Lab Technician

Start your next chapter with a team that invests in you from Day 1.

We are seeking a detail-oriented Lab Technician to support our night shift production. If you have a background in food manufacturing and a passion for precision, we offer a total rewards package that is hard to beat:
144 hours of annual PTO
, 401k matching, and a comprehensive benefits suite (Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life) that kicks in the first of the month after you’re hired
. Secure your future while ensuring the quality of the products our customers love.

To provide timely and accurate analytical testing data to the production departments.

• Perform sampling of raw materials and in-process and finished products
• Calibrate and maintain laboratory instrumentation
• Wash lab utensils and glassware
• Prepare and stock reagents and media
• Maintain monitoring records of all lab analytical testing
• Report non-compliant laboratory testing results
• Receive, stock and inventory lab supplies and reagents
• Perform chemical, physical and microbiological testing or raw materials, in process and finished products
• Maintain laboratory reports in a timely, accurate and legible manner
• Maintain the laboratory and associated areas in an orderly and clean manner
• Follow all plant and corporate policies
• Adhere to all DFA Food Safety and Quality policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity
• Adhere to all DFA Safety policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity
• Adhere to all DFA GMP policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity
• Report plant conditions that may result in non-compliance with standards and specifications
• Other duties as assigned by the Lab / QC Supervisor

• 1 year of food manufacturing experience, preferably in a laboratory or quality assurance function
• Prefer some college science and math courses or an associate degree

• Basic working knowledge of personal computers
• Understanding of basic math