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Lab Technician - 3rd Shift

Steuben Foods
  • New York
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Steuben Foods is a leading aseptic food and beverage manufacturer in the United States, proudly operating as a longstanding family-owned business. With roots firmly planted in Western New York, we are committed to providing our customers with superior aseptic products in a safe, clean, and efficient workplace environment. Our dedication to excellence in food safety and quality, innovation, and continued growth has propelled us to become a trusted name in the industry.

    At our company, our core values include honesty, integrity, work ethic, loyalty, and accountability. We prioritize creating an environment where these values thrive, while also recognizing that our people are our most important asset. As a 700+ manufacturing company based in Western New York, we take pride in contributing to the local economy and community.
     
    Lab Tech Grade 1
    Position is responsible for performing all tests, analysis and evaluations in all of the primary plant production areas, effective communication with management and plant production personnel, documentation of compliance records  and performance of  job duties as outlined below in the Quality Control Laboratory
     
    Education Requirement: Minimum: Associated or military degree in technical or physical sciences
     
    Schedule:  M-F, rotational 12 hour weekends and holidays. Weekly schedule is tentative and subject to changes based on production and staffing needs.
     
    Equipment Knowledge:
    1. pH meter and probes                          17.  Microwave                                                                 
    2. Autoclave                                           18.  CEM: Smart/Oracle/Trac
    3. Water Bath                                          19.  Viscosity Dials   
    1. Fixed Volume and Dairy Pipettes       20.  Rheometer
    2. Balances and Certified Weights         21.  H2O2 Aerometer
    3. Cryoscope                                          22.  Thermometers
    4. Lactoscope                                         23.  Hydrometer
    5. DMA500 & Abbemat 350                    24.  Incubators, Freezers, Refrigerator
    6. Microscope                                         25.  ATPase testing equipment: Epic & Clean Trace
    7. Heat Block                                          26.  Tetra conductivity and copper tester
    8. Flow & Fume Hood                             27.  Lateral Flow Devices
    9. Centrifuges                                         28.  Automatic Titration System
    10. Environmental/Allergen/ATPase swab collections   29. Shear Mixer
          14. Salt Meter and probes                         30.  Interlock Allergen Screen
          15. Quebec Magnifier & Tally                    31. Food Lab Jr
          16. Dishwashers                                        
         
    Job Duties:
    1. Performs quantitative and qualitative tests on raw materials, work in process and finished products to determine composition, sensory, microbiological condition and compliance to specifications.
    2. Performs tests and evaluations of packaging materials and packs to determine integrity and compliance to specification.
    3. Documents results of testing, procedural methods, product condition and composition and process operating conditions on appropriate records and maintains such records in an accurate and orderly manner.  Assures that records, logs and data are in compliance with associated regulatory and company requirements.
    4. Effectively communicates out of specification results of testing, evaluation or observation to appropriate company personnel to generate reaction to out of compliance conditions to prevent or minimize losses.
    5. Shows development of analytical and technical skills with passing grades in testing of internal/external blind sample programs.
    6. Begins to participate in performance and understanding of Tech 2 responsibilities.
    7. Participates in completion of Performance Excellence Program tasks.
    8. Effectively communicates assigned workload and work changes to the next shift. Reviews and initials laboratory communication log.
    9. Understands and performs basic instrument troubleshooting.
    10. Performs tasks in compliance with all company standards, including those for safety and   
          efficiency. Attends required OSHA and safety training classes.
    1. Performs any other duties as assigned or required.
     
    Job Functions:
    • Repeated movement from fluorescent laboratory lighting to standard production lighting.
    • Reading of instrument LED screens from neutral background to schematic readings with flashing points.
    • Opening, closing, and usage of laboratory chemicals.
    • 6 stair ladder climb to silo platforms.
    • Repeated movement from tempered laboratory to 100F processing rooms.
    • Repeated movement from climate control laboratory to high humidity production floor areas.
    • 3 stair climb to a platform and collection of product on a moving industrial beltline.
    • Smell exposure to peracetic acid, iodine, and sanitizing chemicals.
    • Walking alongside fork lift traffic.
    • 12 staircase climb to walking platforms of production fillers and product blending systems.
    • Collection of manufactured products (floor level) at open conveyor lines.
    Pay Range: $24.85 - $25.85
     
    Steuben Foods is committed to equal employment opportunity. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationNew York
    Websitehttps://steubenfoods.com/careers/

    Skills

    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Analytical Developmentunmatched
    • Asepsisunmatched
    • Autoclaveunmatched
    • Centrifugeunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Corporate Complianceunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • Food Productionunmatched
    • Food Qualityunmatched
    • Food Safetyunmatched
    • Food and Beverage Industryunmatched
    • Forkliftunmatched
    • Hydrometerunmatched
    • Identify Issuesunmatched
    • Laboratoryunmatched
    • Laboratory Managementunmatched
    • Manufacturingunmatched
    • Materials Analysisunmatched
    • Materials Testingunmatched
    • Microbiologyunmatched
    • Microscopic Analysisunmatched
    • Microwavesunmatched
    • Militaryunmatched
    • Operations Processesunmatched
    • Oracleunmatched
    • Physical Scienceunmatched
    • Product Packagingunmatched
    • Quality Assurance Methodologyunmatched
    • Quality Controlunmatched
    • Record Keepingunmatched
    • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
    • Schematicsunmatched
    • Staff Requirementsunmatched
    • Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)unmatched
    • Test Equipmentunmatched
    • Testingunmatched
    • Titrationunmatched

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