Scientific - Laboratory Technician Lv1

TALENT Software Services; Elk River (MN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

TALENT Software Services is seeking an entry level Laboratory Technician to perform routine analytical testing and support for food safety, quality, and regulatory teams. You will document results into databases, monitor instrumentation, and collaborate across functions to maintain an effective safety and quality culture.

Responsibilities include calibration checks, data interpretation, and ensuring compliance with regulations.

Qualifications

• Run calibration checks and maintain instrumentation per specs.
• Document results into databases or communications channels.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory procedures.

Responsibilities

• Run calibration checks, preventive maintenance, and simple repairs to analytical instrumentation.
• Interpret and document test results into databases and communicate to internal customers.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and regulatory procedures across testing.
• Conduct routine tests on raw materials, in-process and final products under supervision.
• Handle clerical/technical issues and escalate complex problems appropriately.
• Read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures.
• Write routine reports and correspondence.

Skills

Calibration

Documentation

Communication

Tools

Analytical instrumentation

Job description

The Laboratory Technician will complete routine analytical and laboratory testing in support of the food safety quality and operational teams. We are looking for a hardworking person who will perform routine analysis of product testing, being responsible for checking and monitoring instrumentation performance and conducting tests for which we are going to provide intermediate supervision. In this role, you will document results into databases and/or communication test results. Help develop food/feed safety, quality and regulatory culture collaborating cross-functionally to build, maintain and improve an effective food safety, quality and regulatory culture.

• Run calibration checks, preventive maintenance tasks, and simple repair to analytical instrumentation, maintaining customer specifications books up-to-date.
• Interpret and document results of tests into active databases and communicate results to internal customers as required.
• Ensure compliance programs for all individual testing, which includes monitoring adherence to regulations and other procedural food safety compliance.
• Conduct routine quantitative and qualitative inspections and laboratory tests on raw materials, in-process and final products independently, supporting more complex trials and experiments under intermediate supervision.
• Handle clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under general supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Ability to read and interpret documents (safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals).
• Write routine reports and correspondence.
  

Entry level lab tech position. Bachelors Degree is not required.