Senior Lab Technician
CurrentResponsible for monitoring and testing quality of all raw materials and finished product.Maintain calibration, troubleshoot and repair lab equipment.Compute formulas and make calculation.Record and maintain accurate records.Complete and distribute quality reports and maintain laboratory records.Develop and post weekly lab personnel schedule.Accompany all regulatory personnel on visits to the plant in the absence of QC Manager.Manage monthly environmental listeria swabs.Assist in the monitoring of HTST charts ensuring compliance with all federal and state regulations.Rewriting all job training descriptions in the laboratory.Redesigned productions variance and efficacy programs.Enter and evaluate variance and efficiency reports for production department.Knowledgeable in several positions in the plant, including: receiving, machine operating, processing, machine, raw, and pasteurized CIP.Proficient in the SQF program.Updated HACCP diagrams and HACCP documentation throughout the plant.Work with state officials on state testing for HTST. Writing production work training manuals for Pasteurization, HTST CIP, tanker receiving, pasteurize CIP.Redesigned and updated our HTST-1 and HTST-2 blue prints after changes had been made to the units.