Quality Assurance Technician - Night Shift $24.50/HR

Coca-Cola; Florida; On-site; USD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

The Coca-Cola Company is seeking a Laboratory Technician in the United States to perform testing of raw materials, ingredients, packaging, and finished products to ensure quality standards are met. You will also conduct environmental sampling and maintain meticulous records, handling chemicals safely and using standard lab equipment.

Requires a high school diploma or equivalent and 1+ years of quality testing experience; ability to read manuals and work well in a team is essential.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in quality testing or manufacturing environment.
• Must be able to maintain a strong level of confidentiality — all formulas are confidential.
• Solid math skills are required along with basic reading and writing skills.
• Must successfully pass behavioral/personality assessment.
• Ability to use basic lab equipment such as refractometer, pH meter, auto titrator, density meter, turbidity meter.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Perform collection, documentation, and destruction of samples, and conduct physical, chemical, and microbiological testing of finished products and raw materials.
• Communicate test results or inspection findings outside of specifications to management and peers.
• Conduct environmental sampling and analysis to monitor facility sanitation.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and legible records; clerical duties including data entry and filing.
• Safely handle chemicals, biological agents, and waste; read and maintain safety data sheets.
• Set-up and calibrate test equipment and monitor quality checks in production.
• Keep QA reports daily and operate quality tests on the treated water system.

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Coca-Cola Company. Our vision is loved brands, done sustainably, for a better shared future. It's an exciting time to work in The Coca-Cola Company's flagship market. We're accelerating our momentum as the fastest-growing large consumer goods company in North America by putting people at the heart of our business and everything we do!

As a Laboratory Technician, you will be responsible for performing various testing of raw materials, ingredients, packaging, and finished products to ensure Company's specification and quality standards are met.

What You'll Do for Us

• Perform collection, documentation, and destruction of samples, along with physical, chemical, and microbiological testing of finished products and raw materials. Communicate effectively and thoroughly to management and peers on test results or inspection findings outside of specifications.
• Conduct environmental sampling and analysis to monitor facility sanitation.
• Conduct all laboratory testing with accuracy and integrity and ensures that it is accomplished in compliance with all federal, state, and company policies and procedures.
• Keep accurate, complete, and legible records. Properly amend, identify, and file records, along with conducting clerical duties including copying, filing, faxing, data entry, and document reproduction.
• Safely handle/use chemicals, biological agents, and waste. Potentially including hazardous materials. Read, understand, and maintain material safety data sheets.
• Perform routine maintenance tasks on process equipment and monthly audits on various areas under laboratory control.
• Complete work orders to ensure proper maintenance, verification, calibrations are completed in a timely manner in accord with company, federal and state requirements
• Utilize software including word processing, spreadsheets, and inventory control systems.
• Set-up and calibrate test equipment.
• Monitor all quality checks made by production.
• Keep accurate Q.A. reports daily.
• Operate and perform quality tests on the treated water system.

Education and Qualifications

• High school diploma , GED equivalen t, Associate degree, or technical college degree .
• 1 + years' experience in quality testing or manufacturing environment preferred.
• Must be able to maintain a strong level of confidentiality - all formulas are confidential .
• Solid math skills are required along with basic reading and writing skills .
• Must successfully pass Aon (behavioral/personality test) assessment test .
• Ability to demonstrate capability of learning or using b asic lab's equipment such as: Refractometer, pH meter, Auto titrator , Density Meter, Turbidity Meter .
• Must have strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work efficiently under stressful situations .
• Comply with all Safety, Environmental, Security, and Good Manufacturing Practice policies.
• Microsoft office experience
• Ability to read equipment operations manuals.
• Ability to visually identify and recognize material, part, and product defects.
• Ability to participate in job development training
• Ability to work in a team environment.

The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Pay Range

• United States: 54,101 - 66,123 USD
• Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Location(s)

• United States of America City/Cities:
• Auburndale
• Travel Required:
• 00% - 25%
• Relocation Provided:
• No
• Job Posting End Date:
• October 30, 2026

Our Purpose and Growth Culture

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what's possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors - curious, empowered, inclusive and agile - and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offe