What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lab Assistant position at Carolina Beverage?
Lab Assistant
Shift: Monday- Friday, 7am- 3pm
Summary: The Quality Laboratory Assistant is responsible for coordinating the overall efficiency of the lab, review and organization of all quality paperwork, and management and organization of all quality retains and customer samples.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Daily QA paperwork: Every product for every day has its own set of paperwork. It is the responsibility of the Lab Assistant to collect all documents from the Lab techs, machine operators and Line Supervisors. These documents must be sorted daily, placed in their appropriate files and any missing documentation must be logged.
- Shipping: The shipment of Quality samples is a large portion of the Lab assistant’s responsibility. All customers require retain samples, at different frequencies. The assistant is also responsible for the shipment of all micro samples for customers and additional biological samples that may need to be sent for the Lab or the blending dept.
- Daily Production Folders: Daily production folders must be logged in and send to QA Manager for review at least every other working day, as it is Audit requirement to review all production folders within 7 days.
- Sanitation: It is the responsibility of the assistant to keep track of, review and log the receipt of all Master Sanitation documents for the plant. It is imperative that all sanitation records can be produced in the event of an audit.
- Certificates of Analysis: All ingredients COA have come to the assistant. They must be scanned and logged into the shared drive. All COA’s for lab equipment and Calibration records are also to be maintained by the lab assistant.
- QA Work aid Book: It is the responsibility of the assistant to keep track of all changes that need to be made in the QA book.
- The Lab Assistant is also responsible for Audit Prep, complaint report prep and gathering of all supporting documentation.
- Review and Approve Production Folders/LCRs.
- Coordinate ordering and organizing lab supplies. Focus on continuous improvements in ordering systems, working with vendors to reduce costs, and overall structure of lab organization.
- Manage collection and organization of internal and external retains.
- Log and coordinate Micro sampling setup for Micro Technicians.
- Log current location of lab equipment and maintain PM schedule in collaboration with the Quality Manager.
- All other duties as requested or assigned.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to work in wet, humid, or outdoor conditions. The employee is also exposed to varying temperatures extremes including heat and cold as the weather varies. The employee is occasionally exposed to work on elevated platforms, with fumes or airborne particles, or with toxic or caustic chemicals. This employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and exposed to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Distance vision, Color Vision, Peripheral vision, and Depth perception. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk or hear, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
WHAT WE OFFER:
In addition to competitive pay, stable employment and growth opportunities, we offer a variety of benefits as part of our total compensation & rewards package.
- Work an average 15 days/month, based on 2-2-3 schedule
- Night Shift Differential (additional $1.00)
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid Holidays
- Health (benefits effective first month following 60 days of employment)
- HSA
- Dental (benefits effective first month following 60 days of employment)
- Vision (benefits effective first month following 60 days of employment)
- Life and AD&D- company paid & supplemental
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Company Life Insurance
- Free Uniforms
- Monthly Bonus
- Employee Referral Bonuses
- Employee Appreciation Events
- Company Swag – Apparel, hats & a variety of other items available
- Discount Purchases on Beer from our MN Brewhouse Brand
- Eligible for benefits the first month following 60 days of employment including medical, a health savings account option, dental, vision, disability, company paid & voluntary life and more
- 401k match after 6 months with 100% immediate vesting
* Pre - Employment Drug Screening and Background check are part of our hiring process*
We look forward to hearing from you and reviewing your information.
