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Quality Control Laboratory Tech

Are you passionate about food safety, precision, and laboratory excellence? Join our team as a Quality Control Laboratory Tech and play a vital role in upholding the highest standards of product quality and regulatory compliance. We are looking for a detail-oriented and dedicated professional to support our facility through comprehensive testing of finished products, packaging, and raw materials. In this hands-on role, you'll dive into testing finished products, packaging, and raw materialsmaking sure everything is up to spec before it reaches our customers. You'll be a key player in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your work directly impacts the safety and satisfaction of consumers. This is an exciting opportunity to support finished product, packaging, and raw material testing within a dynamic production environment.

If you're detail-driven, science-savvy, and ready to make a difference in a dynamic production setting, let's discuss the details!

Responsibilities

• Conduct laboratory testing to ensure products meet established specifications
• Accurately enter and consolidate lab data, and report findings to operational teams
• Support internal audits and maintain laboratory equipment
• Participate in cross-training within chemistry labs to enhance team flexibility
• Test finished goods, raw materials (milk, oil, corn syrup), and packaging for compliance.
• Conduct cream release, component, and identity (ID) testing on incoming materials.
• Execute quality control tests on raw, in-process, and finished products.
• Perform mathematical calculations related to quality assurance.
• Calibrate Charm SL equipment and prepare FT2 cleaning and zero solutions.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe laboratory environment in compliance with safety and contamination policies.
• Monitor and record temperatures of refrigerators and incubators daily.
• Manage sample receipt, handling, and testing for finished products, raw materials, and packaging.
• Record, review, and verify data using Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP).
• Execute laboratory procedures and the Internal Control Plan (ICP) with accuracy.
• Enter test results and perform all required transactions in SAP and related data systems.
• Consolidate, trend, and report laboratory data to operations; escalate out-of-spec results promptly.
• Manage inventory and ordering of lab consumables.
• Revise protocols and process flows as needed.
• Conduct routine quality and food safety audits.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Obtain and maintain Appendix N certification; complete annual split samples.

Qualifications & Essential Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a life science field (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Food Science).
• Understanding of GMP, HACCP, SQF, and food safety regulations.
• Proficiency with quality control, quality assurance, wet chemistry, titration, and chemical testing.
• Ability and understanding to follow quality assurance checks/inspections/lab tests
• Knowledge of food science, USDA, HACCP, SQF, QC, GMP, wet chemistry, titration, and chemical testing.

Work Environment

• Time split between lab and production floor to conduct sampling and testing.
• Tasks include sensory evaluation, instrument calibration, and bulk material testing (milk, sugar, oil).

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $21.00 - $23.00/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:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in ANDERSON, IN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 29, 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.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.