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Pride Health · 9 hours ago

R&D Lab Technician

Glenview, IL

Contract

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$35.29/hr - $40.44/hr

Pride Health is seeking an R&D Lab Technician for one of the largest food and beverage companies in North America. The role involves sample preparation and analysis, inventory management, and supporting pilot plant trials while ensuring a clean and organized lab environment.

Health CareHuman ResourcesInformation Technology

Growth Opportunities

Hiring Manager

Rob Van Riet

Responsibilities

Sample preparation & analysis – Assembling samples of beverages and desserts including measuring with analytical balances, heating, mixing, cooling, filling into packaging, labeling, storage, diluting using pipettors, coordinating shipments, and logging samples into lab management system. Strong attention to detail is a must for this role

Shelf-life testing support – Sample preparation (locating, weighing up materials, dilution using pipettor, mixing, labeling), documenting test results, submitting testing requests, support clean up following testing. Regularly takes inventory and reports on sample condition and quantities

Inventory management of ingredients and chemicals – logging chemicals for disposal, ordering materials as needed, and ensuring all ingredients are put away at end of workday. Purchases in-market samples and supplies as needed

Support for pilot plant trials – Attending onsite trials to support mixing, labeling, packing, shipping samples and completing benchtop analytical testing including pH, titratable acidity, Brix, colorimetry, density. Must be able to safely lift anywhere from 5 to 50 lbs. of ingredients. Trials occur before 8 AM as needed, availability is required for these occasions

Lab Organization – Ensures lab environment is clean, organized, and in working order at the beginning of each work day. Responsible for weekly calibration of analytical balances, creating maintenance work orders, taking inventory, and conducting monthly safety checks

Specification management – Updating records for materials, formulas, and trade items to reflect accurate information; requesting cross-functional approvals and following up as needed

Graphics Reviews – Downloading and uploading reports and verifying graphics information (including nutrition facts panels, ingredient lines, product information such as net content) are a match to report

Data entry & analysis – Able to accurately log large data sets using Excel and provide high-level summaries (e.g., averages). Can convert between units of measurement, calculate averages, and scale up formulations when given target values

Must have experience with Microsoft Office suite including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Forms