Quality Lab Technician - Quality

The Quality Lab Technician’s role is to test all outgoing materials and generate reports, for customer shipments and for management review.

Responsibilities

• Operate all lab equipment and perform routine calibration and maintenance to ensure consistency and reproducibility of equipment (set up specs and testing parameters as required).
• Provide feedback to Manager regarding shift performance as well as the non-conformance report.
• Assist in conducting studies of new ingredients and compounds.
• Obtain test samples, prepare reports based on test results for shipping to customers, approve shipments based on specs, escalates quality issues in a timely manner, communicates to all involved if out of spec.
• Interact with compounders, technical staff, lab personnel, and production associates to ensure procedures and tests being performed are meeting requirements.
• Prioritize the workload within the lab.
• Process Ribbons on lab extruder as needed.
• Assist in training new lab employees on lab equipment.
• Is a safety advocate; leads by example by complying with all plant and Occupational Health and Safety policies.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Required Experience, Education, and Skills

• Commitment to Safety
• Strong math problem solving and decision-making skills
• Superior organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Good computer literacy in Microsoft Office
• Minimum grade twelve education
• Post secondary technical training
• Strong communication skills