Laboratory Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Laboratory Technician

Location: Iowa Falls, IA, 50126

Duration: 12 Months

The shifts will be either 8 or 10 hours and will be in the office 4 or 5 days a week with some weekends (7 or 8 AM onwards)

Job Description:

• The Laboratory Technician will complete routine analytical and laboratory testing in support of the food safety quality and operational teams.
• We are looking for a hardworking person who will perform routine analysis of product testing, being responsible for checking and monitoring instrumentation performance and conducting tests for which we are going to provide intermediate supervision.
• In this role, you will document results into databases and/or communication test results.
• Help develop food/feed safety, quality and regulatory culture collaborating cross-functionally to build, maintain and improve an effective food safety, quality and regulatory culture.
• Run calibration checks, preventive maintenance tasks, and simple repair to analytical instrumentation, maintaining customer specifications books up to date.
• Interpret and document results of tests into active databases and communicate results to internal customers as required.
• Ensure compliance programs for all individual testing, which includes monitoring adherence to regulations and other procedural food safety compliance.​
• Conduct routine quantitative and qualitative inspections and laboratory tests on raw materials, in-process and final products independently, supporting more complex trials and experiments under intermediate supervision.
• Handle clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under general supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Ability to read and interpret documents (safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals).
• Write routine reports and correspondence