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Quality Control Tech

Darling Ingredients
Butler, KY Full Time
POSTED ON 11/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/29/2026
Job Description

The Quality Control Technician is responsible for testing and monitoring quality of all products.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

  • Completes profiles on production finished materials and on product purchases and shipments per Company standards.
  • Serves as liaison between the plant and Central Lab with respect to product quality.
  • Obtain, package, and ship samples for testing to Central Lab
  • Submit test results to Supervisor, General Manager, Plant Manager and Sales Manager.
  • Perform quality analyses on finished products.
  • Maintains lab, materials, and work area in clean condition.
  • Maintains safety as top priority in accordance with all company safety rules and regulations.
  • All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

  • High School diploma.
  • One year prior laboratory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Work well with others in a team, management, and regulatory environment.
  • Highly organized; superior time management skills.
  • Exceptional communication skills both written and oral.
  • Safety conscience; detail oriented; able to multi-task.
  • Good computer skills.

Physical Demands

  • Frequently required to walk, stand, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crawl, and crouch.
  • Occasionally push, pull, move, or lift 50 lbs.
  • Regularly required reach with hands and arms.

Work Environment

  • Job functions will be carried out in an office, lab, or plant environment.

About Us

We’re one of the world’s leading practitioners of circularity, transforming materials from the animal agriculture and food industries into valuable ingredients. Ingredients that nourish people, feed animals and crops, and fuel the world with renewable energy.

About The Team

Darling Ingredients is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military service, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state and local law. Know Your Rights: If you would like more information, please click on the link and paste into your browser: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster of this job.

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