Beverage Lab Technician - QC, Calibration & Growth

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, LLC; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health coverage

Employee stock purchase plan

Training

Job summary

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, LLC is seeking a Laboratory Technician to test and monitor finished beverage products and water treatment, ensuring results meet QA specifications and regulatory requirements. The technician calibrates lab instruments and records results.

Key duties include performing product quality tests, maintaining equipment, and keeping LDMS records. Requires a high school diploma or GED and up to 12 months of experience; overtime and weekend shifts may apply.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Knowledge of laboratory practices and SOPs.
• Basic microbial knowledge and aseptic techniques.
• Experience with Excel preferred.
• Experience in manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs tests to ensure product and package quality of finished beverage products are within company quality specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Maintains and calibrates lab equipment to ensure measurement accuracy.
• Maintains testing and calibration records and results through data entry into the Lab Data Management System (LDMS).
• Performs water treatment quality tests following company quality specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Creates quality holds on finished beverage products for containment and investigation when quality tests do not meet specifications.

Skills

Work instructions

Standard operating procedures

Laboratory environment knowledge

Microbial knowledge

Aseptic techniques

Microsoft Excel

Manufacturing environment experience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

LDMS

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, LLC is seeking a Laboratory Technician to test and monitor finished beverage products and water treatment, ensuring results meet QA specifications and regulatory requirements. The technician calibrates lab instruments and records results.

Key duties include performing product quality tests, maintaining equipment, and keeping LDMS records. Requires a high school diploma or GED and up to 12 months of experience; overtime and weekend shifts may apply.