Entry Level Quality Control Technician

We are looking for a Quality Control Technician to join our Luxco team in St. Louis, MO. Under the guidance of the Quality Control Manager, the Quality Control Technicians work closely with the Rectifying and Bottling departments. Working with Rectifying to ensure batching is conducted in a quality manner while ensuring government regulations and internal specifications are met. Working with Bottling department to ensure approved batches are bottled in a quality manner while ensuring government regulations and internal specifications are still being met during the bottling process. Quality Control Technicians aid in ensuring that the quality of the product is carried through to the end consumer.

What will you do?

• Responsible for all laboratory analyses of all samples submitted to QC Laboratory to ensure internal specifications and external government regulations are met.
• Perform beverage laboratory testing, including distillation, titration, specific gravity and proof checks, pH testing, and organoleptic analysis.
• Inspect and audit production lines to ensure work ticket specifications are met and quality conformance is followed.
• Operate and calibrate lab instrumentation.
• Responsible for testing Reverse Osmosis system daily to ensure internal specifications.
• Perform accurate and timely data entry and record-keeping in Quality Control systems.
• Communicate effectively with other Luxco departments.
• All other duties assigned by the Quality Control Manager.

What do you need to bring to the table?

A degree in Chemistry, Biology, or Environmental Sciences.

What will we provide you with.

Who are we?

MGP Ingredients is a leading supplier of premium distilled spirits and food ingredient solutions. Its Distilling Solutions segment provides bourbons, whiskeys, ryes, gins and vodkas to craft and multinational brands. MGP's own Branded Spirits business is growing following the 2021 acquisition of Luxco, a top spirits producer, bottler, supplier, and importer. Ingredient Solutions delivers nutritional, functional wheat- and pea-based ingredients aligned with consumer trends. The company operates in locations across the Midwestern U.S., and overseas in Northern Ireland and Mexico.

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