Lab Technician (4 month term)

Lab Technician (4 month term)

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business, where we improve lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Laboratory Technician will complete moderately complex analytical and laboratory testing in support of the food safety quality and operational teams. In this role, you will perform routine analysis of product testing and will check and monitor instrumentation performance, conduct tests and document results into databases and communicate test results.

Key Accountabilities

•  Receive, prepare and process sample for laboratory testing.
• Maintains inventory management for laboratory supplies and cleaning of lab areas and equipment.
•  Interprets and documents results of all tests and internally communicates results verbally and/or in writing as required.
• Run calibration checks, preventive maintenance tasks and simple repair to analytical instrumentation and maintain customer specifications books.
• Help develop food and feed safety, quality and regulatory culture and collaborate cross functionally to build, maintain and improve an effective food safety, quality and regulatory culture.
• Handle moderately complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under general supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma, secondary education level or equivalent
• Minimum of two years of related work experience
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret documents (safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals).
• Computer programs knowledge: Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Outlook.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to perform daily tasks such as sample preparation forages, wet forage preparation and housekeeping.

Position Information

•  Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
 

Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.