Lab Technician - Quality Assurance

Job Title: Lab Technician – 12 Month Contract
Department: Quality
Reporting to: Quality Control Manager
Location: Brampton

Greenfield is looking for a Lab Technician to join our growing team. 

Position Overview: 
The Laboratory Technician role is part of the Brampton’s Quality department. The successful candidate will perform the various tasks required to ensure that products manufactured at the Brampton Packaging Facility are monitored regularly and manufactured according to specifications.

Who We Are: 
Greenfield Global is a leading producer and supplier of high-value, mission-critical raw materials, ingredients, and additives that are vital to businesses and integral to a lower-carbon economy. From start-ups to the largest brands in the world, customers trust Greenfield’s extensive portfolio of premium products, regulatory expertise, and industry-leading service to improve people’s lives and the health of the planet. 

Why Join Greenfield? 
We innovate, collaborate, and work with purpose. By unlocking the potential of people, partnerships, and nature to accelerate sustainable solutions for the health of the planet, our work has a positive impact on the environment around the world. We’re always looking for people who can bring new talents and experience to our team. 

Who You Are:  
•    Self-starter individual with strong attention to detail
•    Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks
•    Individual with excellent communication skills who promotes a team environment
•    Strong computer skills are required
•    Possesses Company values of honesty, integrity, respect and commitment coupled with the ability to accept change.

Your Experience Should Include
•    Post-secondary education in chemistry or biochemistry
•    Knowledge of GMP and ISO standards
•    3-5 years of related experience in a laboratory setting is an asset
•    Hands on instrumentation experience with GC, UV, FTIR is an asset
•    Ability to work overtime 
•    Must be comfortable with rotating shifts
•    Experience in a continuous and batch process environment is an asset.

Job Responsibilities: 
•    Sets up, adjusts, operates and maintains laboratory equipment used in quality testing and process control
•    Performs a wide range of lab tests to determine if products conform to applicable requirements and specifications
•    Records QC testing results in appropriate manner as required and signs off in appropriate sections of batch records and C of A’s, as required
•    Rejects incoming materials, in- process and finished goods if a nonconformity is identified
•    Provides QC release of products for shipment to customers if product conforms to specifications
•    Obtains samples of incoming raw materials for testing
•    Receives and inspects raw packaging materials for conformity with requirements, as well as, visually inspects finished packaged goods to verify that labels, markings, cleanliness, and condition are satisfactory
•    Assists in the maintenance of the calibration program for laboratory equipment
•    Operates package labeling software and printer and ensures accuracy in the resulting labels
•    Cleans and sterilizes laboratory equipment as necessary. Performs housekeeping in the lab, sample retain area, and other areas in which lab supplies and lab waste materials are stored
•    Adheres to and fully complies with the company’s Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality Procedures
•    Performs such testing as required to confirm conformity of product with pharmacopoeia compendial requirements (USP/EP/BP/JP) and shelf-life claims
•    Ensures that inventories of unexpired reagents, labels, customer sample kits, GC compressed gases, consumable spare parts for QC equipment etc. that are used in the QC function are maintained above critical inventory levels
•    Aids in packaging operations occasionally and operates process equipment in a safe and efficient manner while processing alcohols and solvents.

Total Compensation & Care: 
•    Base salary dependent on experience and demonstrated performance 
•    Formal and informal training opportunities 
•    Comprehensive health and dental benefits 
•    Income protection: short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, paid personal sick time 
•    Vacation time exceeding industry standards 
•    Company funded retirement savings program with individual contribution opportunities 
•    Meaningful and challenging work 
•    Curated intentional culture focused on growth and development, engagement, and communication 

About Us 
We own and operate five distilleries, four specialty chemical manufacturing and packaging plants, and three next-generation biofuel and renewable energy R&D centers. This integrated model enhances supply chain transparency, quality control, custom formulation development, and ultimately customer satisfaction. 

Core Values 
•    Honesty 
•    Integrity 
•    Respect 
•    Commitment 
•    Openness to Change 

Core Principles 
•    Innovation: We are constantly seizing opportunities to develop new products, processes and methods to meet the diverse and demanding requirements of our customers. 
•    Collaboration: We are part catalyst, part collaborator. We work with partners to get the most out of our existing products, and to develop custom solutions for our customer requirements. 
•    Responsibility: Our commitment to give back to local communities in the US and Canada goes beyond the bottom line. We give back to the planet by processing renewable resources into low carbon fuels and chemicals. 
•    Agility: Our team is not only fast, we have the flexibility and creativity to pivot with customer needs to develop custom-made, on-time solutions. 
•    Discipline: At every plant, and for every customer, for every shipment, we put quality first. We operate a tight, transparent supply chain while meeting the highest regulatory standards.