AAK

QUALITY LAB TECHNICIAN-Richmond, CA

Join our Global Quality Team at our Richmond CA Facility

AAK has been Making Better Happen for 150 years.

Everything AAK does is about Making Better Happen within the Chocolate & Confectionary, Bakery, Dairy, Candles, Plant-Based Foods, Special Nutrition, Foodservice and Personal Care industries. AAK specializes in plant-based and organic oils that are sourced sustainably. AAK innovates new formulas and provides ingredients to major manufacturers to make chocolate silkier, plant-based burgers juicer, bakery products and pizza crusts flakier and crisper, candles burn better.

At the heart of AAK is our Passionate, Collaborative, Accountable and Agile team Making Better Happen. We are innovating and manufacturing ingredients for food products that people love to consume, candles, personal care products like lotions and lip balms, even infant nutrition formula and adult specialty nutrition drinks.

Sustainability is at the heart of our purpose and embedded in all parts of the AAK value chain. We call this “Making Better Happen – from plant to brand” and this is reflected in our updated framework for sustainability – the House of Sustainability.

Join our 3,900 colleagues throughout the world who are dedicated to Making Better Happen with diversity and inclusion, community relations and environmental responsibility.

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We are currently seeking to hire a Quality Lab Technician for our manufacturing facility in Richmond, CA. The Quality Lab Technician is responsible for performing tests on incoming raw materials, in-process and finished products and R&D samples. This requires collaboration and communication with all levels of Operations, Quality, Customer Innovation personnel and other departments, as needed.

Hourly Rate of Pay; $30

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Supports the Quality Control Manager in administering quality control systems, and product safety programs in accordance with company and regulatory guidelines.
• Performs incoming, in-process, and finished product testing to assure conformance with customer and/or internal specifications.
• Performs product inspections and tests in accordance with established quality standards, inspection plans, and test procedures.
• Records all test results in digital form in the lab database or on standard data cards. Generates reports summarizing each day’s testing, and trend with statistics as needed for QA or Operational purposes.
• Reports results, review data and advise supervision of materials not meeting specifications. Urgent reporting is required for any out of specifications result associated with production and/or shipment analysis.
• Prepares and generate required certificates of analysis for all product shipments.
• Prepares and analyzes chemical reagents and solutions as required to meet needs of QC/R&D systems.
• Maintains chemical waste management systems in compliance with all applicable environmental regulations as required.
• Maintains inventory control of supplies and chemicals as necessary to support QC/R&D systems.
• Maintains control of sample retain program, for a period of less than 6 months or per requirements.
• Flexibility in shift schedule (24 hour) is required and overtime is mandatory as operational needs dictate including weekends.
• Specific areas of responsibility are, but not limited to, hydrogenation, refining & bleaching, modification, deodorization, shipments & receiving, and waste water systems.
• Assists in developing and maintain QC and processing equipment standardization checks

Qualifications – Passion, Collaboration and Accountability

• Bachelor of Science Degree
• 3-5 years laboratory experience, preferably in a food, drug or chemical laboratory
• Proficient in MS Office and use of lab equipment
• Ability to communicate well with others
• Computer skills, math and computation ability
• Must be legally eligible to work in the US without sponsorship, now and in the future.

Facility address: 1145 Harbour Way South, Richmond, CA 94804-3618

AAK promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, veteran status and any class of discrimination under state and federal law in any aspect of the access to, admission, or treatment of students in its programs and activities, or in employment and application for employment.

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Experience

• Minimum 2 years laboratory experience, preferably in a food, drug or chemical laboratory

Education

• Bachelors or better in Chemistry or related field