Position Details
R D Lab Technician Apply
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide Our client is an American food company formed by the merger of client Food and the third-largest food and beverage company in North America
Position: R&D Lab Technician
Location: Glenview, IL, 60025
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Job Description:
- Good communication skills
- Computer savvy
- Time management and must be able to flex between different groups
- Curiosity to learn and ask questions.
Responsibilities include:
- Measuring ingredients using analytical balances for use in benchtop testing and pilot plant trials, with instruction provided
- Support for pilot plant trials Attending onsite trials to support mixing, labeling, packing samples - potentially light analytical tests such as temperature, pH
- Sample preparation for liquid/powder beverage and dessert mixes Sample assembly including heating, mixing, cooling, storing, diluting, and measuring samples
- Collect and send out samples for testing Log samples in lab management system, deliver to internal lab or ship samples for external tests, distribute results as needed to developers
- Shelf life testing support Sample preparation and logging for analysis (see above items #3 and 4), tasting samples, support with clean up following testing
- Inventory management of ingredients and chemicals logging chemicals for disposal, ordering materials as needed
- Specification creation Submitting requests for supplier information to build specifications within internal management system
- Specification management Updating records for materials, formulas, and trade items to reflect accurate information; requesting cross-functional approvals as needed
- Bachelors preferred (Associates minimum)
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
