Quality Control Analyst

Job Details
Job Location
Adams Vegetable Oils inc Arbuckle Mill location - Arbuckle, CA
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
4 Year Degree
Salary Range
$26.00 - $30.00
Travel Percentage
None
Job Shift
Any
Job Category
Science
Description
Job Purpose Summary:
The Lab Associate plays an integral role in ensuring the quality of our product in alignment with Adams Vegetable Oils mission to provide safe, quality products to our partners in an evolving world. The Lab Associate will support Operations, Procurement, and Sales by determining quality parameters for incoming, work in process, and outgoing products in accordance with Food Safety and Research & Development efforts. Special projects related to these testing parameters may also be assigned. The Lab Associate is responsible to maintain a safe and clean environment in the lab and to care for lab equipment.
Food Safety Policy:
Adams Group is committed to producing and distributing high quality products through adherence to industry and regulatory standards. As an Adams Group employee, you will be trained on our food safety policies and will be held accountable to adhering to them. You will be encouraged and required to notify supervision about actual or potential food safety issues. Everyone at Adams is involved in delivering safe food - within your scope of work you will be empowered to act to resolve food safety issues.
Job Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Perform inbound, outbound, and work in progress product testing according to SOP methods with a variety of equipment including auto-titrators, GC, GC-MS, ICP
  • Research equipment issues & follow troubleshooting processes
  • Review published methods & provide feedback on internal SOPs
  • Always follow fail procedures to notify appropriate parties of out of spec results
  • Use knowledge of recent quality results to add supporting context when communicating fail procedures
• Input accurate results in the ERP system, supported by knowledge of products, process, and specifications.
  • Perform data analysis on testing results to support management decisions
  • Work with AVO Admin team and/or plant management to troubleshoot simple ERP errors
• Assist the Operations & R&D teams with special projects including custom blend formulations, identifying oil types, tracking out of specification batch results, and other requests as needed
• Conduct Planned Maintenance routines on equipment per schedule or as needed
• Manage documentation storage, sample inventories, retains, and rotations to and from storage in a safe and organized manner.
• Learn new equipment or testing protocols or parameters in support of evolving company efforts
• Pull samples in a safe, clean manner from all accessible sampling areas in the plant, including zone sample handling and cleaning
• Prioritize sample management and testing to align with managements priorities
• Manage samples with third party labs including, but not limited to, accurate shipping, receiving, order forms, and data entry
• Manage sales sample requests including additional testing, labeling, packaging, and shipping
• Support Team Lead with tracking of all consumable lab materials
• Pre-operational inspections and ATP swabbing, including inspection of hoses, lines and tanks
• Pre-operational inspection and ATP swabbing of Lecithin filling system
• Prioritize safety in the lab at all times.
• Other duties and special projects, as assigned

Qualifications
Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree preferably in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Food Science, or equivalent field of study
• 1-3 years applicable lab experience, in academic and/or industry settings
• Familiarity with analytical equipment such as ICP-OES, GC-FID, and GC-MS a plus
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to analyze data and make determinations
• Ability to follow written and verbal direction and work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work in high pressure situations
• Proficiency with ERP systems such as SAP/NetSuite/MS Dynamics, Excel, Word, and other MS programs
• Comfortable working with data

Position Requirements:

• Effectively communicate and provide lab support to multiple functional groups throughout the company
• Able to use and maintain a wide variety of equipment; may be asked to perform basic troubleshooting

• Legally authorized to work in the United States
• Must be proficient in reading, speaking and writing in English for the purpose of record keeping, safety and quality training processes.
• Strong level of discretion, professionalism and attention to detail
• Available to work overtime including some weekends
• Willing to work in any of our operating locations (Arbuckle and Woodland)
• Prolonged periods of standing
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.