Quality Assurance Lab Technician

* Organize workflow and task schedules to maximize laboratory efficiency (e.g., prioritize sample analysis, assign tasks, preventative maintenance).
* Purchase laboratory supplies to maintain proper level of inventory.
* Develop or validate laboratory test methods or equipment (sampling, monitoring, analytical procedures) in order to ensure reliability and accuracy of analytical results. This may include performing capability studies.
* Perform data audit in order to ensure accuracy of data and analytical processes. This may include database queries, statistical process control or correlation study.
* Conduct inspection of the laboratory or laboratory procedures to ensure conformance to internal or external certification requirements and correct or eliminate process-related non-conformance items.
* Act as scientific, regulatory, technical or quality expert and consultant by responding to targeted questions from the field or other departments/business units and providing support to branches, bottlers and customers. This includes acting as a resource for general information and acting as a consultant for other technical personnel in the Company.
* Develop implementation strategies, implement, evaluate and/or certify effective implementation of the company's quality system.
* Interpret data from routine and non-routine analyses in order to validate that ingredients/materials meet specifications and approve for shipment to Company plants.
* Interact with and inform suppliers, Purchasing, and Company plants ingredient sample analyses, ingredient issues or rejections, and to resolve problems related to ingredient approval.

Work Environment:

Food/beverage manufacturing. Hot, loud, cold, dirty. Cameras are all around the facility. They have a team of 8 quality people and 13 compounders

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

About Aerotek:

Our people are everything. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aerotek® Inc. has distinguished itself as a leader in recruiting and staffing services, by having a deep understanding of the intersection of talent and business. As a strategic partner to more than 17,000 clients and 300,000 contract employees every year, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantages for its clients and rewarding careers for its contract employees. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a network of over 230 non-franchised offices with more than 6,000 internal employees dedicated to serving our customers. Aerotek is an operating company of Allegis Group, a global talent solutions provider. To learn more, visit .

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