Quality Control Lab Technician

Position Summary: The Quality Control Lab Technician performs all activities required to assure raw materials, intermediates, and finished products meet required specifications, while ensuring operation and maintenance of all laboratory equipment. This position is responsible for Quality Assurance on all outgoing packaged products and maintaining inventory of lab supplies and equipment. This role is expected to adhere to all regulatory and safety requirements.

Essential Responsibilities:
• Prepare all solutions, compounds, and reagents necessary for procedures.
• Receive and properly store all samples to be tested and/or retained.
• Perform routine and non-routine tests and analyses using the appropriate technical equipment and instruments.
• Responsible for documenting, logging, and reviewing all results/data.
• Communicate effectively with other departments on and off site.
• Maintain records to comply with regulatory requirements.
• Assist Procurement, R&D, and Production in qualification of new raw materials and products.
• Oversee the quarantine process of any off-spec material.
• Maintain all laboratory equipment including maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, and repair. Ensure inventory levels for laboratory supplies are maintained.
• Continually evaluate methods/procedures and recommend improvements.
• Work with basic computer programs such as Excel, Word, and Teams.
• Other duties not listed above as assigned by immediate supervisor.

Criteria:
• Manage time and daily schedule to prioritize work while multitasking.
• Attention to detail and good organizational skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of electronic and computerized equipment in laboratories
• Comply with all Environmental, Health, and Safety requirements.
• Able to follow instructions and strictly follow procedures.

Qualifications:
• Minimum laboratory experience of 1 year
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required, associate's or Bachelor's degree in a scientific field preferred

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are the 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to ten pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to thirty pounds, and rarely lift and/or move more than thirty pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.