Job Description

As Quality Technician at Bakelite, you'll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.

We're Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you'll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world's most challenging demands.

Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World.

It's Better with Bakelite.

Quality Technician:

The Impact You'll Have On The Organization and World

In this role, you will provide testing service to production and shipping assuring the quality/consistency of incoming and outgoing materials and maintain a system of traceability in a dynamic chemical manufacturing environment.

It's Better with Bakelite:

Our Commitment Back to You

You'll Help Shape Our Future. As a Bakelite associate, you're part of a diverse, global population creating the next generation of the company and we expect you to put your fingerprint on it. We Champion Our Associates. At Bakelite, you don't just climb the career ladder - you pave your personal path through continued learning and development. Together, We Will Protect the Planet. From our processes to our products, we are focusing on the opportunities that both grow our profitability as a company, and improve and protect the planet. Safety is a Core Value. At Bakelite, safety is a 24/7 mindset. We are all safe today to ensure we are able to show up tomorrow - for our families and friends, for each other and for our communities. We Care. Plain and simple, we care about our associates. From the top on down, we place a high value on our culture and the associate experience. We offer competitive compensation, robust benefits and support our associates every step of their career.

Life in Louisville:

Louisville is Kentucky's biggest city and the "Gateway to the South." It's located on the Ohio River and is just over the Indiana border.

Louisville is home to the Kentucky Derby, an annual horse race with a long history that takes place at Churchill Downs. There are lots of attractions to explore in downtown Louisville, including the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, where Major League Baseball bats are produced. Louisville was named among the top 50 Best Places to Live in 2024 by U.S. News & World Report. Love to travel? You're minutes from the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, where you can hop a flight to anywhere in the world. Learn more about Louisville

What Does a Typical Day Look Like? Here are your primary responsibilities:

Perform required inspections and chemical tests on raw materials, in-process, final products, storage tank, drum, shipping, and other samples in an accurate and timely fashion. Learn all the SOPs and test methods needed to perform sample analysis in a safe and consistent manner. Record data in the lab computer system for various types of samples. Generate Certificates of Analysis for finished products in preparation for shipment. Operate existing instruments and learn to operate new instruments. Use lab instruments with maximum accuracy and efficiency. Perform calibration checks and keep control charts on lab instruments. Troubleshoot and perform preventative maintenance on instruments. Able to learn and follow new scientific techniques. Train others on new and existing instruments, procedures and SOP's. Work with other members of team to improve "shift to shift" consistency, testing quality and reproducibility, and safety. Fill in for other technicians. Maintain a safe, clean and organized work area, and inventories of needed supplies. Perform weekly safety shower inspections. Perform other tasks and special testing as needed. Perform shared lab duties with other team members.

What is Needed to be Successful in this Role (Required Skills/Abilities):

Minimum 3 years of directly relatable experience in a Chemical Laboratory operation with the knowledge in current technology and methodology. Minimum of bachelor degree in chemistry, chemical engineering or biochemistry is required. Willingness and ability to work rotating shift and/or night shift. Strong team player with good interpersonal skills. Solid work ethic and ability to work independently. Ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks as well as multi-task. Good verbal and written communications. Aptitude to understand technical concepts and have outstanding attention to detail. Familiarity with computer database management and software (SAP, Microsoft Word, Excel, analytical instrumentation software, etc.) Working knowledge in statistics, control charting, and mathematical ability. Physical: Walking, driving, standing majority of time, carrying, pushing, pulling, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, fingering, talking, hearing, seeing, and lifting up to 50 lbs. Aptitudes: Must possess the ability to understand the meaning of words and their ideas, as well as instructions and their underlying principles. Perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately and possess eye-hand coordination. Just be able to communicate information to others fully and factually. Must be able to perform repetitive work. Temperaments: Must have good interpersonal skills and work collaboratively. Must have the ability to accept responsibility and be accountable, perform duties under stress and time constraints, maintain focus, adapt to situations requiring preciseness and adapt to changing duties, deadlines and responsibilities. Must be able to generalize, evaluate, and make good decisions.

Are you ready to help us build a better tomorrow and put your fingerprints on the world? Apply for this exciting opportunity, and learn more about our hiring process, insights from our global associates, our robust benefits and more at Bakelite.com/careers.



We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law.



In order to be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site, be at least 18 years or age, willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process, as well as additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies. Candidates are required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. This company participates in E-Verify. For additional details, click HERE.



If currently an employee of the Company, you must have satisfactory work performance. Disclaimer: We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to an employee about this position. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee of the Company via email, the Internet or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search firm agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Company; no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by the Company as a result of the unsolicited referral or through other means.