner, and protected.

At Hach, a Veralto company, this isn’t imagination. It’s what we do every single day.

For over 80 years, Hach has been a global leader in water quality solutions. Our mission is simple but powerful: make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. We achieve this through deep expertise, strong customer partnerships, and innovative technologies that help safeguard water for people everywhere.

When you join Hach and the broader Veralto network, you step into a place where purpose meets possibility—where your work creates measurable impact, and where your career can grow in ways you never expected.

🌱 Why You’ll Love Working Here

• A supportive team that’s excited to welcome you

• Professional onboarding and continuous training

• Career coaching and development opportunities

• Health benefits and Paid Time Off

• Volunteer Time Off to give back to your community

• 401(k)

• A mission-driven culture focused on sustainability, innovation, and global impact

We’re united by a shared purpose: Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™.

🔬 Position: QC Chemical Technician

📍 Ames, Iowa — On-site
🕐 Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 2:00 PM to 12:30 AM

As a QC Chemical Technician, you’ll be part of our Analytical Services team, ensuring the quality and reliability of the chemical products that support our operations. Your work will directly influence the accuracy, safety, and performance of the solutions our customers rely on every day.

This role is hands-on, detail-oriented, and essential to our mission.

🧪 What Your Day Will Look Like

• Prepare laboratory standard solutions (often NIST-traceable) and document results

• Release conforming materials and hold nonconforming ones, collaborating closely with Operations

• Maintain detailed records of test results, calibrations, product history, and releases

• Keep the lab clean and contamination-free

• Perform routine maintenance and calibrations on lab instruments

• Follow all safety protocols, including PPE and safe chemical handling

• Partner with technical support to solve quality and operations challenges

• Cross-train to support production needs

• Organize and maintain retain samples

• Occasionally assist in training new QC Technicians

🎓 What You Bring

• High School Diploma/GED required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred .

• Minimum 1 year of college chemistry with lab work.

• Strong analytical technique (volumetric glassware, dilutions, titrations)

• Ability to gather and analyze data

🌍 Be Part of Something Bigger

Hach is proud to be part of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO)—a global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. With 16,000 associates worldwide, Veralto offers a unique environment where your work matters and your career can thrive.

Together, we’re building a safer, more sustainable future—and we’d love for you to be part of it.

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The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $23.00 - $23.00 USD per hour. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The a