Quality Control Lab Technician

# Quality Control Lab Technician Apply
** QC Lab Technician
** Wooster, OH   Sunday - Thursday     + 3rd Shift Differential       The
** Quality Control Lab Technician
** supports testing across five integrated laboratories—performing analytical, microbiological, raw material, and stability testing to ensure product quality, regulatory compliance, and process reliability.

** QC Lab Technician Responsibilities:
*** Maintains a safe working environment and follows all safety procedures
* Quality of incoming materials and manufactured goods
* Provides accurate and timely communication of test results
* Maintains system of testing, analysis and results
* Participates in activities as assigned to improve a product or process or in response to customer complaints
* Performs and/or provides support for process validation
* Performs and/or provides support for R&D, QA, Contract Manufacturing, and Supply Chain
* Collects data for Game of Work Scorecards
* Maintains good housekeeping in work areas and performs assigned cleaning tasks
* Facilitates and/or implements standards and specifications
* Facilitates and/or implements test methods, procedures and analyses as needed
* Ensures hazardous wastes and other samples are properly contained and disposed of in accordance with policies and procedures
* Maintains laboratory supply inventory
* Washes and maintains glassware
* Overtime may be required
* Clean, maintain and prepare supplies and work areas
* Sets up, adjusts, calibrates, cleans, maintains, and troubleshoots laboratory equipment
* Revise/create procedures in Content Server
* Communicates quality issues, initiates Laboratory Investigation Reports (LIRs) and Quality Notifications (QNs)/Non-Conformance Events (NCEs), supports investigations, and ensures
* Dispositions of materials
* Coordinate testing requirements and assignments needed to meet Supply Chain schedule.
* Participation on cross-functional New Product, Process or Problem-Solving Teams
* Collaboration with suppliers to resolve out of specification results on materials
* Ability to drive a tow motor vehicle
* Monitors hazardous waste satellite accumulation areas for compliance
* Routinely provides support regarding customer complaints
* Collects and analyzes shelf life data for Annual Product Reviews (APRs)
* Creates, follows, and maintains the yearly stability matrix to ensure compliance with regulations
* Acquires and retains production samples from in-house and contract manufacturing required for shelf life testing
* Maintains environmental chambers and reserve storage areas
* Audit production lines for compliance and quality
* Responsible for sampling water to prepare for analyses
* Analyze cleaning validation samples submitted to the labs
* Knowledge of the composition, structure, and properties of substances. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
* Knowledge of HPLC, UPLC, GC, TOC, FTIR, and other instrumentation functions/application
* Collects and analyzes water samples representative of that used for manufacturing product, research and development, and cleaning validation
* Analyzes samples by means of Rapid Method Technologies, organism isolation/identification, membrane filtration and preservative effectiveness cycles
* Performs Total Plate Count and Enrichment studies using standard plating techniques
* Prepares and qualifies media including pH, sterility testing, and growth promotion testing
* Responds to situations that have a high potential for positive micro results and initiate action to minimize business risk
* Collects and analyzes water samples representative of that used for manufacturing product, research and development, and cleaning/rinsing for the presence of microorganisms
* Testing of personal care products
* Captures and analyzes environmental samples
* Work in a team setting as well as individually
* Additional duties as assigned    
** QC Lab Technician Requirements:
*** Associate's or BS in a science-related field, Chemistry or Biology preferred.
* 1-2+ years of experience in a lab environment
* Outstanding communication skills
* Ability to think strategically and creatively
* Self-starter, motivated, and shows initiative when given tasks
* Willingness to work 3rd shift: 11:00 PM – 7:00 AM
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