QC Technician I

Job Summary: 

Perform all in process and finished product testing using standardized test procedures and methods.  Must possess working knowledge of wet chemistry techniques and some instrumentation skills.  Must adhere to Good Laboratory Practices.   Work reviewed daily.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Assure that products tested meet Sensient Colors LLC. FDA and International standards.
• Ensure that work is carried out in an efficient and safe manner.  
• Work with standard operating procedures and/or scientific methods. 
• Provide technical support to the quality and quality engineering functions. 
• Operate and maintain various lab instrumentation using accepted GLP procedures. 
• Perform a variety of laboratory wet chemical tests using written methods and procedures.
• Use of general laboratory equipment including pipets, burets, KF titrator, colorimeter, UV-Vis, and analytical balances.
• Approve, adjust, and reject samples, following product guidelines and specifications, record results on every sample analyzed using lab software and databases.
• Effectively communicate, both verbally and written, lab data and results to other departments.
• Participate in Gage R&R and other statistical studies of QC methods.

Education & Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education in Technical Degree required. 
• 0-5 years external experience 
• Understands basic statistical tools.

Skills & Abilities: 

• Basic laboratory instrumentation.
• Use of Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access).
• Strong communication skills.
• Technical ability.

Competencies: 

• Execution/Results Driven 
• Develops Self & Others 
• Customer Focus 
• Collaboration 
• Know Your Business
• Planning & Priority Setting
• Quality & Safety Focus
• Decisiveness
• Composure & Resilience
• Information Seeking
• Entrepreneurial (Creativity/Leading Change/Innovation)