Paint Technician (m/f), Paint Laboratory Technician (m/f) or Chemical Laboratory Technician (m/f)

About the job

We bring colour to the world!

We are a leading manufacturer of artist acrylic paints and products for the restoration and preservation of art and cultural assets. The Lascaux brand stands worldwide for innovative and high-quality products made in Switzerland. As a successful company with around 30 employees, we operate internationally.

Do you enjoy colours and would you like to contribute to colour development in a creative team and actively contribute to the company’s success? Then we are looking for you from 1 December 2026 as:

 

Paint Technician (m/f), Paint Laboratory Technician (m/f) or Chemical Laboratory Technician (m/f)

 

Your area of responsibility:

• Development of new and optimisation of existing products including analytics and application technology
• Quality control of raw materials, semi-finished and finished products
• Conducting laboratory trials and supervising the up-scaling from laboratory to production scale
• Documentation and management of formulations and tests
• Evaluation, testing and assessment of new raw materials
• Dialogue with raw material suppliers including support for purchasing
• Preparation of safety data sheets, ensuring legal compliance specific to countries
• Colour tone adjustment and formulation adaptation according to customer requirements
• Technical customer advice

Our requirements:

• Training as a paint technician (m/f), paint laboratory technician (m/f) or chemical laboratory technician (m/f)
• Several years of experience in the development and quality control of aqueous paint systems
• Proven knowledge of MS Office applications and experience with ERP systems
• Confident German and good English skills, both spoken and written
• Analytical and interconnected thinking, technical understanding and high quality awareness
• Enjoy learning new things and taking on responsibility

We offer:

• Interesting work in our unique colour manufactory
• Contemporary employment conditions
• Part-time workload of 80 or 90% possible

This position requires a motivated, service-oriented and team-capable personality. Resilience and independence combined with a healthy dose of humour and warmth additionally qualify you for this role. After comprehensive training, exciting and varied tasks await you and the opportunity to contribute in a creative environment with an appreciative company culture.

Have we aroused your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your complete application by e-mail to our HR manager, Mr Fabian Gil Puente