Job Description

Brand: ['Post Consumer Brands']

Categories: Operations Production

Locations: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Req ID: 32646

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.

Location Description

The Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania facility proudly produces iconic pet food brands like 9Lives®, Gravy Train®, and Kibbles 'n Bits®. This location also features an on-site Distribution Center, ensuring efficient delivery of products to customers.

Bloomsburg is home to Bloomsburg University, a municipal airport, and a landmark Town Park offering acres of recreational activities. The town also hosts one of the largest and longest-running fairs in the country. With so much to do and see, Bloomsburg is a great place to live, work, and play!

Responsibilities

Lab Coordinator

Help protect the quality and consistency of the products people count on. As a Lab Coordinator, you will guide day-to-day Quality Assurance activities, review records, support finished-product release decisions, and help the Bloomsburg team respond quickly and accurately to potential quality issues.

In this hands-on role, you will combine laboratory testing, documentation, systems work, and cross-functional coordination. You will support audit readiness, investigate quality incidents, manage product and raw-material holds, and help ensure safe, consistent products that meet company, state, and federal standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform routine testing of ingredients and finished products accurately, identify results that fall outside established standards, and provide timely feedback to operations.
• Review Quality Assurance records and support positive release decisions for finished products using systems such as SureTrend, Korber, Redzone, and other applicable tools.
• Initiate shift quality incident investigations and support corrective and preventive action reports, consumer complaint investigations, mock recalls, trace exercises, thermal-process deviations, and hold evaluations.
• Lead ingredient and finished-product hold investigations, recommend approval or rejection based on quality-control principles, communicate rejected ingredient results, and coordinate third-party laboratory evaluation when required.
• Coordinate with Purchasing, Receiving, Supply Chain, and Quality Assurance to track raw-material testing, delivery schedules, inventory, Certificates of Analysis, deadlines, and lot releases.
• Prepare, document, and ship raw-material samples for external testing; follow up with laboratories so results are available when needed; and maintain related shelf-life extension documentation.
• Place identified lots or batches on hold in inventory and tracking systems, communicate holds to required personnel, tag affected pallets, and maintain accurate supporting documentation.
• Support plant audit readiness by maintaining an organized work area and following safety, GMP, sanitation, quality, SOP, SQF, and team requirements.
• Provide shift support through daily huddles, document review and updates, environmental swabbing, right-to-run inspections, sensory and organoleptic product review, authorized temporary specification routing, and vitamin receipt sign-off.
• Troubleshoot and calibrate laboratory instruments, support Quality systems and Redzone updates, order supplies within budget requirements, schedule coverage as needed, and complete other projects assigned by Quality Food Safety leadership.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Make a direct impact on product quality, food safety, and timely production decisions.
• Build broad experience across laboratory testing, investigations, audits, documentation, and quality systems.
• Work closely with Quality Assurance, Operations, Purchasing, Receiving, Supply Chain, and external laboratories.
• Take ownership of important shift-level quality activities while working independently with limited direct supervision.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and help keep the plant prepared for internal, customer, government, and third-party audits.

Location & Travel Requirements

• This is an on-site position at the Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania plant.
• This role works a 12-hour rotating night schedule from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., including every other weekend.

Qualifications

Education

• High school diploma or GED required.

Required Qualifications

• Two or more years of relevant experience in food processing and/or a laboratory setting.
• Ability to perform routine ingredient and finished-product testing and recognize deviations from established standards.
• Strong computer skills and the ability to learn and use quality, inventory, and documentation systems.
• Ability to use basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills to complete testing and documentation accurately.
• Ability to work mechanically on laboratory equipment and support instrument troubleshooting and calibration.
• Ability to work the required 12-hour rotating night schedule, including every other weekend.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology, Animal Science, Food Science, or equivalent work experience preferred.

Success in This Role

• Communicates clearly in writing and verbally with Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and external partners.
• Uses sound analytical judgment to evaluate potential quality issues and follow established procedures.
• Stays organized and detail-focused while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Troubleshoots problems calmly and follows through on investigations, test results, documentation, and deadlines.
• Works independently with minimal direct supervision while collaborating effectively across functions.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Bring your laboratory experience, quality mindset, and sound judgment to a role where your work supports every shift. Apply today to help the Bloomsburg team deliver safe, consistent, high-quality products.