Manufacturing Quality Control Lab Technician- 3rd Shift

The QC Lab Tech is responsible for performing quality testing on raw materials, in-process batches, finished product, and/or customer samples in a timely manner. The QC Lab Tech is essential in ensuring testing meets specified requirements and for keeping laboratory testing up to date.

• Prepare and/or test samples of finished products and/or raw materials following approved work instruction or experimental test parameters.
• Identify problems, issues, and concerns. Notify appropriate personnel and provide suggestions and countermeasures to your direct supervisor.
• Act as first line problem solver for non-standard results. This includes gathering information from the production floor, lab or other areas; the communication to supervisor and/or quality engineers; carrying out any actions to clarify the situation to aid in the determination of the optimal path forward.
• Ensure equipment and/or instruments are clean and in good working order before and after use. Recognize instrumentation that requires calibration and is in calibration prior to use.
• Support instrument validation/calibration activities and maintain instrumentation libraries as assigned.
• Clearly documents test results in Sunstar Engineering Americas LIMS portal and/or MS365 applications.
• Using LMS data to create COA documentation for customer.
• Labeling finished good containers as part of QC completion process.
• Support validation of APQP/Development Projects pertaining to new materials, test methodologies and/or instrumentation.
• Identify problems, issues and concerns and effectively communicates in a timely manner to direct supervisor
• Create product and sample labels per work instructions to ensure proper material identification and hazardous communication (HAZCOM)
• Identifies opportunities continuous improvements. Participates/leads Continuous Improvement projects as assigned.
• Other duties as required to operate a successful, organized Quality Laboratory.
• Maintains a clean and organized work environment according to the standards to promote good chemical hygiene, avoid cross-contamination, ensure ready-to-use workplaces, eliminate generation of excess waste and prevent to creation of safety hazards.

· This position is also required to perform other related duties as assigned by the Lab Supervisor.