Quality lab Technician Nights

Career Architecture Description

Job Purpose: Performs inspection on a range of work to detect defects and maintain quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Tests in-process product or finished product samples according to established procedures and document those tests appropriately. • Responsible for chemistry method validations and equipment qualification. • May create and recommends modifications to test methods, and SOPs. • Reviews and conducts validation protocols. • Records results and conformance to acceptance plans. • Enters data on control charts and notifies others of out-of-specification conditions.

Years of Experience: Vocational training or certification; typically a minimum of 2 years experience.

Description Overview

Provide professional support by performing and timely communicating the necessary quality tests and analyses required for product safety and quality. To conduct sampling, inspection and testing of incoming materials, in-line samples, finished product, water and the environment in order to assess their conformance to established quality standards.  Provide support for other quality functions in order to support plant objectives. 

$25/hr. Full Time. Nights. 11pm-7:30am

Scope of the Role

Laboratory Operations:

• Coordinate sample management and Quality Control Testing of:
  • Incoming Materials 
  • In-Line samples
  • Semi-finished and Finished Products 
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Investigational samples
• Coordinate sampling activities and conduct inspection, and testing in a timely manner including, but not limited to testing moisture, conductivity, pH, purity screening, scoop delivery, dimensional parameters, package evaluation.  Perform release of conforming incoming materials.
• Prepares and sends samples to other internal and external laboratories.  Maintains communication between external laboratories regarding status of testing, etc. 
• Completes cleaning and general maintenance of laboratory and work area.  
• Performs periodic maintenance and calibration of instrumentation and equipment
• Conducts internal and external analytical reporting by entry into SAP or other data sharing systems.
• Monitors material and reagent inventory, orders and stocks laboratory supplies

Laboratory Quality Ambassador: 

• Comprehends and follows Nestle Good Laboratory Practices and Laboratory Safety Standards
• Completes review of laboratory data to ensure accuracy
• Performs method monitoring through control charting and investigates trends
• Performs analyses to support qualification / validation / verification protocols

Training / Communication:

• Provides routine communication with Factory Operations and Internal support functions to report testing status and results
• Trains new and existing lab personnel on methods and procedures

    
Performs other duties as assigned

Experience Required

• High School Diploma required.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (Chemistry, Food Technology, Biology, Microbiology or other related fields) preferred.