FORESTRY LABORATORY TECHNICIAN

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Job Summary: The Forestry Laboratory Technician will perform physicochemical analyses of wood and laboratory tests for process control and quality evaluation, ensuring accuracy and reliability of results. Key Highlights: 1. Work at one of the world's largest soluble cellulose manufacturing plants. 2. Conduct physicochemical analyses and wood testing. 3. Contribute to sustainability and innovation in the textile industry. Have you ever imagined working at one of the world's largest soluble cellulose manufacturing plants? **\#VemSerLDCTeam** Position: **FORESTRY LABORATORY TECHNICIAN** Location: Indianópolis/MG Employment Type: Permanent Application Deadline: **We are LD Celulose** One of the largest soluble cellulose manufacturing plants in Brazil and worldwide! A joint venture between the Austrian company Lenzing and the Brazilian company Dexco, located in the Triângulo Mineiro region. We have an annual production capacity of 500,000 tons of soluble cellulose, plus 144 MW of clean energy. The specialty cellulose fibers produced by LD are used in the textile industry, generating fabrics with innovation, sustainability, and high technology. **A plural company** We are a company that embraces diversity and individual differences. Our teams consist of people with diverse educational backgrounds, ages, experiences, ethnicities, social classes, cultures, and other dimensions of diversity. We understand that this diversity of perspectives and life experiences helps create a more innovative, creative, and inclusive environment, delivering faster, viable, and effective results and solutions. At LD Celulose, we have the LDC Plural program—our Diversity and Inclusion initiative—which supports us in achieving this goal and transforming our corporate reality, operating across five pillars: Ethnicity, LGBTQIAPN\+, Women 360°, Persons with Disabilities, and Generations. **Our Purpose and Values** We are committed to sustainability in all aspects of our daily operations. We reinforce our commitment to sustainable business development through our policies, actions, and practices. We pursue sustainability and environmental protection across our entire production chain—from forest areas, where we practice environmentally sound, socially beneficial, and economically viable forest management, to the soluble cellulose production process, which is self-sufficient in electricity, recovers chemical inputs, produces soil fertilizers and compost from production residues, and treats all water used in its processes. **In addition, we focus on five core values:** 1\. We commit to safety and compliance. 2\. We care for our planet, people, and customers. 3\. We appreciate diversity and respect each other. 4\. We take responsibility for performance. 5\. We strive for excellence. **Want to be part of this story? Learn more about this position and submit your application!** **Your responsibilities:** Perform physicochemical analyses of wood to support process control, material quality evaluation, and technical study development. Conduct tests according to the analytical plan, test methods, and defined control plans, ensuring accuracy and reliability of results. **Responsibilities and Duties** **Learn more about your activities:** * Plan and organize testing routines, ensuring execution according to schedule, priorities, and technical requirements. * Receive, prepare, and store wood samples for analysis, ensuring proper identification, traceability, and compliance with environmental procedures for storage and disposal. * Perform laboratory tests such as moisture content, basic density, apparent density, and other methods specified in technical standards. * Ensure full compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), as well as ABNT, ISO, TAPPI, and other applicable standards. * Schedule and monitor equipment calibrations, internal verifications, and preventive maintenance (e.g., balances, ovens, moisture meters, calipers, etc.). * Assist in reviewing and updating SOPs, work instructions, and forms, contributing to continuous laboratory improvement. * Record data in spreadsheets and systems, ensuring traceability, organization, and integrity of generated data. * Monitor inventories of reagents, consumables, and materials, signaling replenishment needs. **Requirements and Qualifications** **What we expect from you:** Completed Technical Education in Chemistry, Forestry, Pulp and Paper, or related fields. Active professional registration Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) required Experience in wood analysis laboratories, chemical and physical analyses, or related areas is desirable. **Additional Information** **What we offer:** Health insurance; Dental insurance; Meal and food vouchers (on-site); Gympass; Free shuttle transportation for employees; Profit Sharing Program (PLR); Emotional, social, financial, legal counseling and incident support (ACOLHER Program); Pharmacy benefits (optional); Private pension plan (optional); Life insurance (optional); Discounts on Dexco products (Deca, Portinari, Hydra, Ceusa, Durafloor…); Discounts on SESI / MG schools; Discounts on technical courses, undergraduate, graduate, master’s, and doctoral programs offered by various institutions; Discounts on clubs and water parks; * And much more! **Apply now to our selection process. Good luck!** \#LDCTeam \#Vaga \#Emprego \#MercadoDeTrabalho \#VemSerLDCTeam LD Celulose was founded through a partnership between the Austrian company Lenzing and the Brazilian company Dexco, with the purpose of building one of the world's largest soluble cellulose manufacturing plants. Located in the Triângulo Mineiro region—between the municipalities of Araguari and Indianópolis—the plant has an annual production capacity of 500,000 tons and will use raw material sourced exclusively from 100% certified forests. The forest areas utilized by the company will feature robust monitoring and protection infrastructure. All soluble cellulose produced will be exported to Lenzing’s factories, where it will be transformed into low-environmental-impact fiber for use in yarns and textiles for clothing, as well as other applications such as wet wipes, facial masks, and hygiene products.