Lab Technician

About This Role

Join the quality control team at Grassland Dairy Products as a Lab Technician, running tests and analyzing samples to ensure food safety and product excellence for all dairy items.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a variety of analytical and microbiological tests on incoming, in-process, and finished products
• Evaluate air, water, and surface samples from the production environment
• Prepare materials like agar and reagents for testing
• Create Certificates of Analysis (COAs) based on test results
• Submit samples to outside labs
• Evaluate product shelf-life
• Perform plant-wide quality audits, focusing on safety, cleanliness, and compliance

Requirements

• Detail-oriented
• Organized
• Eager to learn
• Comfortable with documentation
• Familiar with food safety practices
• Able to work efficiently in a structured lab setting

Qualifications

• Entry level, previous lab or food industry experience is a plus but not required

Nice to Have

• Previous lab experience
• Previous food industry experience

Benefits