Lab Technician

Bunge Iberica SA; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Lab Technician, where you'll play a crucial role in ensuring food safety and quality. This position involves performing various tests on raw materials and finished products, using advanced lab equipment to maintain high standards. With a commitment to innovation and excellence, this dynamic firm offers a supportive environment where you can grow and make a real impact. You'll enjoy a competitive hourly wage, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development. If you're passionate about food safety and lab work, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Health Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Generous Vacation Time

Qualifications

• 2+ years of lab experience in food processing or related industry.
• Ability to perform physical and chemical testing of samples.

Responsibilities

• Ensure food safety and compliance with testing protocols.
• Perform microbiological sampling and maintain lab equipment.

Skills

Lab Testing

Food Safety Compliance

Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Independent Work

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate Degree in Science or Technical Field

Tools

Gas Chromatographs

Liquid Chromatographs

Balances

Colorimeters

Refractometers

Job description

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A Day in the Life:

The Lab Technician ensures the integrity and safety of food products throughout the manufacturing process utilizing various standards and established testing methods, operating procedures, and adherence to protocols and policies.

The person in this role will primarily work weekdays up to 12 hours with a mid-day start time. Occasional they will be required to rotate to an alternate shift that may include overtime, holiday, and weekends.

The starting hourly wage varies from $25 to $35 depending on experience.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Demonstrates a commitment to supply safe food, maintain a food safety culture within the site, continually improve the site's food safety management system; and comply with customer and regulatory requirements
• Performs physical and chemical testing of raw materials, in-process samples and finished products
• Ensures timely delivery of test results and verifies that results conform to product and customer specifications; issuing certificates of analysis, filing testing information, and maintaining analysis databases
• Performs set up, adjustments, and operation of lab equipment, including gas & liquid chromatographs, balances, colorimeters, refractometers, and other related equipment
• Performs microbiological sampling, swabbing and testing either in house or by sending to an external laboratory.
• Assists with general upkeep of the lab including cleaning of lab instruments, glass bottles, vials and tubes, as well as counters, cabinets, and fixtures
• Maintains inventory of lab chemicals to ensure secure storing, adequate supply, safe and correct disposal of waste chemicals, and to prevent storage of expired stock
• Updates and maintains critical logs; generates related graphs, charts and tables
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• At least 2 years of lab experience in oils & fats, food processing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, or related industry. Education in lieu of experience will be considered
• Ability to work independently sometimes without supervision
• Ability to complete routine reports and correspondence
• Efficient in defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate degree in a science or technical field
• Prior experience with document control systems
• Familiarity with a formal quality system (SQF, GMP/HACCP, ISO 9001, etc.)

At Bunge, people don’t just come here to work, they come here to grow – solving challenges that directly impact the world with a diverse and talented team working to make us the most innovative and dynamic company in our industry. Bunge offers a strong compensation and benefits package and most importantly, in all we do we live our values:

• Act as One Team by fostering inclusion, collaboration, and respect
• Drive for Excellence by being agile, innovative and efficient
• Do What's Right by acting safely, ethically, and sustainably
• Health Benefits – Offering choices so you can enroll in medical, dental and vision plans that meet your individual needs.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Investing in your future with an automatic 5% company contribution AND matching up to 4% of your contributions.
• Family Support – Supporting new and growing families by providing 6 weeks of 100% paid parental leave and fertility coverage.
• Tuition Reimbursement – Contributing to your education by reimbursing $5,000 of tuition expenses annually.
• Time Off – Providing generous vacation time for a healthy work-life balance.
  • Less than 1 year: 7 days
  • 1 – 4 years: 10 days
  • 5 – 14 years: 12 days
  • 15-19 years: 15 days
  • 20+ years: 18 days

*Time is accrued per pay period and based on a 12-hour shift

Bunge (NYSE: BG) is a world leader in sourcing, processing and supplying oilseed and grain products and ingredients. Founded in 1818, Bunge’s expansive network feeds and fuels a growing world, creating sustainable products and opportunities for more than 70,000 farmers and the consumers they serve across the globe. The company is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and has 25,000 employees worldwide who stand behind more than 350 port terminals, oilseed processing plants, grain facilities, and food and ingredient production and packaging facilities around the world.

Bunge is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans/Disabled

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