Laboratory Technician

**Job Type**:Temporary (Fixed Term)

**Invest in you, join Agropur**:
We are searching for a **Contract Lab Technicia**n to join our team in **Woodstock, ON**. This **one-year contrac**t role plays a vital part in supporting quality control operations of our cheese conversion facility.

**How Agropur Invests in you**:

- Starting pay of $32.47 an hour
- Night shift, Mondays through Fridays, 10 PM to 6 AM
- One year contract until November 2026
- Opportunity to grow your career in quality control

**What this role is about**:
The Contract Lab Technician position is responsible for efficient operation of the laboratory and providing assistance to other departments in the event of non-conformances. This role is essential to support the production and logistics departments with process improvement projects and acting as a resource when needed.
- Sampling and plating micro, evaluating retain samples and communicating non-conformances to the necessary people/departments
- Manage non-conformity log and any communication to/from Customer Service and distribution of complaints to team responsible for responding
- Manage and change product status and locations in Oracle when on hold and released
- Review and file external COAs
- Maintain lab supplies and external testing requests by preparing appropriate purchase orders
- Monitor finished product and ingredient micro sampling schedule
- Monitor all micro test results daily to ensure compliance
- Assist in the investigation of complaints and formulation of responses from team

**What you need**:

- Post-secondary education in Food Science, Microbiology, Food Lab Technician
- Dairy experience will be considered an asset
- Must be able to work well within a fast-paced production environment and possess the ability to detect trends and react to make immediate corrections.
- Strong proficiency with computer skills and capabilities
- Good attendance
- Must possess excellent communication skills both written and oral English

**APPLY TODAY**:

- In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text._