Ben and Jerry's QA Lab Specialist-Vermont, South Burlington

Job Role: Ben and Jerry's QA Lab Specialist

Job Number: 1300045M

Schedule: Full-time

Primary Location: US-Vermont-South Burlington

Shift: Day Job

Description:

       The incumbent will assist the QA Product Specialist at Unilever Ice Cream’s Corporate QA Laboratory in supporting the ice cream manufacturing facilities. The incumbent will help perform advanced chemical, physical, and microbiological testing on ingredients and finished product to ensure food safety and quality, and will interpret results and provide summary and detailed reports of the Corporate QA Laboratory’s results to the manufacturing facilities.  He or she will assist with the coordination of testing that is required and all other activities within the laboratory. The incumbent will also assist in the evaluation and implementation of new test methodologies and equipment.

Responsibilities:

• Perform advanced chemical and physical testing materials using AOAC approved methods to determine if ingredients and finished product meet specification parameters.  
• Perform advanced pathogen and indicator organism testing using FDA BAM microbiological methods to ensure that food safety requirements of ingredients and finished product are met. 
• Assist in logging and testing environmental swabs as part of Environmental Listeria Swabbing Program. 
• Assist manufacturing facilities in validating and verifying that CIP and COP cleaning is effective at removing allergenic materials from production lines. Test finished product and swabs for presence of residual allergens. 
• Maintain risk assessment/risk identification database of raw materials as part of Ice Cream HACCP Program. 
• Operation of GC/MS and HPLC systems to characterize product and ingredients. Compare resulting flavor and sugar profiles of samples to those of reference/controls
• Education: BS In Chemistry, Microbiology, Biology, Food Science or equivalent

Experience: This position requires one or more years in a laboratory, preferably in a manufacturing environment

Competencies and Abilities:

• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written 
• Proficiency with computers
• Ability to work independently
• Good math skills
• Attention to detail

Specific Training or Skills:

• GC/MS
• HPLC
• Microscopy
• Microbiological plating techniques
• PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) assays
• Familiarity with GMP and safety guidelines.
• Some repetitive motion is required.

Please note: as part of the job application, you will be asked to complete an online assessment. Completion of the assessment is mandatory in order to be considered. Please allow yourself plenty of time to complete both the application and assessment.  If the assessment is filled out partially or not at all, it will adversely affect the progress of your application. Please be aware that you will have to complete the assessment at once as you will be unable to return to it later. 

Unilever is an equal opportunity employer. It prohibits discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-employment drug-screening results and background investigation.

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