PT Lab Technician

Primary Responsibilities

Safety

• Keep safety at the forefront through compliance, training, identifying potential hazards, reporting incidents, knowing emergency response procedures, and actively participating in safety initiatives.
• Maintain all work areas in accordance with SQF compliance and safety policy and procedures

People

• Understand and comply with facility policies and procedures to ensure all objectives are achieved.
• Professionally interact and clearly communicate with all facility team members and departments.
• Engage as a team member, actively completing daily tasks and additional duties.
• Develop strong relationships with all internal departments.
• Responsible for laboratory sampling and testing of sunflowers, soybeans, meal, hulls, pellets, oil, oil by-products, water, and any additional processing streams.
• Calibrate, validate, maintain, and troubleshoot all laboratory equipment, including but not limited to KF, NIR, ICP, OSI, Eco Titrators
• Understand QA/QC procedures and policies. Implement and provide support as necessary.
• Utilize Standard Operating Procedures to execute laboratory testing and reporting.
• Interpret test results, compare results to established specifications, utilize control limits, and make recommendations on appropriateness of data for release.
• Review data from 3rd party laboratories to ensure accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Work alongside other team members to preserve a safe and clean work environment.

Communicate and Collaborate

• Notify leadership of any observed safety, environmental, quality, or laboratory opportunities.
• Communication of laboratory results to a cross-functional team.
• Perform duties outside normal responsibilities as needed to support the team and organizational goals.

• High school diploma or equivalent required. Post-secondary education in a science-related field preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Basic computer skills, including data entry and data analysis.
• Maintain a safe, positive work attitude and demonstrate willingness to be a team member.
• Dependable, self-motivated, and able to work well with others.
• Experience in a processing facility is preferred.

Physical Requirements

Must Possess the Ability to Do the Following Frequently:

• Bend, squat, and kneel
• Sit, stand, and walk
• Push/Pull/Carry/Lift 25- 50lbs.
• Use fine finger movements
• Reach above shoulder level
• Climb ladders and stairs

Work Environment

• Work on & around high structures
• Exposed to excessive noise
• Exposed to dust
• Works around moving machinery
• Drives motorized equipment
• Occasionally exposed to fumes
• Exposed to temperature changes
• Work in confined spaces
• Indoor and outdoor work