Lab Technician

City : Avondale

State : Louisiana (US-LA)

Country : United States (US)

Requisition Number : 42200

A Day in the Life :

The Lab Technician ensures the integrity and safety of food products throughout the manufacturing process utilizing various standards and established testing methods operating procedures and adherence to protocols and policies.

Position Details :

After completion of training the person in this role will primarily work a twelve-hour rotating shift to include overtime nights holidays and weekends.

The starting hourly wage varies from $25 to $36 depending on experience.

What Youll Be Doing :

• Demonstrates a commitment to supply safe food maintain a food safety culture within the site continually improve the sites food safety management system; and comply with customer and regulatory requirements.
• Performs physical and chemical testing of raw materials in-process samples and finished products
• Ensures timely delivery of test results and verifies that results conform to product and customer specifications; issuing certificates of analysis filing testing information and maintaining analysis databases
• Performs set up adjustments and operation of lab equipment including gas & liquid chromatographs balances colorimeters refractometers and other related equipment
• Calibrates instruments used in the Quality Control lab stations in the plant and in the QA laboratory on a scheduled frequency
• Troubleshoots issues with lab instrumentation lab maintenance and problems that affect product quality
• Assists with general upkeep of the lab including cleaning of lab instruments glass bottles vials and tubes as well as counters cabinets fixtures and infrastructure
• Maintains inventory of lab chemicals to ensure secure storing adequate supply safe and correct disposal of waste chemicals and to prevent storage of expired stock
• Updates and maintains critical logs; generates related graphs charts and tables
• Effectively communicates laboratory findings to leadership; Must also communicate cross functionally among team members
• Follows all site safety procedures per company policy and maintains a safe working environment
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed

Minimum Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Benefits :

Less than 1 year : 7 days

At Bunge (NYSE : BG) our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food feed and fuel to the world. As a premier agribusiness solutions provider our team of 37000 dedicated employees partner with farmers across the globe to move agricultural commodities from where theyre grown to where theyre neededin faster smarter and more efficient ways. We are a world leader in grain origination storage distribution oilseed processing and refining offering a broad portfolio of plant-based oils fats and proteins. We work alongside our customers at both ends of the value chain to deliver quality products and develop tailored innovative solutions that address evolving consumer needs. With 200 years of experience and presence in over 50 countries we are committed to strengthening global food security advancing sustainability and helping communities prosper where we operate. Bunge has its registered office in Geneva Switzerland and its corporate headquarters in St. Louis Missouri. Learn more at .

Every day our people exemplify these values which represent Bunge at its core :

We Are One Team Collaborative Respectful Inclusive

We Lead The Way Agile Empowered Innovative

We Do Whats Right Safety Sustainability With Integrity

If this sounds like you join us! We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and are excited to live it every day people who are #ProudtoBeBunge

Required Experience :

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Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 25 - 36