Analytical Chemistry Technician
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The Analytical Chemistry Technician performs elemental analysis using ICP-OES to support quality assurance, manufacturing, product development, and customer requirements. The role includes sample preparation, instrument operation, data analysis, and laboratory recordkeeping under the laboratory’s ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System. The technician also supports wet chemistry and routine laboratory testing as workload permits.
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Analytical Chemistry Technician
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Date:Nov 5, 2026
Location: Rochester, NY, US, 14652
Company: Kodak
Role Overview
The Analytical Chemistry Technician is responsible for performing elemental analysis using ICP-OES to support quality assurance, manufacturing, product development, and customer requirements. This role includes sample preparation, instrument operation, data analysis, and maintenance of laboratory records in compliance with the laboratory's ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System. The successful candidate will also support wet chemistry and other routine laboratory testing as workload permits.
Responsibilities:
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Perform elemental analysis using ICP-OES on raw materials, in-process samples, finished products, and customer samples.
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Prepare samples, standards, reagents, and quality control solutions.
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Operate, calibrate, maintain, and troubleshoot ICP-OES instrumentation.
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Conduct wet chemistry testing, including pH, conductivity, titrations, solids content, density, moisture analysis, and other routine analyses.
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Review analytical data and report results in LIMS database.
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Maintain laboratory records and ensure compliance with quality system requirements.
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Update, review, and maintain laboratory procedures, work instructions, test methods, and other quality documentation to ensure alignment with current laboratory practices and ISO 9001:2015 requirements.
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Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and internal audits.
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Maintain a safe, organized, and efficient laboratory environment.
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Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Laboratory Supervisor to support laboratory operations and business needs.
Required Qualifications:
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Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Technology, Materials Science, or a related scientific field.
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Minimum two years of analytical laboratory experience.
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Hands-on experience with ICP-OES operation and troubleshooting.
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Experience with sample preparation, wet chemistry techniques, and quantitative analysis.
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Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
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Proficiency with Microsoft Office and laboratory software.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Experience in an ISO 9001:2015 regulated laboratory.
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Experience with ICP-MS, Atomic Absorption (AA), XRF, or related analytical techniques.
EOE Policy Statement:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Estimated Salary: $25.00 - $30.00
Experience Level: 0-5 Years
Requisition ID:2314
Nearest Major Market:Rochester
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How this job compares
Set against the 2,154 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25–30/hr
- New York median$24–28/hr120 hourly ranges
- US median$22–26/hr1,036 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $27.50/hr, is 7% above the New York median midpoint ($26/hr) — in the middle half of Laboratory Technician hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 191 open Laboratory Technician jobs in New York and 2,154 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- University of Rochester35 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (885 postings).
- Education
- 288 of the 2,154 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 6, 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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