Chem Lab Tech
Hopkins, SCJob$22–25/hrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Chem Lab Tech 1 will learn to set up and monitor analytical equipment, troubleshoot equipment performance, and perform analytical chemistry work on solutions and powders. The role reports to the Chem Lab Team Manager and is located in Columbia, South Carolina, with a 100% onsite work arrangement. The posting states a base salary range of $22 to $25 per hour and lists health and income protection benefits, a 401(k) plan, and paid vacations for qualifying positions.
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Full job description
Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At WECTEC Staffing Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.
About the role:
As a Chem Lab Tech 1, you will learn to perform set-up and monitoring of different pieces of analytical equipment. You will also perform troubleshooting of the analytical equipment when you determine that the equipment is performing below expectations or when you observe negative trends. You will report to the Team Manager for the Chem Lab and be located at Columbia, SC supported 100% onsite.
Key Responsibilities:
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Set up and monitor analytical equipment
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Calibrate and operate equipment.
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Prepare required reagents, solutions, and standards.
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Review data and identify trends and interpret analytical results.
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Trouble shoot and maintenance of equipment
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Perform 1st echelon maintenance.and visual inspections.
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Measure product with non-destructive measuring equipment.
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Utilize analytical chemistry performing analysis of solutions and powders.
Qualifications:
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Posess ahigh school diploma or equivalent or relevant technical degree
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Have 0-2 years in an analytical laboratory that Identify process upsets
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Perform standard shop math and display analytical chemistry techniques
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Chemical Technology certificate or similar would be nice to have
Our Safety Pledge to You:
If you are as committed to your success as we are committed to your safety, then this is the position for you! For us, our guiding principle has always been and will continue to be the safety of our people. It's that simple!
Why WECTEC Staffing Services?
WECTEC Staffing Services delivers customer-focused solutions, offering everything from high-volume, cost-effective staffing to specialized niche roles, while maintaining best-in-class service. Our employees bring expertise across technical and corporate functions, supporting international contracts in over five countries. We invite you to explore opportunities within our distinguished global talent network.
WECTEC Staffing Services offers competitive pay to all of our employees. Additionally, most positions qualify for benefits including the following:
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Comprehensive Health and Income Protection Benefits
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401(k) Savings Plan
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Paid Vacations for Qualifying Positions
We are committed to transparency and equity in all our people practices. The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be $22/hour to $25/hour.
WECTEC Staffing Services continues to successfully place professional and technical resources into key roles globally. You can learn more by visiting www.wectecstaffing.com
You can submit your completed application, and explore other available options, using the following link: careers.westinghousenuclear.com
Get connected with WECTEC Staffing Services on social media: LinkedIn
Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities
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How this job compares
Set against the 2,182 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$22–25/hr
- US median$22–26/hr1,044 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $23.50/hr, is close to the US median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the middle half of Laboratory Technician hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 28 open Laboratory Technician jobs in South Carolina and 2,182 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in South Carolina
- Prisma Health7 open
- State of South Carolina4 open
- Turner Mining Group3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 906 postings).
- Education
- 280 of the 2,182 open Laboratory Technician jobs (13%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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