What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Control Lab Technician position at INW Manufacturing, LLC?
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist in collecting samples of products and maintaining the product/raw material testing/stability specifications.
- Lab testing chain of custody form submissions
- Keeping all QC testing logs updated with current test status
- Aseptic sampling procedures
- Coordinate shipment of samples to the customer or prepare for customer pickup.
- Keep an updated list of current projects and samples shipped.
- Organizing incoming raw material samples to appropriate projects/R&D Sample Inventory, including scanning COAs, MSDS, and specification sheets for incoming raw material samples to appropriate folders.
- Assist Regulatory and Quality departments with product and ingredient information as needed.
- Research and stay up to date with ingredients, clinical data, and products on the market.
- Complete other projects as needed. (i.e., assisting in validation activities that require testing)
- Environmental Monitoring / swabbing
- Adequate knowledge of computer software; Excel, Word, Outlook.
- Cross-train in additional areas of Quality Control / QC Inspection
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
- B.S. degree in Biology, Chemistry, or related field, preferred.
- One year minimum of experience in food industry or cosmetics or equivalent combination of education and experience.
FAMILIARITY WITH LAB EQUIPMENT:
- FTIR
- Viscosity
- Specific Gravity
- pH
- ATP machine
- Biolumix
- Moisture analysis
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Follow cGMP’s in all facility areas
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit.
- The employee must regularly lift and /or move anywhere from 10 – 50 pounds; and occasionally more than 100 pounds.