Quality Lab Technician - 2Nd Shift

About the job

The purpose of the Quality Laboratory Technician (Lab Tech) is to carry out microbiological analysis on finished product samples as well as in process samples. The Lab Tech will gather samples from production and perform analytical tests on product and ingredients as well as help Quality Engineers to disposition product for our production teams. The Lab Tech will help to trouble shoot issues with viscosity, taste, pH, color, and will help to determine sanitation issues at the filling line.

Specific Job Duties and Tasks:

• Place finished product on "HOLD" status when results fall outside of acceptable range, investigate potential causes, and propose solutions.
• Constantly look for ways to continuously improve lab methods for both speed and effectiveness and eliminate waste while improving product quality.
• Train others in Quality related practices and any other duties assigned by Supervisor
• Perform audits on equipment, materials, products and procedures to assure that the lab is in compliance based on CQA (Corporate Quality Assurance) and HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) procedures.
• Perform analysis according to plan of control and record information to assure that finished goods and in-process samples are in compliance to all specifications.
• Maintain the laboratory in a clean, safe and orderly manner on a daily basis.
• Provide constant and consistent quality leadership to production operators, looking for ways to improve product quality and increase technician understanding of key quality criteria and their impact on it.
• Enter analysis results into database and analyze recorded information to determine any trends.
• Assist in disposition of hold products through retest or providing sorting instructions to production.
• Perform required environmental tests of Primary & Secondary Fluids as well as Air Quality.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives in all areas of the plant.
• Perform bench-work analysis according to Standard Operating Procedures and standard methods.
• Other duties as assigned
• Conduct daily line tours and filler line audits to ensure machine compliance with site quality standards. Audits should encompass various areas including startup, changeover, tank change, intervention and normal production where technician will evaluate potential risks to product quality and support resolution of problems.

About you

Preferred Qualifications:
Associates Degree in Science or course work in microbiology or equivalent work

Essential Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Work in a Team Oriented environment
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization at all levels, including janitorial, management, and executives
• Strong Communication skills
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Language Skills, fluent in English
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Flexibility
• Self-Motivator
• Strong computer skills needed including Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access) and multiple scheduling software programs (i.e. WMS and SAP) along with the ability to complete computer-based safety training
• Leadership and organizational skills
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to work 10hr shift on 2nd shift schedule to support a 24/7 operation.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Reasoning ability

About us

With headquarters in Broomfield, CO and White Plains, NY, Danone North America has more than 6,000 employees across the U.S. and Canada, and more than a dozen manufacturing facilities across North America. Our employees enjoy competitive pay and industry-leading benefits (including flexible (unlimited) time off and up to 26 weeks paid parental leave), and share a common mission and culture committed to both business results and social purpose. When you join Danone North America, you become part of a global team that is inspiring a healthier world through food.

At Danone North America, you’ll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world like Activia, Silk, Horizon Organic, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family. You’ll be part of the largest Certified B Corp™ in the world, working together to make sure our brands create real benefits for people, communities, and the planet. We have 6,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America doesn’t just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We recruit, employ, train and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any other protected status. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.

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