Part Time Lab Technician

Part Time Lab Technician

Shift Window: Monday - Friday 6:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Minimumof4-hourshifts)let us know when you want to work! Whether you're looking for a job to fit around your schooling, your kids, other work, or your life, we have the job for you.

Typical hours worked per week will usually be between 16-29 hours.

Pay: $24.40 per hour

Hiring Bonus: $500 bonus after completing 30-day period.

$500 bonus after completing 6months of employment.

Total of $1,000 bonus

This position partners cross-functionally with Operations, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Management to ensure food/feed safety, quality, regulatory, and customer requirements are consistently applied throughout the manufacturing process.

The Quality Assurance Technician serves as a key resource on the production floor, supporting quality systems in real-time to drive First Pass Quality, product compliance, material yield, and operational efficiency.

This role is part of our Purina Animal Nutrition business who serves producers and animal owners throughout the United States.

We innovate nutritional products and practices that unlock the full potential of every animal for a healthier, more productive life.

Key Responsibilities:


* Support quality assurance and food/feed safety programs in real-time on the production floor.


* Spend approximately 50-60% of the workday in production and ingredient handling areas.


* Collect/review ingredient, in-process, finished product, and retained samples for testing and evaluation.


* Assist with ingredient and finished feed evaluations to determine compliance with quality standards and specifications prior to use in production or release for shipment.


* Perform routine laboratory testing and maintain quality records.


* Verify product specifications, formulations, labels, lot codes, sequencing, and manufacturing requirements.


* Assist in investigating quality concerns, customer complaints, process deviations, and non-conforming products.


* Monitor and maintain tag inventory to ensure adequate supply for production.


* Provide quality guidance and support to production employees and supervisors.


* Support regulatory, customer, and internal audit activities.


* Monitor compliance with food/feed safety programs, prerequisite programs, and quality management systems.


* Assist with inventory verification, product holds, releases, and quality-related documentation.


* Support training initiatives related to quality and food/feed safety.


* Help provide coverage when the Quality Manager is out of the office.


* Other duties as assigned by management.

Required Experience and Skills Required:


* Minimum one (1) year experience in manufacturing, quality assurance, laboratory, food, feed, or any industry.


* Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications SAP, and Repete and other business systems used to support quality, production, and inventory management activities.


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