Analysis Skills, Calibration, Communication Skills, Customer Support/Service, Detail Oriented, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Food Safety, Food and Beverage Industry, Laboratory, Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Testing, Leadership, Lift/Move 50 Pounds, Maintain Compliance, Materials Testing, Mathematics, Mentoring, Microbiology, Organizational Skills, Physical Chemistry, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Preventative Maintenance, Product Testing, Quality Assurance, Quality Management, Quality System Requirements (QSR), Record Keeping, Regulations, Safety/Work Safety, Team Lead/Manager, Technical Leadership, Testing, Writing Skills
This Lab Tech Lead is an hourly position and reports to the Quality Assurance Manager. The Lab Tech Lead is responsible and accountable for leading a team of Lab Technicians; performing laboratory tests on raw materials, products in process, and finished products; and ensuring a quality product is produced, packaged, and prepared for delivery to customers.
Responsibilities:
- Perform microbiological, chemical, physical, and sensory analyses of products.
- Hold, release, and reject finished goods based on product analysis.
- Verify compliance and alert management of any deviations from specifications.
- Perform in-plant weight checks, temperature checks, ingredient usage, and distribution of finished product appearance, code date verification, pH testing, and metal detection verification.
- Perform calibration and scheduled preventative maintenance on lab equipment.
- Responsible for daily finished product evaluations.
- Performs environment testing.
- Maintain records on tests as well as temperature, product tracking, cleaning and sanitizing records, weights, volume, codes, and any other information assigned.
- Maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe work area.
- Follow all Good Manufacturing Practices and Standard Operating Procedures.
- Follow all safety and security policies and procedures,
- Wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) at all times.
- Follow all food safety and quality system requirements by committing to meet all pertinent regulatory, customer and Safe Quality Foods (SQF) requirements.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Lead and mentor Lab Technicians.
- Prior experience leading a team is preferred
- Ability to read, write, perform basic mathematical calculations, and accurately record data.
- Must be willing to work overtime, weekends, holidays, and varying shifts, as required.
- Prior experience in a laboratory environment required
- Excellent customer service and verbal and written communication skills are required.
- Must be organized and detail oriented.
- Must be able to work independently.
- Minimum age: 18
- Must be able to pass a drug screen and physical.
Certification/Licenses/Registrations:
- HACCP Certification and SQF Training preferred
Physical Demand/Working Conditions and Experience:
- Exposed to noise/vibration, and chemicals.
- Required to Stand, walk, climb, bend, twist, push and pull, and reach at, above and below the shoulder.
- Repetition-Hand/Wrist Simple Grasping, Firm grasping.
- Must be able to routinely lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; and occasionally 75 pounds.
- Must be able to work for extended periods in a cold, damp environment.
I understand the description of this job and the essential functions, as given above. I also understand that all of the duties are not described above and that I will perform those above and other related duties as directed by my supervisor and management.
Dairy Foods Company is an equal opportunity employer
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Hiland Dairy Foods Co LLC