Job Description

The Quality Control Lab Technician is responsible for chemical, physical and/or microbiological analysis of beverage components and blends. Duties include preparing documentation and coordinating or performing testing and analysis to ensure quality standards are met.

Your Responsibilities:

• Verify that Quality equipment is functioning properly by performing and documenting maintenance, calibration, and verification to ensure product testing results are accurate.
• Perform shelf-life extensions when needed.
• Verify effectiveness of cleaning & sanitation procedures by performing pre/post-operational inspections of production lines to verify beverage contact equipment is in a sanitary condition.
• Perform environmental testing by collecting water samples and by performing hygienic swabbing throughout the facility to ensure the effectiveness of sanitation procedures.
• Fill out batch reports, calculate variations in batch sizes, proper attributes, standards, and other data required on batch reports documented per formula.
• Keep Quality laboratory in order and with necessary supplies by cleaning the lab, equipment and performing supply inventory in order to maintain housekeeping expectations.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative testing of beverages, syrups, and raw materials throughout the entire production process and analyzes attributes.
• Conduct filling line quality inspections, quality audits and isolate product that does not meet standards.
• Assist to adjust materials or production batches that deviate from the target state with supervision from supervisor.
• Support investigations of customer complaint issues.
• Verify information on Production & QA Batch Tickets as needed.
• Send production samples to Customers as per their request.
• Send analysis requests & final product samples to external third party laboratories.
• Assist in implementation and enforcement of the internal guidelines concerning hygiene, HACCP, food and job safety.
• Coordinate with other departments for a seamless product delivery to the customer.
• Maintain an organized, clean, safe & health conscious work environment.

Your Profile:

• Associates degree in science-related field
• 2+ years’ experience in laboratory environment

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