Lab Technician

What it's like at the Russell Stover Plants

• Safety. Your safety is important to us, so we provide protective gear. We also go through an in-depth Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) training on your first day and continue to share safety tips daily
• Surroundings. You'll be working around different machines – Schubert's, forklifts, electric pallet jacks, and chocolate candy banks/steels.
• Activity. Some activities may require standing in one place for long periods, walking around, or climbing stairs/ladders, and routinely lift 50 lbs.
• Temperature. You will be comfortable year-round with our climate-controlled environment. Our temperatures are consistently around 63°F but could fluctuate depending on your specific role.
• Smell. You will enjoy a variety of deliciously sweet aromas and you may end your day smelling like chocolate!
• Dress code. Relaxed, with a few rules to follow for food safety, personal safety and in guidance with our good manufacturing practices (GMP). Comfortable, closed-toe shoes are required. Leather, imitation leather, or rubber boots or shoes must be worn in the kitchen and other areas when working around hot liquid/product or hot water.

Basic qualifications required:

• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma, with a background in food service or food manufacturing is preferred.
• Able to communicate well and is a team player.
• Basic computer skills, able to read, write and math skills.
• Able to work in extreme cold, extreme heat and extreme humid conditions with or without temperature and humidity changes. Work environment has some dust, and dusty conditions. Occasional exposure to wet environment, appropriate footwear is required to prevent slips, trips and fall.
• Primary work position is mostly seated, with some walking.
• Lifting is minimal, job requires concentration. Most weight lifted over 20lbs is by a two-person team.

Duties and Responsibilities: Listed in order, ranking the most essential duties first. Essential functions are primary job duties that are intrinsic to the position.

• Operates equipment, tools, and machinery in a safe and proficient manner.
• Daily activities include but not limited to receiving, batch set-ups, weighing, bagging, inventory control and inspection.
• Must be able to read and understand process specifications, formulas, scales, weights and volumes.
• Must pay attention to detail, work in a team environment and adaptable to schedule changes.
• Verify that process specifications from raw material to packaged goods are maintained at acceptable levels.
• Maintain high level awareness of area sanitation.
• Works with employees and managers from all areas of the plant to ensure compliance with RSC guidelines, rules, and procedures.
• Performs clean-up activities as assigned.
• Conforms to rules.
• May be assigned to other duties by supervisor within the department to complete the tasks.

Employee Supervision Standards: Extent of supervision required.

Employee performs assigned task given specific instructions; progress is checked periodically.

Employee proceeds alone on routine tasks following standard instructions. Refers all questionable situations to immediate supervisor.

Employee may arrange own work, but carries out work under specified standards. Is presumed to know routine work details and performance standards of the job. Refers to supervision only when in serious doubt as to the procedure.

Purpose & Nature of Job

To prepare ingredients for candymaking. To perform tests, audits and develop formulations.

Description of Task Performed

Sifts and weighs ingredients for single candy batches. Prepares ingredients to produce first quality candy.

Describe machines, tools, equipment, work aids used

Digital scales, paper bags, scoops, spoons, plastic cups.

Describe materials and/or products handled

Cocoa, sugar, molasses, butter, etc.

At Russell Stover Chocolates, we don't just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Russell Stover Chocolates is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.

Employment by Russell Stover Chocolates is contingent upon I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification, and satisfactory reference and background checks.

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