Posted 3 days ago
Lab Technician
@ Mativ
Renfrew, Ontario
Overview
Mativ, Renfrew is hiring a Lab Technician to inspect and test materials and products against work instructions and test plans, record and analyze results, and calibrate test equipment. The role is full-time, works 12-hour rotating continental shifts (days and overnights) reporting to the Quality Manager, and involves about 14 working days per month.
Responsibilities:
- Inspect and test materials and products per work instructions
- Record and analyze test results for out-of-specification conditions
- Calibrate and verify lab and test equipment
- Prepare Certificates of Analysis and test reports for customers
- Control non-conforming materials
Requirements summary:
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Comfort in lab and manufacturing environments
- Solid computer skills: word processing, databases, spreadsheets
- Willingness to wear required PPE
- Asset: manufacturing, lab or quality experience
- Asset: shift work and SAP experience
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-10
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Quality assurance |
| Hours per week | 42 |
| Schedule | day, weekends, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Laboratory, Plant or factory |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan, Tuition support, Visa sponsorship, Free or discounted meals |
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Mativ
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1 |
Mativ, Renfrew is recruiting for a LABORATORY TECHNICIAN.
Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Lab Technician is responsible for inspection and testing of materials or products per specified work instructions and test plans. Test results are recorded and analyzed for out-of-specification conditions. The Lab Technician completes calibrations and verifications of test equipment or other equipment as identified. This position involves multi-tasking between product testing, data entry, customer certificate of analysis completion, control of non-conforming materials, supporting operations needs for visual inspections or release of products.
Responsibilities
Quality Control:
- Maintain lab equipment, facilities and environment in a safe and clean condition.
- Perform calibration and setup of lab test equipment. Clean and prepare test plates and other equipment in use.
- Collect, identify, prepare and test tape samples per procedures and sampling plans.
- Record and maintain test results.
- Review test data to detect out-of-specification or suspect material and advise production personnel, team leaders, and manager when escalation is deemed necessary
- Identify non-conforming materials and complete process.
- Identify, prepare, and test incoming material samples as required.
- Identify and inspect finished products for customer specific requirements or for customer approvals.
- Prepare test reports and Certificates of Analysis and send to Customers.
- Collect, analyze, and summarize process and/or product measurements and trends.
- Perform process and product audits as required to support automotive quality system standards.
- Support quality team needs as necessary to support other team members.
- Willing and able to work 12-hour rotating continental shift patterns with flexibility to cover vacation shifts of other lab personnel (days & overnights)
- Equates to approximately 14 working days per month
- Sample 2-wk schedule: Mon/Tue 8am to 8pm, Wed/Thu - Off, Fri/Sat/Sun - 8pm to 8am, Mon/Tue - Off, Wed/Thu 8am to 8pm, Fri/Sat/Sun - Off
- Works independently with minimum supervision to prioritize required tasks during specified shift.
- Interact with other departments as necessary (Production, Shipping/Warehouse, R&D, Engineering).
- Follow safety rules and keep work area clean and orderly.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Comfortable working in a lab environment as well as a manufacturing environment exposed to noise, dust, and temperatures variations.
- Must be willing to always use required PPE during working hours.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment is considered an asset.
- Lab or quality department experience is considered an asset.
- Experience with shift work would be considered an asset.
- Solid computer skills as it relates to word processing, databases, and the use of spreadsheets. Experience working with SAP would be considered an asset.
- Comprehensive Health/Dental Plan
- 6.5% RRSP company match with 1.5% employee contribution
- Subsidized/Complimentary Food & Beverages
- Tuition reimbursment program
- Monetary recognition programs
- Company sponsored events
Mativ benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable.
About Mativ
Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company connects, protects, and purifies the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company’s two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers’ products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.
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