What are the responsibilities and job description for the LAB TECH III position at mccormickt1.valhalla.stage?
McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time Lab Tech III. This new hire will work in our Technical Innovation Center (TIC), located in Hunt Valley, MD.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor with approximately 14,000 employees worldwide. With over $6 billion in annual sales across 160 countries and territories, we manufacture, market, and distribute spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including e-commerce, retail,food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane, and Gourmet Garden. Every day, no matter where or what you eat or drink, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. Our Purpose is "To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor and our Vision is "A World United by Flavor—where healthy, sustainable and delicious go hand in hand."
As a company recognized for its exceptional commitment to employees, McCormick offers a wide variety of benefits, programs, and services. Benefits include, but are not limited to, tuition assistance, medical, dental, vision, disability, group life insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, paid holidays, and vacations.
Position Overview:
Under the general supervision of the Laboratory supervisor, the Lab Tech III is responsible for compounding dry seasonings, setting up raw materials for sensory evaluation, basic inventory management and maintaining a clean and organized work space.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Compounds dry seasonings as directed by development staff.
- Accurately weigh materials
- Visual survey of materials and final blends
- Completes compounding in a timely fashion
- Maintains inventory of key raw material
- Orders from the FMC or coordinates ordering from Dallas
- Keeps track of shelf life of raw materials in the lab
- Keeps a clean and organized lab space
- Fills raw material containers
- Sanitizes lab space
- General organization of Lab spaces
- Fulfills SARS
- Compounding and proper packing of product
- Coating
- Shipping
- Coating finished product
- Screening samples
- Customer samples
- Large batches for consumer testing (tetrad/CLT/HUT. Etc) or customer
- Sets up raw materials and finished goods for basic sensory evaluations
- Sensory evaluation
- Screens product for quality on the commercialization bench for both raw materials and finished seasonings
- Participates in NQAL sensory panels
- Ability to follow GLP’s and understands laboratory safety.
- Communicate effectively with other members of the lab
Qualifications
- General laboratory experience.
- Ability to adjust work plan to a frequently changing list of priorities.
- Has a baseline understanding of food sanitation and food safety.
- Ability to perform moderate physical work over prolonged periods while standing
- Ability to lift 10 pounds continuously, 20 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally
- Basic computer skills.
- Preferred: 2 years lab experience or 12 college science credits.
- Preferred: 2 or 4 year college degree
McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.
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