Dairy Lab Technician

Dairy Lab Technician

Job Description

Navigate the plant environment to properly obtain liquid samples from silos using FDA and plant standards, maintaining awareness around machines and forklifts. Test samples using lab equipment/instruments, including tests such as pH, acidity, freezing point, viscosity, and solid/fat percentages, ensuring samples are within specified ranges. Carefully document everything with dates and signatures while keeping the lab clean to prevent contamination and ensuring supplies are refilled (chemicals, pipettes, etc.). Follow FDA and plant standards in the lab and plant at all times, calibrate equipment daily, receive phone calls from the dairy and various parts of the plant, and continuously multitask to ensure products/samples are able to proceed ahead and in specification.

Hard Skills

Sample testing using lab equipment

pH, acidity, freezing point, viscosity, solid/fat percentage testing

Documentation and record-keeping

Calibrating lab equipment

Soft Skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Communication

Adaptability

Job Type

This is a Contract-to-Hire position with a duration of 12 Month(s).

Work Environment

Onsite position in Buffalo, NY

Shift: 6AM-6PM 2-2-3

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

Hiring diverse talent

Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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