Quality Lab Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Quality Lab Technician

Job Description

As a Quality Lab Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of grain processing in a GMP grade environment within a manufacturing setting. Your primary responsibility will be to prepare, process, and examine grain samples in the grading lab.

Responsibilities

• Conduct quality checks in the grading lab by hand grading oat samples to determine rates of contamination and verify the quality of milled oats.
• Clean and sanitize the lab and workspace to maintain a safe and compliant environment.
• Support the flour lab by scanning dehulled beta glucan samples in the NIR and grinding portions into flour.
• Flexibly support both labs / departments based on daily needs, as directed by the Senior Lab Technician.
• Maintain and troubleshoot the oat grading sorting machine, ensuring its proper functioning.
• Operate the dockage tester and dehull beta glucan samples.

Essential Skills

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Work Environment

The role is a production-oriented lab focused on manually grading oats for impurities and utilizing machines to automate processes. The position requires physical tasks such as standing, walking, climbing, bending, pushing, pulling, and twisting over surfaces. The ability to lift up to 50 lbs occasionally is necessary. Adherence to safety standards and personal protective equipment is required, along with compliance with grooming requirements for a food manufacturing environment. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 7am-3 : 30pm, with potential changes in schedule and additional overtime depending on production needs.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $22.00 / hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following :

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Fridley,MN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 16, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

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