Lab Technician

Are you ready to accelerate your career with a best-in-class organization that values innovation, dedication, and growth? Our employees at Grede are the key to our success and share our passion for teamwork, customer service, and operational excellence. If you want to join an industry-leading company that focuses on your professional growth and development, we’d love to hear from you!

The Lab Technician supports the operation of the lab and performs tests and analyses as requested.  Maintain documentation on all tests and evaluations.

What You'll Do:

• Chemical Analyses: furnace, ladle, casting, metallic scrap.
• T-Bars: collection, cutting, BHN, prepare for pick-up, HT bar prep.
• Nodularity Check: CGI (as needed) and Ductile (100%) during pour.
• Customer Profiles: prepare for testing, send to outside tensile tests, chemical analyses, BHN, microstructural preparation and review.
• Defect Analyses: obtain material, sectioning, microstructural preparation and review.
• CGI T-Bar Evaluation: microstructural preparation and review.
• Sand Testing: support for core and mold processes, lab batches, emergency testing, LOI, moisture testing of raw materials, screen analyses, viscosity.
• Perform all other job-related tasks as assigned.

Why You’ll Love Working for Us:

• Comprehensive Benefit Package including Medical, Dental, Vision coverages.
• Insurance: Life, Supplemental Life, Short and Long-Term Disability.
• 401(K) Match
• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• PPE allowances

What We Need from You:

• Metallurgical or foundry experience, capable of operating process and testing equipment.
• Foundry or Lab experience.
• Measurement and Math knowledge.
• Experience working with Metal.

Grede is proud to support transitioning service members and current military veterans with career opportunities that are a match for their skills gained while serving our country. Military veterans are encouraged to apply.

To learn more about Grede, please visit our website at www.grede.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.