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Proliant Dairy Ingredients is committed to providing the best dairy ingredient options for enhancing the value and effectiveness of our partners’ products. We value quality in all we do; it is who we are. The purpose of this position is to assist in physical and chemical testing on products produced by Proliant Dairy Ingredient and prepare samples for testing by outside labs. To assist in providing accurate and timely administrative support, general office functions and other related duties in accordance with established policies and procedures.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: High school diploma/GED required. Post high school education in chemistry, food sciences or related field preferred.

Experience: Chemistry lab experience or equivalent experience preferred. Familiar with dairy processing preferred.

JOB DUTIES:

Lab Duties – Lab Assistant – 80%

+ Conduct quality control procedures in the laboratory.

+ Responsible for sample login to LIMS program and identification of sampling plan to be used based on SKU and production run.

+ Responsible for data entry of Laboratory analysis results in LIMS

+ Assist the QC Supervisor and other staff-members as needed.

+ Follow laboratory procedures accurately to assure compliance to good laboratory practices.

+ Demonstrate organizational skills and the ability to prioritize to accommodate workload, data entry and special projects.

+ Assist in troubleshooting and repairing laboratory equipment.

+ Responsible for following all company procedures and regulations.

+ Maintain a clean laboratory environment.

+ Clean glassware and equipment when needed.

+ Follow instructions as directed by plant leadership.

+ Conduct routine testing of raw materials, finished products, and in-process samples, including but not limited to testing Samples for protein, moisture, ash, pH, color and other tests, as required.

+ Calibrate lab equipment.

+ Assist in maintaining retain inventory in the warehouse.

+ Prepare customer samples.

+ Collect in-process and Environmental samples according to sampling plans and SOP procedures.

+ Obtain QC production documents from Control room.

+ Check metal detector counts and log information in Food Safety binder.

+ Assist in maintaining inventory of lab supplies and chemicals.

+ Accurately creates FedEx shipping labels daily for samples needing to go out on time.

+ Settles solid percentages with outside Whey Permeate Suppliers and enters into AS400 (LIMS) both supplier and agreed upon numbers.

+ Back up for Completing VGM forms for Containers shipped.

+ Verify production records by reviewing the Inventory records in Infor and confirming that production was placed into the system correctly and under the correct production date and in the correct quantity. In conjunction with Logistics/Warehouse Supervisor.

Front Office – 10%

+ Operate all necessary office equipment required to accomplish job duties; i.e., phone, calculator, fax machine, computer, and printer.

+ Enter newly received raw material loads into AS400/Infor.

Warehouse – 10%

+ Back up for recording outbound B/L’s and send original to corporate office.

+ Back up for preparing shipping documents as back-up to Warehouse and AA or based on scheduled work hours.

+ Reconcile inventory of raw materials, aside from permeate, on a pre-determined schedule as well as at month end.

+ Back up for distributing product photos and documentation to customers per special requirements.

+ Back up for assembling Booking details into files in order to organize documentation for VGMs generated by AA.

+ Orders plant supplies required for production, safety, and sanitation.

+ Back up for Allocating product in Infor to all orders needing to go out; making sure product is clear and meets the customers specifications.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

+ General knowledge of good office practices and business English.

+ Ability to deal effectively with the public and company personnel.

+ Ability to learn and apply the Company’s rules, regulations and procedures.

+ Ability to learn and apply Proliant’s safety program, and the related rules, regulation, and procedures.

+ Ability to receive and screen office visitors/telephone calls.

+ Ability to interpret data as it pertains to Quality Assurance specifications.

+ Ability to type 35 or more words per minute in an accurate manner.

+ Ability to cooperate with co-workers and supervisors.

+ Ability to interpret and work from oral and written instructions.

+ Basic math skills; including a variety of calculations.

+ Ability to handle and maintain confidential information.

+ Ability to provide necessary correspondence for the management staff.

+ Ability to communicate effectively with Proliant personnel, contractors, vendors, suppliers, and other business-related contacts.

+ Ability to interact professionally with customers when required, maintaining the best interest of the company at all times.

+ Ability to maintain confidentiality of company information when required.

+ Knowledge of organizational methods and the ability to manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously.

+ Ability to operate all necessary plant and office equipment required to accomplish job duties, such as computers, office telephones including voice mail features, fax machines, etc.

+ Ability to work daily, weekends and extended hours as necessary.

+ Ability to be cross-trained in all aspects of the job.

+ Accuracy in filling out paperwork and entering data.

+ Ability to remain on task without being distracted.

+ Ability to assist other work-related areas, as required.

+ Ability to learn and operate Windows software, such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and internal company systems.

+ Must be able to distinguish if food safety violations or product quality issues occur and resolve immediately or, if unable to resolve immediately, contact Plant Manager and/or the QC Management

BASIC PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Approximate: 8-Hour Day (may be longer during peak season)

Key:

Occasional = 0% - 33%

Frequent = 34% - 66%

Continuous = 67% - 100%

N/A = Not Applicable

Standing - Frequent

Sitting - Frequent

Walking - Frequent

Bending/Kneeling/Crouching/Stooping - Frequent

Reaching Above Shoulder - Occasional

Climbing (stairs, ladders, etc.) - Occasional

Working on Heights:

Unprotected Heights - N/A

Protected Heights - Occasional

Lifting Weights from 0 to 50 pounds - Occasional

Push/Pull/Maneuver Equipment/Products/Materials

Weighing from 0 to 100 pounds - N/A

Being Around and/or Operating Moving Machinery/Equipment - Occasional

Operating a Vehicle (as a part of your job) - Occasional

Read/Monitor Gauges on Various Equipment/Machinery - Occasional

Hand Movements:

Recording Data - Continuous

Operating Office Equipment - Continuous

Operating Computer - Continuous

Simple Grasping (right and left) - Continuous

Firm Grasping (right and left) - Continuous

Fine Manipulating (right and left) - Continuous

Foot Movements to Operate Foot Controls - N/A

Good Vision, Corrected to Normal; or Ability to Access

Required Information and to Perform Job Duties - Yes

Color Definition - Yes

Good Hearing, Corrected to Normal; or Ability to Communicate

and/or Understand Required Information and to Perform Job Duties - Yes

Ability to be Mobile throughout Required Work Areas

Office - Continuous

Multiple Locations - Occasional

Plant - Occasional

Equipment/Maintenance or Repair Area - Occasional

Rough Terrain - Occasional

Other - N/A

BASIC MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

This job requires the mental ability to learn, comprehend and communicate, both orally and in writing. Common sense organizational duties and logical thinking are also required to accomplish the job duties.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND EXPOSURES:

General office working conditions exist within a food manufacturing process environment. Minimal contact with plant maintenance areas. May include exposure to temperature changes from below freezing to extreme heat, chemicals, high noise levels, moving machinery/equipment, moving throughout the building to different processing areas and wet floors.

LGI’s foundation began in 1916 as the Lauridsen Creamery, selling butter, eggs and poultry to the local community. Although our headquarters in Ankeny, Iowa, is not far from the old creamery in Dedham, Iowa, the company is now worldwide with more than fifty manufacturing and sales locations in twenty countries and sales in more than sixty countries.

Each company under the LGI umbrella is truly independent. They have the ability and the charge to be entrepreneurial, to seek out new markets, to develop new products and applications, and – above all - to discover new ways to add value through fractionation and novel application.

What’s more, because some LGI companies have offices and presence around the world, all LGI companies benefit from their exposure to new markets, new products, new applications and new thinking.