Blending Technician - 1st Shift Weekends - Charlotte, NC

MSCCN; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 44,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health coverage

Employee stock purchase plan

Professional development

Job summary

The Blending Technician at Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Charlotte, NC will produce daily syrup blends from water, sugar and concentrate, ensuring QA standards are met. You'll manage sanitation of tanks and equipment, and handle receipt of concentrate and sugar into the inventory system.

You will calibrate and operate lab equipment, log results in LDMS, and follow SOPs in a fast-paced food manufacturing setting with weekend and holiday shifts as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED; up to 12 months of work experience.
• Understanding of laboratory practices preferred.
• Able to follow SOPs and standard operating procedures; basic math and data entry skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute the delivery of the daily blend requirements according to production schedules and QA specs.
• Maintain blending equipment sanitation to ensure quality and compliance.
• Receive concentrate and sugar shipments in the inventory system.
• Maintain and calibrate lab equipment to ensure measurement accuracy.
• Record testing and calibration results in the Lab Data Management System (LDMS).

Skills

Basic math

Analytical skills

Problem solving

MS Excel

Lab knowledge

Multitask

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

LDMS

Excel

HPLC

GC

Job description

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.

Charlotte, NC, US 28216
Requisition ID: 268015
Locations: Charlotte
Pay Range: $32.41 - $34.90 Hourly, depending on experience
Schedule: 1st Shift, Weekends, 12 hour shifts, Saturday - Monday, 6:00am - 6:00pm, holidays as needed.

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Job Overview

The Blending Technician will execute the delivery of daily blend requirements according to production schedules through the manufacturing of syrup batches from raw materials including water, sugar, and concentrate in compliance with company quality assurance specification requirements. This role will maintain blending and product transfer equipment sanitation requirements to ensure system-wide conformance to quality and sanitation standards; receive concentrate and raw ingredients purchase orders for the facility.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Execute the delivery of the daily blend requirements according to production schedules; through the manufacturing of syrup batches from raw materials, including water, sugar, and concentrate; ensure adherence to the company quality assurance specification requirements
• Maintains blending equipment (mixes and syrup tanks) sanitation requirements to ensure system-wide conformance to quality and sanitation standards
• Carries out the receipt of concentrate and sugar shipments in the inventory management system
• Maintains and calibrates lab equipment to ensure measurement accuracy
• Maintains testing, sanitation, and equipment calibration records and results and inputs concentrate and sugar receipts through data entry into the Lab Data Management System (LDMS)

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Ability to follow work instructions and adhere to standard operating procedures
• Understanding of a laboratory environment and laboratory practices preferred
• Basic math, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Familiar with High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Chromatography (GC) Technology preferred
• Basic microbial knowledge and aseptic techniques
• Ability to multitask
• Basic computer skills and hands‑on experience with Microsoft Excel
• Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Ability to work in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment with seasonal temperatures, flexible shifts, and weekend and holiday work based on business needs unless specified otherwise by a CBA.
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time, walk manufacturing floor, climb stairs, and lift up to 25lbs.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Knowledge acquired through up to 12 months of work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Knowledge acquired through up to 12 months of work experience
• Hands‑on Microsoft Excel experience
• Manufacturing experience

Work Environment

• Noisy, wet, and extreme temperature environment

Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.