Quality Assurance Lab Technician
Balchem Corporation
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Marshfield • Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Perform chemical and physical analyses (including flavor checks) on product, ingredient, and control samples according to laboratory procedures
- Understand the concepts of each analysis, anticipate the result and follow through on any deviation
- Record all product analysis according to laboratory protocols including data entry on a computer system
- Weigh up ingredients that are less than a pound for production
- Communicate effectively all critical information regarding analyses, procedures, and test results
- Communicate electronically to customers as requested by the Quality Manager/Supervisor
- Prepare product sampling materials
- Clean and maintain all equipment/materials used while keeping the laboratory clean and organized
- Follow all laboratory GLP and plant GMP and safety procedures according to company guidelines
- Provide written reports as requested
- Collect and distribute products and all environmental samples as part of general plant QA responsibilities
- Collect ingredient samples when requested by management
- Cover essential functions of the Laboratory/QA Technician and other assigned responsibilities during absence of QA Manager/Supervisor
- Assist production on their assigned shift with any quality-related questions or contact QA management staff if necessary
- Perform all other duties as assigned
Requirements
- After completion of four weeks of training, must be able to perform all procedures accurately, precisely, and efficiently
- Must adhere to the accuracy limits outlined in Company SOPs (existing, new, and any subsequent revision)
- Required to have good attendance
- Ability to perform each essential duty independently and satisfactorily
- Tests must be run correctly and accurately
- Duties must be executed in a timely manner
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
- Must be able to work independently to organize tasks and manage the workload
- Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations
- Must be able to do mathematical calculations
- Laboratory will be staffed on off shifts and weekend/holiday/overtime hours may be required
- Must be able to work on their feet for extended periods of time
- Will be required to lift and carry 50 pounds
- Must be able to work in noisy, wet, slippery, and hot plant conditions
- Handwriting must be clearly legible
- Shift availability: 3-11 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday
Benefits
- Balchem Corporation offers a competitive salary and benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
chemical analysisphysical analysisdata entrymathematical calculationsproduct samplinglaboratory proceduresGLPGMPquality assuranceenvironmental sampling
Soft skills
effective communicationindependent workproblem-solvingorganizational skillsattention to detailtime managementability to follow instructionsadaptabilityteam collaborationlegible handwriting