Laboratory Technician
Posted on: 14 Jan 2022
Carthage, MO
Job Description
Job Summary:
Under limited supervision, conducts in-process and finished product testing to determine adherence to established specifications of quality and purity.
Essential Job Functions:
Conduct laboratory tests and analyze data for a variety of purposes, such as production, quality control, and minor research. Test and analyze products such as feed and wheat products to determine if product meets plant specifications prior to release. Release within specification vessels and report out of specification vessels.
Document results of tests, readings, etc. in Total Lab Client (TLC). Complete Certificates of Analyses. Prepare chemical solutions for use in the lab. Maintain and calibrate lab equipment and related field instrumentation. Maintains awareness and adheres to all FDA, GMP, TTB, USP, EPA, OSHA, and employer standards and guidelines. Support and comply with all food safety, quality, and legality requirements. Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Job Requirements:
Ability to Work on Multiple Tasks
Good Organizational Skills
Willingness to Assume and Learn New Responsibilities
Excellent Communication Skills
Demonstrate Troubleshooting Skills
Strong Attention to Detail
Able to Understand and Comply with Plant GMP and Personnel Practice Requirements
Computer Skills to Utilize Lab Instrument Operation Programs
Basic Microsoft Word and Excel Knowledge
Demonstrate Math Skills to Perform Calculations Associated with Lab Testing
Good Attendance, Including Flexible Schedule and Can Coordinate with Co-Workers
Archer Daniels Midland
Chicago, IL
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company procures, transports, stores, processes, and merchandises agricultural commodities, products, and ingredients in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Origination, Oilseeds, Carbohydrate Solutions, and Nutrition. It buys, stores, cleans, and transports agricultural commodities, such as oilseeds, corn, wheat, milo, oats, rice, and barley, as well as resells these commodities primarily as food and feed ingredients and as raw materials for the agricultural processing industry.
The company also engages in agricultural commodities merchandising and handling activities; and activities related to structured trade finance, and import and distribution of agricultural feed products. In addition, it offers vegetable oils and protein meals; ingredients for the food, feed, energy, and industrial products industries; crude vegetable oils, salad oils, margarine, shortening, and other food products; and partially refined oils to produce biodiesel and glycols for use in chemicals, paints, and other industrial products. Further, the company provides peanuts, tree nuts, peanut-derived ingredients, cottonseed flour, and cotton cellulose pulp; sweeteners, corn and wheat starches, syrup, glucose, dextrose, and bioproducts; alcohol and other food and animal feed ingredients; ethyl alcohol and ethanol; corn gluten feed and meal, as well as distillers’ grains; and citric acids.
Additionally, the company provides natural flavor ingredients, flavor systems, natural colors, proteins, emulsifiers, soluble fiber, polyols, hydrocolloids, natural health and nutrition products, and other specialty food and feed ingredients; edible beans; formula feeds, and animal health and nutrition products; and contract and private label pet treats and foods. It also engages in futures commission merchant and insurance services. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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IndustryAgricbusiness/Forestation
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No. of Employees31,600
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