Acuren is seeking a Lab Tech II to support operations in Cincinnati, OH.
ResponsibilitiesMechanical testing experience doing tensile and compression testing.
The Laboratory Technician II independently performs a variety of laboratory tests and analyses with moderate supervision. This role is responsible for preparing and analyzing samples, operating specialized laboratory instruments, and ensuring test accuracy and compliance with established standards. Testing equipment includes mechanical testing tensile and compression frames, OES, and various microscopes. The Lab Tech II interprets data, maintains detailed records, and may assist in troubleshooting or method refinement. This intermediate position requires solid technical knowledge, attention to detail, and the ability to train or support junior personnel.
Benefits- Competitive salary
- Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance
- 401K Plan
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off
Acuren’s strength begins with its people. Guided by our values—People First, Integrity Always, One Team, Higher Standards, and Innovative —we work to create safe, respectful, and high-performing environments for our employees, clients, and communities.
We are honored that our people have recognized Acuren as worthy of inclusion in the Forbes 2024 and 2025 list of Canada’s Best Employers. This recognition reflects the importance we place on investing in our people, protecting everyone we work with, and acting with integrity in every engagement.
Acuren delivers comprehensive inspection, testing, certification, and asset integrity solutions that help organizations ensure critical assets are safe, compliant, and optimized for reliable performance. Our specialized expertise and advanced capabilities support clients across energy, industrial, and public infrastructure sectors.
Our services include inspection; traditional and advanced NDE/NDT; failure analysis; rope access; materials, field, and reliability engineering; drones; robotics; V-Deck; and condition-based monitoring. Through these capabilities, we help clients evaluate asset condition, manage operational risk, and make informed decisions throughout the asset lifecycle.
Our work supports the integrity and safety of assets across petroleum refining, pipelines, power generation, pulp and paper, mining, pharmaceutical, aerospace, and automotive industries. Acuren employs more than 5,000 professionals who support mechanical integrity and inspection programs across industrial sectors.
Our approach is practical and focused: provide capable local teams with certified, well-equipped personnel supported by trained and experienced leaders. Building on a strong heritage of safety, quality, and professionalism, we continue to advance technical capabilities and support reliability programs that create value for clients and employees.
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Skills Required
- Mechanical testing experience, including tensile and compression testing
Acuren Inspection, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and holidays are described as standard and covering the basics. Feedback suggests the number of holidays is good in some contexts, aligning to a conventional leave setup.
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What We Do
Since its inception in 1974, Acuren has been a trusted, single source provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructures. Committed to delivering a Higher Level of Reliability, Acuren provides an unrivaled spectrum of capabilities, including inspection, traditional and advanced NDE/NDT, failure analysis, rope access, materials engineering, reliability engineering and condition based monitoring services. Our work is critical to the integrity and safety of industrial firms, including petroleum refinery, pipeline, power generation, wind, pulp & paper, pharmaceutical, aerospace and automotive industries. Acuren employs more than 4,000 dedicated professionals, dispatched from more than 90 locations across the continent, supporting the mechanical integrity and inspection programs of the world’s largest industrial segments. We are the only N285 certified NDT company in Canada which allows us to perform nuclear scopes of work directly as an EPC rather than subcontracting to another EPC firm. Acuren is a market leader. Our formula for success is straightforward: be capable locally, with certified and well-equipped personnel supported by trained, experienced leaders. Local competence is further supported by a corporate commitment to exceptional service, with subject-matter experts, management systems, and best-available technology to assure that the efforts provided locally also represent best practices globally. Continuing to build on a strong heritage of safety, quality and professionalism, Acuren strives to maintain incident free work environments, pursues advanced technical developments, and supports reliability programs that are valued by clients and employees. We strive to demonstrate that we have an opportunity to earn our customer’s business every day and that we understand the need to deliver more value in the future.
