Lab Tech

  • Job Position : Louisville Lab Technician
  • Location : North America
  • Expiry Date : June 1, 2024

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature.

Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances, natural colours and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.

At Sense Colour we develop, market and produce a wide array of colour solutions from our 17 colour manufacturing sites globally. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every colour sale enhances the visual appeal for food and beverages. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Our comprehensive knowledge of natural colours, global footprint and strategic insights ensure close partnerships with our customers. With a customized approach to product creation, recent strategic alignment, and the launch of our 2025 strategy, the Sense Colour Taste and Wellbeing Division is a powerhouse of knowledge, innovation, and creativity equipped to surprise customers and consumers with fresh, unique ideas and solutions. We create natural colour experiences that touch emotions across segments including beverages, sweet goods, savory and snacks, and food service.

Efficiently manufacture liquid caramel colors in accordance with applicable procedures to specified quality standards. This position will require a person who can perform testing on all incoming raw materials, in process products, and finished products to guarantee conformance to specifications. Efficiently manufacture liquid caramel colors in accordance with applicable procedures to specified quality standards. This position will require a person who can perform testing on all incoming raw materials, in process products, and finished products to guarantee conformance to specifications.

You?

  • Located in Louisville, KY.
  • Approve all incoming critical raw materials before production use.
  • Retain Certificates of Analysis (COA) and keep on file all critical raw materials and associated records.
  • Test all in process materials and give technical guidance to operators during the process.
  • Approve all finished product for quality and conformance to specifications before shipping to our customers.
  • Maintain and calibrate lab equipment as necessary.
  • Maintain lab supplies inventory.
  • Provide formulations.
  • Create and retain batch reports for liquid products.
  • Retain samples of each liquid and powder batch produced.
  • Utilize Statistical Process Control (SPC) for finished product analysis and laboratory equipment calibrations.
  • Perform trend analysis to build cooking guidelines and program to teach liquid operators how to manufacture certain products.
  • Write and develop Design of Experiments to optimize cooking times or reduce raw material costs.
  • Actively participate in the Quality Improvement Process and GMP plant initiatives.
  • Input information in the Enterprise One (E1) database.
  • Manage and meet all scheduling and production demands.
  • Assist with customer samples as needed.
  • Operate the cartridge / line filters.
  • Maintain cook sheets during processing.
  • Mass meter operation.
  • Control panel operation.
  • Responsible for housekeeping and sanitation of the liquid production area.
  • Responsible for preventive maintenance of liquid production equipment.
  • Experience with an ERP system or similar database.
  • Bachelor’s Degree or Degree in process required

Benefits include health, dental, vision, paid holidays, vacation, 401K, paid life insurance, short term medical, long term medical, and tuition assistance.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful colour, taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world.

Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.

Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

Apply online below.

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