Job Description
Nitta Gelatin a multi-site manufacturing company is seeking a Lab Technician to join Schiller Park team.
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EDUCATION REQUIRED:
- High school diploma or GED.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- 6 months prior experience in food or pharma laboratories or quality assurance environments.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Detail orientation.
- Daily use of computer skills (database entry, word processing, spreadsheets).
- Good organizational and time management skills.
- High personal integrity.
- Ability to carefully follow procedures.
- Ability to evaluate collagens to grade odor and flavor.
- Pleasant team-oriented personality.
- Good eye-hand coordination in using a stopwatch to obtain accurate test results.
- Food production background preferred.
- Perform routine testing of gelatins and collagens including taste and odor grading.
- Take sterile samples of incoming, work in process, and finished products.
- Work with production workers to obtain laboratory samples.
- Other duties as assigned. Monitor daily test results and notify QA Manager as necessary to ensure customer specification compliance.
- Maintain a document database for lab test data.
- Maintain stock of all laboratory test materials and supplies.
- Maintain a clean and organized laboratory working environment.
- Perform all tasks in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices regulations.
- Maintain organized quality related paperwork and electronic files.
- Interface with outside laboratories to arrange pick-ups, or information.
- Work with Quality Manager to find solutions to customer complaints/inquiries.
- Participation in plant-wide safety program.
- Launder and maintain lab related items in onsite washing area.
- Other duties as assigned.
Some of the reasons our selected candidate will want to work with us:
- Casual dress/uniforms
- Company-sponsored engagement eventsInsurance benefits such as:
- Dental & Vision
- Disability: Short & Long Term
- Health insurance with EAP
- Company paid and additional voluntary life insurance
- CI & Cancer Insurance
- PTO.
- Employee Recognition Programs.
- 401k with match.
- Paid Holidays.
- Annual Bonus (*based on achievement of assigned goals).
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.