Lab Technician

Lab Technician needs 1 years experience as a lab technician or other retail packaging field in a manufacturing environment or a bachelors degree in a technical field like Packaging Science with 0-3 years experience

Lab Technician requires:

* 32 hours

* Must be familiar with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

* Experience with CAPE, Artios, and CAD is a plus, not required.

* Self-starter, able to work on own and small teams, seeks out new work and responsibilities is important.

* Ability to manage time and multiple activities is

Lab Technician duties:

* Involves active movement doing different activities, can involve setup/repair of small equipment, filling/capping/labeling of bottles

* Participate and lead testing of package components and materials

* Work with suppliers, Package Engineers, Package Testing Engineers, and cross functional team members to drive projects to completion

* Assist in the design and development of project-related packaging components

* Assist in the initiation and coordination of plant trials usually by helping to create the trial documents.

* Creation and maintenance of package testing plans *

* Assist engineers on Sustainability metrics development and product benchmarking studies usually by gathering data on packaging in market now, or new packaging examples.

* Require some lifting of cases (up to 35 lbs) for the testing. About 20% of job is doing this type of testing.

* Support Package Engineers to includes coordination of line trials, documentation, and reporting.

* Manage the stability testing and qualification of new bottle blow molds in their formulas.