Quality Lab Technician - Night Shift
Actalent · Indianapolis, IN · 1 mo ago
On-siteQuality Assurance$24.05–$24.55/hrContract
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we need to use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, application instructions, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the job description.
Key sections:
- About the role: The first paragraph after Job Description: "The Quality Lab Technician supports quality assurance activities within a manufacturing environment by performing routine product and material testing, documenting results, and maintaining laboratory equipment. This role works closely with production teams to verify that raw materials, in-process products, and finished goods consistently meet established quality and food safety standards, while contributing to investigations and continuous improvement initiatives."
That's about the role.
- Responsibilities: list of bullet points under "Responsibilities". We need to extract each bullet. The text after "Responsibilities" includes many sentences separated by periods but not bullet list. We need to convert each duty into . Let's list them:
1. Perform testing and inspections on raw materials, in-process products, and finished goods to verify compliance with established specifications and quality standards.
2. Collect samples from production and laboratory environments, document test results, and maintain accurate and complete quality records.
3. Operate, calibrate, and maintain laboratory and testing equipment to ensure reliable and consistent performance.
4. Review test data, identify potential quality concerns, and clearly communicate findings to appropriate production and quality personnel.
5. Assist with quality investigations, including root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement projects.
6. Provide support and guidance to manufacturing teams on quality-related issues, procedures, and best practices.
7. Maintain a clean, safe, and organized laboratory and work area in accordance with company and regulatory requirements.
8. Follow company policies, regulatory requirements, and applicable food safety or manufacturing quality standards such as HACCP, SQF, and related programs.
9. Support production operations on a rotating night shift schedule as needed, including occasional extended hours.
10. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance product quality, process reliability, and overall operational efficiency.
- Essential Skills: list of bullet points under "Essential Skills". Let's extract:
- High school diploma or equivalent is required.
- 3 years of experience in a manufacturing, laboratory, quality control, or quality assurance environment.
- 1–3 years of experience in food manufacturing, including familiarity with programs such as HACCP, SQF, PCQI, or similar food safety frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with quality control practices, laboratory testing, and analysis.
- Ability to accurately collect, record, and analyze data in a fast-paced production environment.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills to manage samples, documentation, and testing schedules.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications for data entry, reporting, and communication.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills to convey test results and quality concerns to team members.
- Strong problem-solving abilities to support investigations and corrective actions.
- Comfort working in a manufacturing environment and performing physical activities such as standing, walking, lifting, and climbing stairs as needed.
- Additional Skills & Qualifications: bullet list:
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in a scientific or technical field, such as food science, chemistry, biology, or a related discipline, is preferred.
- Quality Control Technician, Laboratory Technician, Manufacturing Quality Technician, QA/QC Analyst, or similar role is beneficial.
- Experience with wet chemistry techniques, including titration and related analytical methods, is an advantage.
- Knowledge of microbiology and its application in food manufacturing and quality control is desirable.
- Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and food safety standards enhances success in this role.
- Interest in or experience with food science, chemistry, or biology, particularly in a production or laboratory setting.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and adapt to changing production priorities.
- Motivation to gain hands-on laboratory experience and grow within a quality-focused manufacturing organization.
- Work Environment: paragraph about environment.
- Job Type & Location: "This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Indianapolis, IN."
- Pay And Benefits: includes pay range and benefits list.
- Workplace Type: "This is a fully onsite position in Indianapolis,IN."
- Application Deadline: "This position is anticipated to close on Sep 21, 2026." Probably we should drop application instructions? The instruction says remove application instructions. The deadline might be considered application instruction? It's not exactly instruction to apply, but it's a deadline. Might be considered metadata; but we can keep? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Application deadline could be considered application instruction. Safer to drop it.
- About Actalent: boilerplate about company, EEO, etc. Should be removed as it's boilerplate/EEO. So we drop that.
