Metallurgical Prep Technician
Daleville, INJob$20–23/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Element Materials Technology is seeking a Metallurgical Sample Prep Technician for its laboratory team in Daleville, Indiana. The role prepares metal samples for testing and evaluation, operates laboratory preparation equipment, and supports daily lab operations. No metallurgy experience is required; the company seeks dependable, motivated candidates who are comfortable with hands-on work and eager to learn.
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Overview
Are you someone who enjoys hands-on work, learning new skills, and being part of a team that produces high-quality results? Element is looking for a Metallurgical Sample Prep Technician to join our laboratory team in Daleville, IN.
No metallurgy experience? No problem.
We're seeking dependable, motivated individuals who are eager to learn and comfortable working in a laboratory and industrial environment. If you're mechanically inclined, enjoy working with tools or equipment, and take pride in being reliable, we'd love to hear from you.
Compensation: $20.00-$23.00 per hour
Responsibilities
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Prepare material samples for testing and evaluation
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Operate laboratory preparation equipment
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Grind, polish, mount, and process metal samples
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Work with laboratory chemicals, acids, and fume hoods
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Log and track samples through the testing processHelp maintain equipment and support daily lab operations
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Safely handle materials and components up to 40 lbs
Skills / Qualifications
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Reliable attendance and strong work ethic
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Comfortable with hands-on, physical work
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Willingness to learn and take direction
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Ability to prioritize tasks and solve problems
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Comfortable working around machinery, chemicals, and industrial materials
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Mechanical aptitude or manufacturing experience is a plus but not required
Company Overview
Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.
When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.
While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.
Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.
Diversity Statement
At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.
All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.
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Job Locations US-IN-Daleville
ID 2026-20328
How this job compares
Set against the 2,141 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$20–23/hr
- Indiana median$22–27/hr23 hourly ranges
- US median$22–26/hr1,014 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $21.50/hr, is 9% below the Indiana median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Laboratory Technician hourly ranges in Indiana.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 34 open Laboratory Technician jobs in Indiana and 2,141 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Indiana
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- Experience
- Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (906 postings).
- Education
- 288 of the 2,141 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 4, 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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