RATE: $21.00 per hour/Plus night shift differential of .50 / MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 12:00AM-8:00AM Hours/Days Work 10 days on 4 days off , 8 hour shifts. The primary role of a Laboratory Technician is to assure product quality by supporting the monitoring, observing and testing process. Duties and Responsibilities: - Ensuring compliance with all company policies, local, state, and federal regulations. - Ensuring the following facility programs are followed: Safety, Food Safety, GMP, Preventive Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Sanitation. - Helping ensure all policies and procedures for the American Institute of Baking (AIB), Quality Assurance International (QAI) organic, FDA, USDA, CDPHE, and GMA SAFE are followed. - Ensuring all customer specific policies, procedures, and specifications are followed. - Properly test incoming and outgoing product for suitability and compliance with appropriate standards. - Notify plant supervision and management in any out of range value or variation from accepted norms in operation or product quality. - Maintain individual state and/or federal licenses. - Performing preventative maintenance, function verification and quality control tasks. - Continuously looking for continuous improvement and process improvement. - Maintain a safe, clean, organized work area throughout the facility and work area. - Monitor laboratory operations, documenting and correcting discrepancies identified in technician performance. - Document laboratory values as required in plant records. - Manage sample retention and laboratory inventory levels. - Review Performance Verification and Preventive Maintenance records for completeness and archive as needed. - Performing all other duties deemed appropriate, necessary, required, or directed by the Quality Assurance Manager and Plant Manager. - Safeguard and protect all company assets. - Make decisions in a timely manner. - Anticipate problems and implement solutions. - Demonstrate sound judgment in safeguarding customer, company, vendor and employee information. - Responsible for the attainment of plant goals and objectives - Use skills and talent to contribute to organizational success. - Maintain a cooperative working relationship with customers, vendors, employees, and peers. - Maintain a well-groomed, professional appearance appropriate for the position and situation.