- Also we have "Job Type & Location" maybe we can incorporate location into a short paragraph, not as heading unless we have a section for location? Not required headings list includes "Schedule", "Pay", "Benefits". We have schedule info in Work Environment: shift times. Also there is mention of rotating night shift schedule as needed in Responsibilities. So we can create a Schedule section with details: shift times (day shift 6:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., night shift 10:45 p.m. to 7:15 a.m., occasional early start or late stay up to four hours). Also mention rotating night shift as needed.
- Pay section: pay range $24.05 - $24.55/hr.
- Benefits section: list benefits.
- Qualifications vs Skills: The headings list includes Qualifications and Skills. We have Essential Skills and Additional Skills & Qualifications. Could combine into Skills section? But we have both Essential Skills and Additional Skills & Qualifications. We could make a Skills section that includes both essential and additional? Or we could have Qualifications for education/experience requirements, Skills for abilities. Let's decide: Use Qualifications for education/experience requirements (high school diploma, years experience, degree preferred). Use Skills for abilities (hands-on experience, data collection, attention to detail, Microsoft Office, communication, problem-solving, physical comfort). Additional Skills & Qualifications could be merged into either; but we can treat them as additional qualifications/skills. To avoid too many thin sections, we can combine into Qualifications and Skills sections each with substantive content.
Let's extract Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent is required.
- 3 years of experience in a manufacturing, laboratory, quality control, or quality assurance environment.
- 1–3 years of experience in food manufacturing, including familiarity with programs such as HACCP, SQF, PCQI, or similar food safety frameworks.
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in a scientific or technical field, such as food science, chemistry, biology, or a related discipline, is preferred.
- Quality Control Technician, Laboratory Technician, Manufacturing Quality Technician, QA/QC Analyst, or similar role is beneficial.
- Experience with wet chemistry techniques, including titration and related analytical methods, is an advantage.
- Knowledge of microbiology and its application in food manufacturing and quality control is desirable.
- Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and food safety standards enhances success in this role.
- Interest in or experience with food science, chemistry, or biology, particularly in a production or laboratory setting.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and adapt to changing production priorities.
- Motivation to gain hands-on laboratory experience and grow within a quality-focused manufacturing organization.
But many of those are skills/experience. Might be better to split: Qualifications: education and experience requirements. Skills: abilities.
Let's define:
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- 3 years experience in manufacturing/laboratory/QC/QA.
- 1–3 years experience in food manufacturing with familiarity with HACCP, SQF, PCQI or similar.
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in scientific/technical field preferred.
- Experience with wet chemistry techniques (titration) advantageous.
- Knowledge of microbiology desirable.
- Familiarity with GMP and food safety standards enhances success.
Skills:
- Hands-on experience with quality control practices, laboratory testing, and analysis.
- Ability to accurately collect, record, and analyze data in fast-paced production environment.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills to manage samples, documentation, testing schedules.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office for data entry, reporting, communication.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong problem-solving abilities to support investigations and corrective actions.
- Comfort working in manufacturing environment and performing physical activities (standing, walking, lifting, climbing stairs).
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and adapt to changing production priorities.
- Motivation to gain hands-on lab experience and grow within quality-focused manufacturing organization.
We also have "Provide support and guidance to manufacturing teams on quality-related issues, procedures, and best practices." That's a responsibility, not skill.
Now schedule: from Work Environment: "Team members work Monday through Friday on either a day shift (6:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.) or a night shift (10:45 p.m. to 7:15 a.m.), with occasional possibilities of starting up to four hours early or staying up to four hours later depending on production needs." Also earlier: "Support production operations on a rotating night shift schedule as needed, including occasional extended hours." So schedule section can include shift details.
Pay: "$24.05 - $24.55/hr."
Benefits: list: Medical, dental & vision; Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital; 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available; Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents); Short and long-term disability; Health Spending Account (HSA); Transportation benefits; Employee Assistance Program; Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).
Workplace Type: "This is a fully onsite position in Indianapolis,IN." Could be part of About the role or a separate section? Not in headings list. Could be omitted or included in About the role paragraph. We'll incorporate location in About the role maybe.
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