Laboratory Technician

Iowa Ag; Sioux City (IA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill is seeking a Laboratory Technician in Sioux City to perform routine analytical testing supporting food safety, quality, and operations. You will monitor instrumentation, analyze samples, and document results for internal teams.

The role requires a high school diploma and 2–3+ years of relevant experience, with proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook. Relocation is not provided; join a role focused on ensuring safety and quality across production materials.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience; typically 3+ years.
• Strong computer skills with MS Office suite and basic data handling.

Responsibilities

• Conduct routine quantitative and qualitative laboratory tests on materials and products.
• Monitor instrumentation performance and calibrations.
• Document results in databases and communicate findings to internal customers.
• Perform routine clerical and support tasks related to laboratory operations.
• Assist in maintaining compliance with food safety and regulatory programs.

Skills

Microsoft Word

Excel

Access

Outlook

Education

High school diploma, secondary education level or equivalent

Job description

### Job Details#### Job Title:Laboratory Technician#### Location:,, ,#### Company:#### Industry Sector:#### Industry Type:#### Career Type:#### Job Type:Full Time#### Minimum Years Experience Required:N/A#### Salary:### Get Job Alerts**Career Type:** Technician**Country:** USAI agree to receive alerts from and to the .Your alert was created successfully.x## General Alert Saved* The listings below are jobs matching the criteria you've selected for your General Alert on.Criteria selected was:* General alert saved for .* General alert notifications will be sent weekly on Monday.* Please note that you can only have one general alert active at any given time. Creating a new general alert will override an existing general alert.* Visit the to manage your alerts# Laboratory Technician| Number of Years Experience: | Minimum Education Completed: | || Education Major / Discipline Category: | Most Recent / Current Occupation: | |Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.**Job Purpose and Impact**The Laboratory Technician will complete moderately complex analytical and laboratory testing in support of the food safety quality and operational teams. In this role, you will perform routine analysis of product testing and will check and monitor instrumentation performance, conduct tests and document results into databases and communicate test results.**Key Accountabilities**Conduct routine quantitative and qualitative inspections and laboratory tests on raw materials, in process and final products independently and support more complex trials and experiments under intermediate supervision.Ensure compliance programs for all individual testing, which includes monitoring adherence to regulations and other procedural food safety compliance.Interpret and document results of tests into active databases and communicate results to internal customers as required.Run calibration checks, preventive maintenance tasks and simple repair to analytical instrumentation and maintain customer specifications books.Help develop food and feed safety, quality and regulatory culture and collaborate cross functionally to build, maintain and improve an effective food safety, quality and regulatory culture.Handle moderately complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under general supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.Other duties as assigned**Position Information*** Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.**Qualifications****Minimum Required*** High school diploma, secondary education level or equivalent* Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience.* Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.**Preferred*** Ability to read and interpret documents (safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals).* Strong computer program professional knowledge: Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Outlook.* Write routine reports and correspondence.* Food manufacturing laboratory experienceEqual Opportunity Employer, including Disability/VetAt Cargill, we care about your safety and want your job search experience to be a positive one. Unfortunately, there are scams out there where individuals pretend to be Cargill recruiters to try to collect personal information or request payment. Please know that Cargill will **never** ask you for money during the hiring process, and in most cases, we only accept applications through our official careers site, with the exception of some roles in our production plants. If something doesn't feel right or you have questions, don't hesitate to contact us. To learn more, visit our Notice on Fraudulent Job Offers.To apply using chat/text, please click Apply Now button OR use this link to create a login to apply.To apply please click on APPLY TO THIS POSITIONJob Post Date: 10/28/26Here are some other jobs you may be interested in applying for.| | || - | - || Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) Tilbury, None | Cargill, Inc Sioux City, Iowa || Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) Clinton, Iowa | |3 people are interested in this job.