Night Shift Food Safety & Quality Lab Technician

General Mills Operations, LLC.; United States; On-site; USD 44,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

General Mills Buffalo Plant is seeking a night-shift QA/FSQ professional to perform analytical testing on ingredients, packaging, and finished products. You will enter results into a database, review against specs, and help manage product quality risks.

You will work with team leaders to ensure safety, quality, and compliance while supporting production and continuous improvement initiatives. Strong data skills and teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of Quality Assurance/Control laboratory/analytical testing experience or related experience.
• High School Diploma.
• Strong problem-solving and proactive approach to identifying and solving problems.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills; schedule flexibility with rotating weekends, overtime, and off-shift coverage.

Responsibilities

• Complete analytical (chemical and physical) testing of ingredients, packaging and finished products
• Enter data into a computer-based information system
• Approve product against product specifications
• Troubleshoot out of specification product, handle hold orders and making sound risk decisions
• Partner with team leaders and operators to evaluate food safety and quality risks, influence appropriate decisions and support plant productivity
• Complete internal reference material (IRM) program activities and statistical process control (SPC) control charting and analysis
• Lead shift sensory panels to ensure product is meeting all sensory requirements
• Make up chemical solutions and complete equipment calibrations
• Lead designated quality programs such as retain management, glass and brittle plastic, COA management, bulk pack formula auditing and packaging label verification

Skills

Quality Assurance

Analytical testing

Problem solving

Communication

Teamwork

Statistical skills

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

HPLC

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Job description

General Mills Buffalo Plant is seeking a night-shift QA/FSQ professional to perform analytical testing on ingredients, packaging, and finished products. You will enter results into a database, review against specs, and help manage product quality risks.

You will work with team leaders to ensure safety, quality, and compliance while supporting production and continuous improvement initiatives. Strong data skills and teamwork are essential.