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Laboratory Technician

Darigold
Seattle, WA 98118, USA
$30,5 an hour
Full-time

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Description

Darigold is seeking a motivated Quality Assurance Lab Tech to be a part of Darigold’s Rainier team. The QA Lab Tech will work in conjunction with other team members and the QA Supervisor to ensure testing and any needed investigations are done in a timely manner

What You Will Do

  • Pay rate starts at $30.50 per hour
  • Schedule is Sunday, Monday, Friday and Saturday from 7am-530pm
  • This is a union position
  • Maintain documentation and records of all testing in compliance with Pasteurized Milk Ordinance requirements.
  • Calibrate laboratory equipment, conduct validation testing, and maintain calibration documentation.
  • Provide timely and accurate testing of products.
  • Ensure proper laboratory procedures are followed as outlined by Darigold’s Corporate Quality Department and Rainier Laboratory Department
  • Maintain environmental swabbing program, track and report results.
  • Ensure that all products’ analytical, micro, and organoleptic properties follow product and regulatory specifications. This includes :
  • Tasting products on their expiry date to ensure product quality.
  • Communicating test results to QA supervisor, QA Manager, and other Management as deemed necessary.
  • Obtain finished product and Raw line samples for micro and analytic testing.
  • Prepare samples for testing, ensuring sterility and avoiding contamination.
  • Receive samples in an organized manner, maintaining integrity.
  • Performing extra tests when needed, ability to think critically and troubleshoot.
  • Must be able to climb product tank ladders up to 40ft high.
  • Must be able to lift / push / pull 50lbs.
  • Performs environmental monitoring duties around the facility as required by program standards.

What You Bring

  • Excellent organizational skills
  • Proficient in the use of MS Word and Excel
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, with minimal supervision.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to perform analytical and micro tests such that results agree with a standard and / or duplicate testing by a recognized laboratory as well as a basic understanding of microbiology and familiarity with plating methods.
  • Must be flexible and willing to work in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to Have’s

  • Bachelor's degree in a science discipline preferred or currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in science discipline.
  • 2+ years laboratory technician experience.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Achieving our vision to Lead Dairy Forward requires cultivating and supporting a team with varying backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

We are committed to providing a workplace based on mutual respect where all employees feel included and can bring their best and authentic selves to work every day.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, marital status, creed, religion, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

As a condition of employment applicants offered a role will be required to successfully pass our pre-employment background screen, receive a negative drug screen result & confirm eligibility to work in the U.

S. We participate in E-Verify - please follow the links for details, English / Spanish & view our Right to Work Statement, English / Spanish.

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Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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