Quality Lab Technician

Edesia is a non-profit social enterprise on a mission to end global malnutrition. We manufacture and distribute lifesaving, ready-to-use therapeutic foods—such as Plumpy’Nut and Nutributter—to treat and prevent malnutrition among children and mothers in the world’s most vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities. Through strong partnerships with leading humanitarian organizations, NGOs, and Ministries of Health, we ensure our products reach those who need them most—even in the midst of the most complex and challenging humanitarian emergencies.

The Quality Lab Technician will provide support for the Quality Control technicians by performing the day-to-day in-house laboratory testing. Additionally, the Quality Lab Technician will support the Senior Quality & Data Analyst with trial sample collection and testing as well as the implementation of Edesia’s quality and regulatory requirements.

The Quality Lab Technician will:

• Sample and inspect finished product for safety, quality, and organoleptic properties to ensure compliance with customer specifications
• Conduct bench analysis for nutritional and physical parameters
• Prepare necessary laboratory titrationsfor raw material and finished product testing, including collecting and testing samples for trials and blending validations
• Trend and analyze Statistical Process Control (SPC) data such as finished product test results, sachets weights, and dosing data
• Perform ATP and EB swabbing of surfaces and equipment
• Perform weekly Environmental Monitoring swabbing and air plate testing on the production floor
• Perform quarterly water testing and compressed air testing throughout the facility
• Prepare and perform stability study testing of finished products
• Identify and isolate finished products that do not meet standards
• Maintain inventory of lab supplies, and order as needed
• Troubleshoot lab equipment issues with suppliers
• Communicate with third-party laboratories for external testing
• Collect and manage all finished product samples for micro testing, retains, sample library, and other analytical testing or customer requirements
• Peer review to confirm that all the documentation is recorded correctly (including sanitation paperwork and operation quality check paperwork)
• Ensure that Edesia is adhering to all relevant international, state, and local food manufacturing regulations and help to maintain BRC certification
• Monitor sanitation, safety regulations and procedures, GMPs, HACCP, FSMA, and BRC Standards.
• Ensure and educate employees about food safety, BRC, and quality standards
• Other QA tasks and production-support tasks as assigned by the Supervisor/Manager

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Biology, Food Science, or a related field required
• Experience with food safety regulations such as HACCP/HARPC, BRC, GMPs, and SSOP programs preferred
• Must have good communication, strong computer skills, audit experience, organizational skills, and an ability to work collaboratively with all departments
• Must have good, safe laboratory practices

• General laboratory/light industrial food manufacturing
• Seasonal fluctuation in warehouse temperature
• Hours:
  
  10:30 AM – 7:00 PM (Additional hours may be required based on production needs)

The requirements described are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.