Quality & Food Safety Lab Technician - 12 Hour Shifts

General Mills, Inc

Geneva (IL)

On-site

USD 51,000 - 71,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

General Mills, Inc in Geneva, IL is seeking a Food Safety & Quality Technician to join our 12-hour shift rotation. You will test Vitamin C, pH, Brix, and other quality metrics, conduct GMP audits, and respond to potential quality issues in production and storage areas.

You will maintain documentation, calibrate lab equipment, perform environmental swabs, lead shift quality input, and support audits across the plant.

Qualifications

High School Diploma or equivalent.
Able to work 12 hour shifts and overtime to provide coverage.
Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to learn and execute physical and chemical analyses.

Responsibilities

Perform and support operations technician in testing Vitamin C, pH, Brix, Water activity, Gilmont leak, sanitizer titration and any additional lab testing.
Conduct Daily GMP and Process Audits in production and storage areas of the plant.
Respond to calls from operations regarding potential food safety & quality issues and provide input and decision to continue run or place product on hold.
Place out of specification (quality & food safety hold) product on hold in the system and perform counts of hold product.
Investigate out of spec material as needed i.e. unsealed pouches to verify times of hold product.
Collect retention samples and maintain retention area in Quality Main lab.