Laboratory Technician
- Sardis, MS, United States
$43,680 to $49,920 USD / year
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- $43,680 to $49,920 USD / year
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Original job description
Are you a detail-oriented lab professional ready to take ownership of product quality and safety in a fast paced manufacturing setting? A leading contract manufacturing organization is seeking a dedicated Quality Assurance Laboratory Technician to ensure our raw materials, intermediate formulas, and finished consumer products consistently exceed rigorous customer technical specifications.
In this key quality role, you will perform critical chemical and physical testing, execute daily calibration of laboratory instrumentation, enforce Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), and hold final authority over material release decisions. If you take pride in technical accuracy, permanent data integrity, and maintaining top-tier quality standards, we want to hear from you!
salary: $43,680 - $49,920 per year shift: Second work hours: 8 PM - 7 AM education: Associate
Responsibilities
Quality & Laboratory Operations
- Material & Product Release: Perform precise analytical testing on incoming materials, intermediate batches, and finished products against strict customer technical specifications. Review production and lab records to make confident release/reject decisions.
- Good Laboratory Practices (GLP): Enforce GLP and Good Manufacturing Principles (GMP) to ensure all test data is accurate, permanent, controlled, and traceable.
- Calibration & Equipment Maintenance: Calibrate laboratory instruments daily and schedule routine maintenance to guarantee equipment accuracy.
- Documentation & Certificates of Analysis (CoA): Generate CoAs for outgoing intermediate materials and finished shipments. Assist as a back up for document control of customer specifications and Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
- Training & SOP Development: Help develop, update, and implement laboratory SOPs and testing protocols. Train lab personnel and monitor production line attribute checks.
- Safety & Compliance: Perform respirator fit testing (PPE) for employees and uphold all corporate and state workplace safety standards.
Inventory & Housekeeping
- Chemical & Reagent Management: Monitor stock levels, track expiration dates on reagents/chemicals, and issue purchase orders to prevent run outs while keeping inventory lean.
- Lab Maintenance: Clean and store laboratory glassware, maintain an organized work station, and follow designated housekeeping logs.
The essential functions of this role include:
- working in a smoke free environment
- manual lifting up to 50lbs
- standing for 11 hours at one time
- working up to 8 hrs of overtime per week
Skills
- Chemical Testing (3 years of experience is required)
- GLP (3 years of experience is required)
- Equipment Calibration (3 years of experience is required)
- Inventory Management
- Compliance Awareness
- Laboratory/Sciences
Qualifications
- Years of experience: 3 years
- Experience level: Experienced
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.