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Albertsons Companies · 2 hours ago

Quality Lab Technician

Denver, CO

Part-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$24.80/hr - $31/hr

3+ years exp

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail, seeking a Quality Lab Technician at their Beverage Plant. The role involves producing and maintaining high-quality syrup supplies and conducting various laboratory analyses to ensure product quality and safety.

Food and BeverageFood DeliveryMeat and PoultryRetail

Responsibilities

Prepare control drinks for each tank of syrup

Perform Testing as required, following Analytical Procedures

Perform lab testing such as Brix, Titratable Acidity Carbonation pH Taste Odor Appearance Net Contents Sodium Content headspace dissolved oxygen HPCL chemicals

Perform on –going shelf-life assessments for finished products as scheduled

Perform receiving procedures

Perform Seam Full and Abbreviated Seam inspections as scheduled

Perform Removal Torque testing for PET packaged products as scheduled

Participate in Lean and Five S laboratory practices

Gather, assemble, and ship out samples as required by outside customers

Gather, assemble, and store retention and ongoing shelf-life samples as scheduled

Perform lab start up and shut down procedures

Report any compromised ingredients, significant spills, or out of standard conditions to

Gather, prepare, and plate raw materials, work in progress and finished product

Samples follow specific microbial testing SOP and document on appropriate process

Control forms

Swab process equipment and run ATP swabs as instructed on specific SOP’s and

Document on appropriate process control forms

Monitor and document equipment calibration and maintenance

Run backwash of carbon filtration units

Run backwash of green sand filtration units

Perform Free Chlorine and Alkalinity testing where applicable

Perform Iron residual testing, where applicable

Perform RO pre-treatment and sodium metabisulfite residual

Monitor and maintain water treatment chemicals

While relieving Syrup Technician, make a tank(s) of syrup, scale up next batch and fill the ingredient bins/carts

While relieving fellow Can/Bottle Line Technicians perform routine line checks, prepare control drinks, and perform change overs as they are due

Participate in continuous process improvement and RCA processes as directed

Rotate chilled and ambient concentrates and ingredients when new lots arrive, ensuring FIFO

Maintain proper lot rotation and organization when pulling raw materials and concentrates from the warehouse and address spills or compromised packages promptly

Qualification

Quality assurance experienceQuality controlHACCP knowledgeLab test equipment maintenanceAnalytical skillsMulti-taskingPC proficiencyEffective communicationTeamworkFlexibility