Lab Technician

Are you a science-minded professional looking for a laboratory role where your work directly impacts product quality, food safety, and customer satisfaction?

Join a growing and stable food manufacturing organization where you'll spend most of your day in a dedicated quality laboratory performing analytical testing, ensuring regulatory compliance, and helping deliver safe, high-quality products to consumers. This is an excellent opportunity for recent science graduates, experienced lab technicians, or food manufacturing professionals looking to build a long-term career in Quality Assurance.

• Primarily laboratory-based environment
• Consistent first-shift schedule with weekends largely free
• Hands-on chemistry and food science testing
• Gain experience with food safety, quality systems, and regulatory compliance
• Work alongside experienced quality and production professionals
• Opportunity for advancement into QA, QC, Food Safety, Regulatory, or Laboratory Leadership roles
• Stable industry with long-term career growth

As a Quality Assurance Lab Technician, you'll be a key member of the Quality team responsible for ensuring that raw materials and finished products meet the highest standards for food safety, quality, and customer expectations.

• Perform laboratory analysis on raw materials, in-process samples, and finished goods.
• Conduct testing including pH, moisture, salt, fat content, and other quality parameters.
• Accurately record laboratory results and maintain quality documentation.
• Collect samples from production areas and prepare them for analysis.
• Support product hold, release, and verification programs.
• Investigate and communicate quality concerns to production and leadership teams.
• Follow established SOPs, GMPs, GLPs, and food safety requirements.
• Assist with customer, regulatory, and certification audits by organizing and retrieving documentation.
• Help drive continuous improvement initiatives related to quality and food safety.

• Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry, Food Science, Microbiology, or related scientific discipline OR
• Previous laboratory, quality, food manufacturing, or quality control experience.
• Understanding of basic laboratory techniques and analytical testing.
• Experience with pH testing, titration, or similar laboratory procedures.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation skills.
• Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).

• Food manufacturing, food safety, or quality assurance experience.
• Understanding of GMP, GLP, HACCP, SQF, or other quality systems.
• Previous experience supporting audits or regulatory compliance programs.
• Experience working in a production or manufacturing environment.

This role is based within a modern food manufacturing facility and quality laboratory. You'll spend the majority of your day performing hands-on laboratory testing, with periodic visits to the production floor for sample collection and quality inspections.

• Monday-Friday
• 7:30 AM-4:00 PM
• Overtime available based on business needs
• Occasional Saturday support may be required

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of ELGIN, IL.

The pay range for this position is $18.00 - $18.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge,…