Laboratory Technician

Position at Pilgrim's

Laboratory Technician

At Pilgrim’s

,

Safety Is

A

Condition

, which means the safety of our team members comes first - always.

Pilgrim’s

• is seeking a
• lab technician

,

u

nder general supervision performs a variety of routine laboratory operations in a quality assurance. Duties usually consist of making measurements, performing several routine quantitative and qualitative chemical analytical tests, performing routine calculations and determinations on tests, and evaluating physical characteristics. Uses standard laboratory glassware and equipment or one or two complex pieces of equipment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Performs laboratory work acc
• ording to prescribed standards
• Determines chemical and physical
• characteristics or composition
• Sets up, adjusts, and operates labora
• tory equipment and instruments
• Analyzes samples. Performs laboratory tests acc
• ording to prescribed standards
• Tests for nutritional properties of feed and ingredients and
• pesticides
• Tests samples to verify conformity to specif
• ications. Records test results
• Cleans laboratory equipment. Calibrates laboratory instruments
• Assists with the preparation of chemical solutions according to standard formulas

Safe

• chemical handling
• Move chemicals and transport them to outside chemical storage building
• Sample preparation involving grinding of sample
• May require availability o
• utside of normal business hours

What

You’ll

Need

Education

High School Diploma/GED.

Experience

• 1 or more years of
• previous
• experience

Skills

Effective communication both orally and in writing

M

• ust have basic computer knowledge, ability to manage multiple priorities, good math
• skills.

Why Work for

Pilgrim’s

?

Schedule

Monday – Friday with occasional weekends;

Benefits

• : Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after
• 60 days
• of employment;

Paid Time Off

• Sick leave, vacation, company
• observed
• holidays or, any other statutorily
• required
• paid leave;

401(k)

Company

• match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule;
• Base salary
• range of
• $18.

40

per/hour

Career Development

Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs;

Better Futures

The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To

assist

in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility

be documented

for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.

About us

Pilgrim’s is a leading global food company with more than 62,000 team members worldwide. The company processes, prepares, packages, and delivers fresh, frozen, and value-added food products for customers in more than 100 countries. Pilgrim’s

operates

protein processing plants and prepared foods facilities in 14 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.K,

the Republic of Ireland

and continental Europe.

Our mission

To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members.

Our core values

are

• Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity
• EOE, including disability/vets

Unsolicited Assistance

JBS and its companies do not accept unsolicited

assistance

from any recruitment vendors for any of our open jobs. All resumes or candidate profiles

submitted

by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee at JBS and its companies or via the applicant tracking system, in any form without a valid written request and search agreement previously approved by HR, will be solely owned by JBS and its companies. No fees will be paid should

the candidate be hired by JBS and its companies because of an unsolicited referral

.