Technician

Navarro Research and Engineering is recruiting a Technician in Oak Ridge, TN. An active DOE Q clearance (or DOD equivalent) is preferred. The technician will provide hands-on-support cleaning lithium parts inside an inert glove box using hand-held power sanding tools that abrasively remove the surface layer of oxides, markings, and contaminants. They will conduct rough sanding, debris removal and wiping of parts per applicable procedures and/or work instructions. They may be tasked to collect and enter data in logbooks or Excel spreadsheets. They will maintain a high standard for safety and housekeeping. The technician may also be tasked with operation of the wet chemical purification system involving dissolution of materials in water, transfers of solutions, and operations of pumps, Participates must read and follows procedures, schedules procedural steps, moves and opens containers, bags and debags parts; uses abrasive cleaning equipment, wipes parts, stages parts for sampling, collects and enters data, operates equipment in a glovebox and trains on the equipment. Overall support of the Li Processing group is expected based on individuals skill set. A wide set of skills would be considered outside of lab space task. Support could include document creation/modification and other administrative activities.