**Job Description** **General Purpose:** To provide timely and accurate analytical testing data to the production departments. **Duties and Responsibilities:** + Perform sampling of raw materials and in-process and finished products + Calibrate and maintain laboratory instrumentation + Wash lab utensils and glassware + Prepare and stock reagents and media + Sterilize equipment and media + Maintain monitoring records of all lab analytical testing + Report non-compliant laboratory testing results + Receive, stock and inventory lab supplies and reagents + Perform chemical, physical and microbiological testing of raw materials, in-process and finished products + Maintain laboratory reports in a timely, accurate and legible manner + Maintain the laboratory and associated areas in an orderly and clean manner + Follow all plant and corporate policies + Adhere to all DFA Food Safety and Quality policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity + Adhere to all DFA Safety policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity + Adhere to all DFA GMP policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity + Report plant conditions that may result in non-compliance with standards and specifications + Other duties as assigned by the Lab / QC Supervisor **Requirements** **Required Minimum Qualifications:** **Education and Experience** + 1 year of food manufacturing experience, preferably in a laboratory or quality assurance function + Prefer some college science and math courses or an Associate Degree **_Necessary Knowledge, Skills and Abilities_** + Basic working knowledge of personal computers + Understanding of basic math