Job Description

Laboratory Technician

Lethbridge, AB

Join our team that shares your Passion & Heart for Canadian agriculture! Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited (P&H) has an opportunity for a motivated, forward-thinking, and dedicated individual as a Laboratory Technician based in Lethbridge, AB.

Work and grow with a family-owned company.

Join our team with Purpose & History! P&H\xe2\x80\x99s roots go back over 110 years. We have always been a Canadian, family-owned and managed agri-business that understands the qualities and conditions needed for meaningful growth. Our corporate culture values are family values; honesty and integrity with a focus on listening and continuous learning. Like family, we support our staff to always do better.

With over 70 locations spanning from coast to coast, and trade links around the globe, P&H is growth-oriented, diversified and vertically integrated with operations spanning across grain merchandising, flour milling, crop input distribution and animal feed production.

Skills and experience for the next step in your career.

Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, the Laboratory Technician is responsible for ensuring the wheat and flour products quality through lab testing and analysis set within established procedures. This includes the maintenance and documentation of daily lab results and effective coordination with the QA Manager or other department personnel as required.

Your day to day activities will include:

• Conduct wheat and flour testing and analysis to ensure raw material and finished goods quality and safety are within the predetermined product specifications.
• Check and verify the results of the in-process testing done by the milling and packing department.
• Follow laboratory testing methods and procedures and ensure that they are standardized in accordance with AACC (American Association of Cereal Chemist) methods.
• Organize, label and document all samples which require testing.
• Daily documentation of lab results, computer data entry and maintain pertinent quality records and files.
• Report and collaborate with QA Manager and appropriate personnel on matters regarding the results of analysis conducted.
• Keep the laboratory clean and organized through appropriate housekeeping.
• Complete customer documentation such as Certificate of Analysis and Product Specification.
• Coordinate activities with Production and Office Staff in completing analysis and documents.
• Participate as needed in R&D projects.
• Participate in Good Manufacturing Practice/Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point and British Retail Consortium Food Safety program.
• Troubleshoot and apply corrective action as needed through quality assurance documentation.
• Provide documentation assistance to QA Manager during mock recalls, Customer complaints, Customer inquiries and etc.
• Perform/Complete other tasks as assigned by QA Manager in the scope of Operations and QA Department.

The successful candidate should enter the position with the following qualifications:

• Diploma in food science, chemistry, general science or related fields or equivalent training and experience.
• Some familiarity with common Laboratory equipment similar but not limited to: pH meter, Farinograph, Amylograph, Moisture and Ash ovens, Leco protein analyser, and Near Infrared.
• Proficiency in the use of computer software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Good organizational and communication skills and demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.

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We thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

P&H is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that is reflective of Canadian society. As a result, Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is in compliance with the Employment Equity Act. We welcome applications from women, aboriginal people, people with disabilities and members of visible minorities. Accommodations in relation to the job selection process are available upon request.

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