Overview
Laboratory Technician – 2nd Shift Jobs in Crete, NE at Grain Craft
Job Title: Laboratory Technician – 2nd Shift
Location: Crete, NE
Reports to: QA Manager
About Grain Craft Corn Milling (Previously Bunge):* Grain Craft is a company that is committed to our team members. We offer generous benefits with a focus on three guiding pillars: Driven With Purpose* (We Make Every Day Count), Relationships Are Everything (Meaningful Connections Fuel Our Success), and Right Always Wins (We Never Compromise on Safety, Quality, and Commitment). These pillars are the bedrock of Grain Craft’s high-performance culture. We champion an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and continuous learning and development opportunities for professional growth. Our pillars are real and lived out every day in action, and our mission has never changed.
Grain Craft Corn Milling’ offers competitive pay and great benefits, including Health, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Bonuses, 401K with up to 6% matching (vested on Day 1!), Employee and Family Assistance Programs, and several Supplemental Benefit offerings.
Job Description:
The Laboratory Technician plays a vital role in ensuring product quality and regulatory compliance through precise testing, recordkeeping, and sample analysis. This position supports food safety and manufacturing excellence by preparing lab solutions, calibrating equipment, collecting production samples, and reporting any deviations in real time. Successful candidates are detail-oriented, safety-conscious, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. Regular hours are 3 PM – 11 PM. Must be able to work swing shift to cover day and night shift lab technician when needed
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- All job duties require attention to safe operation and demonstration of safe work habits and behaviors. This includes the use of appropriate personal protective equipment for the job task.
- Observe all Safety and Food Safety guidelines and adhere to all company rules and policies as well as good manufacturing practices.
- Prepare testing solutions, equipment calibrations, general maintenance and upkeep of laboratory.
- Gathering product samples from various production areas.
- Follow all proper procedures for analyzing product during production runs and final product packaging.
- Communicating any nonconformance to production supervisor immediately, including test results and status of any pending results.
- Proper completion of records (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly)
- Submitting records to Quality Assurance Lead or Supervisor daily.
- All duties include general area housekeeping responsibilities.
- All duties require adherence to Bunge’s quality and GMP/HACCP process and procedures.
- All duties require attention to product specifications and appropriate product handling procedures.
- Commitment to supply safe food, maintain a food safety culture within the site, continually improve the site’s food safety management system; and comply with customer and regulatory requirements.
- Additional duties as requested or assigned.
- Perform work per the assigned schedule. Regular hours are 3 PM – 11 PM. Must be able to work swing shift to cover day and night shift lab technician when needed
Qualifications
Required:
- Must possess basic math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and understand various units of measure (US Currency, Imperial weights and measurements, Metric weights and measurements), common fractions and decimal usage.
- Must be able to proficiently read and write in English for the purposes of record keeping and safety and quality training and processes.
- Prior experience with usage of document control systems preferred.
- Standard knowledge of computers and basic office software.
- Attention to detail, mechanical aptitude, good verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a safety conscious environment.
Preferred:
- Previous experience working in a food manufacturing facility is a plus
- 2 years of previous lab or quality work experience is preferred
- Familiarity with a formal quality system (SQF, GMP/HACCP, ISO 9001, etc.) preferred.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT:
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds occasionally
- Frequent standing, walking, bending, squatting, and kneeling
- Manual dexterity and fine motor skills for operating tools and machinery
- Tolerance for noisy and dusty environments
- Ability to wear required PPE such as safety glasses, gloves, ear protection, and respirators
- Visual acuity and hearing sufficient to identify mechanical or safety issues
- Ability to work 8-hour shifts or rotating schedules as needed
This position is contingent upon successfully passing Grain Craft’s background screening, physical (if applicable) and drug-screening. Grain Craft maintains that we are a drug-free company on all levels.
EEO STATEMENT:
Grain Craft provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
By applying for this job at Grain Craft, you acknowledge and agree to receive communications via text, email, and phone.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Title: Laboratory Technician – 2nd Shift
Company: Grain Craft
Location: Crete, NE
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