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MGP Ingredients · 22 hours ago

Quality Lab Technician

Atchison, KS

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

1+ years exp

MGP Ingredients is a leading supplier of premium distilled spirits and food ingredient solutions. They are seeking a Quality Lab Technician to conduct analyses of samples and make acceptance or rejection decisions to ensure that ingredients and finished products meet specifications.

Food and Beverage

Responsibilities

Make acceptance or rejection decisions for finished products and raw materials

Conduct necessary testing, including microbiology, on all products before shipment to ensure material is within specified parameters

Execute necessary daily testing in all areas to assist all managers and / or operators

Inspect sifter overs samples from the warehouse to ensure foreign objects are not in the packed product causing possible adulteration

Prepare reagents, standards, check samples and media, following Good Laboratory Practices, to support laboratory and plant activities

Monitor inventory of consumables and report needed items to supervisor to ensure there is always a sufficient supply

Assist in the disposal of retained line and batch samples followed by cleaning of storage containers to recycle for continued use

Perform daily housekeeping tasks necessary for efficient and accurate laboratory operation

Manage and maintain laboratory supplies, instruments and equipment to provide maximum, accurate and safe output to meet data deadlines

Collect environmental samples to evaluate adequate microbial environmental control in support of all strategic platforms (as assigned)

Review and retain incoming raw material, chemical certificates of analysis, and other quality documents

Perform routine maintenance on all laboratory instruments to ensure accurate results

Oversee the instruments in the plant areas to ensure that the production results will be accurate as the product is being produced

Interpret and document daily check sample and audit results to maintain instrument integrity

Create a clean laboratory environment for the continued maintenance of instruments, many of which are sensitive to dust

Request maintenance services (internal or external to MGPI) for proper sustainability of equipment operations when needed (as assigned)

Distribute needed testing solutions to plant areas for accurate test results of production material

Assist Research and Development with testing to aid in new product development or formula changes and upon request from production managers

Execute training of plant and laboratory personnel to ensure quality of in-plant and laboratory testing

Coordinate with operators and managers to troubleshoot production quality problems and help find a solution

Complete the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations training course to ship hazardous samples

Participate in MGP’s safety process to ensure that all employees are working safely and in a safe environment

Complete internal auditor training if needed to assist with finding items or areas of the facility that need improvements made

Verify FedEx and UPS charges and assign costs to the correct department

Post test results in SAP, Infinity, and to other agreed-upon test result reporting methods for internal use

Track incoming flour by recording all COA data on a spreadsheet and entering that data into an Excel spreadsheet

Report results that are out of specification to necessary individuals to ensure no product is shipped to a customer when not approved

Generate COAs for customers, customer service or sample department that are printed through SAP or generated in Word format

Generate Glico COA information in a special spreadsheet and send COA data when product ships (as assigned)

Maintain and store plant quality records for easy access of results

Create a retain sample of every product for shipment for use if needed for further analysis

Provide pre-shipment samples to customers (ex: Glico, Itochu,) to receive approval for shipment (as assigned)

Qualification

Laboratory instruments knowledgeLaboratory Practices (GLP)Microbiology testingQuality management systemData analysisTraining abilityHazardous materials trainingEffective communicationOrganizational skills

Required

Ability to be a service provider to Operations and Customer in support of sales

Ability to accurately analyze samples and make disposition decision

Ability to effectively organize sample workload and prioritize analyzed

Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing to all departments

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, cereal science or related field preferred

At least one year of basic laboratory techniques preferred

Knowledge of laboratory instruments, sensory evaluation experience, good laboratory practices (GLP) training, and Dangerous Goods training (HAZMAT shipping)

Previous experience with a quality management system is highly desired