Quality Control Lab Technician

QC Lab Technician

Wooster, OH

Sunday - Thursday

$22 - $24.52 /hour $1.15/hour 3rd Shift Differential

The Quality Control Lab Technician supports testing across five integrated laboratories—performing analytical, microbiological, raw material, and stability testing to ensure product quality, regulatory compliance, and process reliability.

QC Lab Technician Responsibilities:

• Maintains a safe working environment and follows all safety procedures
• Quality of incoming materials and manufactured goods
• Provides accurate and timely communication of test results
• Maintains system of testing, analysis and results
• Participates in activities as assigned to improve a product or process or in response to customer complaints
• Performs and/or provides support for process validation
• Performs and/or provides support for R&D, QA, Contract Manufacturing, and Supply Chain
• Collects data for Game of Work Scorecards
• Maintains good housekeeping in work areas and performs assigned cleaning tasks
• Facilitates and/or implements standards and specifications
• Facilitates and/or implements test methods, procedures and analyses as needed
• Ensures hazardous wastes and other samples are properly contained and disposed of in accordance with policies and procedures
• Maintains laboratory supply inventory
• Washes and maintains glassware
• Overtime may be required
• Clean, maintain and prepare supplies and work areas
• Sets up, adjusts, calibrates, cleans, maintains, and troubleshoots laboratory equipment
• Revise/create procedures in Content Server
• Communicates quality issues, initiates Laboratory Investigation Reports (LIRs) and Quality Notifications (QNs)/Non-Conformance Events (NCEs), supports investigations, and ensures
• Dispositions of materials
• Coordinate testing requirements and assignments needed to meet Supply Chain schedule.
• Participation on cross-functional New Product, Process or Problem-Solving Teams
• Collaboration with suppliers to resolve out of specification results on materials
• Ability to drive a tow motor vehicle
• Monitors hazardous waste satellite accumulation areas for compliance
• Routinely provides support regarding customer complaints
• Collects and analyzes shelf life data for Annual Product Reviews (APRs)
• Creates, follows, and maintains the yearly stability matrix to ensure compliance with regulations
• Acquires and retains production samples from in-house and contract manufacturing required for shelf life testing
• Maintains environmental chambers and reserve storage areas
• Audit production lines for compliance and quality
• Responsible for sampling water to prepare for analyses
• Analyze cleaning validation samples submitted to the labs
• Knowledge of the composition, structure, and properties of substances. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
• Knowledge of HPLC, UPLC, GC, TOC, FTIR, and other instrumentation functions/application
• Analyzes samples by means of Rapid Method Technologies, organism isolation/identification, membrane filtration and preservative effectiveness cycles
• Performs Total Plate Count and Enrichment studies using standard plating techniques
• Prepares and qualifies media including pH, sterility testing, and growth promotion testing
• Responds to situations that have a high potential for positive micro results and initiate action to minimize business risk
• Collects and analyzes water samples representative of that used for manufacturing product, research and development, and cleaning/rinsing for the presence of microorganisms
• Testing of personal care products
• Captures and analyzes environmental samples
• Work in a team setting as well as individually
• Additional duties as assigned

QC Lab Technician Requirements:

• Associate's or BS in a science-related field, Chemistry or Biology preferred.
• 1-2 years of experience in a lab environment
• Outstanding communication skills
• Ability to think strategically and creatively
• Self-starter, motivated, and shows initiative when given tasks
• Willingness to work 3rd shift: 11:00 PM – 7:00 AM