Website Costco Careers
Job Description:
The Quality Assurance Lab Technician will perform routine quality assurance processing plant inspections, sampling and sample preparations for microbiological testing, laboratory and administrative duties, maintain accurate and legible records, have the ability to prioritize work effectively, in addition to reviewing work for quality and completeness, and assist other personnel in a professional manner.
Job Responsibilities:
- Follow all company Safety Policies, Good Lab Practices, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Standard Operating Procedures.
- Review work for completeness and correctness.
- Perform environmental swabbing, line checks, and any other duties as assigned.
- Identify out of specification products to satisfy customer and regulatory requirements and promptly notifies management of any deficiencies to pass established standards.
- Perform accurate microbiological preparation, testing, counting and examinations of raw materials, in process products, and finished goods.
- Provide day to day support to the production department by performing routine inspections of processing plant and production lines.
- Record and enter data, and other reports, promptly and accurately.
- Perform pre-operational checks and sanitation inspections in adherence to procedure.
- Provide overall professional assistance to production and managerial staff.
- Maintain various production, raw material, testing, and quality control records in an organized manner.
- Approve release of raw materials and finished products, while verifying adherence to stated specification and standards.
- Report and take necessary action to prevent food safety and food quality issues from occurring.
Job Requirements:
- Safe handling of chemicals and reagents.
- Environmental sampling. GLPs, GMPs, HACCP, Safety policies procedures.
- Common laboratory equipment, methods, and procedures.
- US customary units and metric system including weights and measures.
- Degree in Food Science, Microbiology or related field (preferred).
- Petrifilm plating procedures and incubators, PCR testing procedures.
- Requirements that apply to proper aseptic sample collection, transport, storage testing, and disposal.
- Experience: 1-3 years Food microbiology or Food processing quality assurance laboratory (preferred).
- Media, Reagents, and Buffers used for testing and calibration.
Job Details:
Company: Costco Careers
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Stockton, CA, US
Application Deadline: N/A
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