About the position
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill. This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business, where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers. The Processing Technician will prepare a variety of animal feed and animal by-product samples for laboratory analysis. In this role you will also perform high volume analytical testing that is of low complexity. The Technician will assist and work with senior analysts and peers to enable high volumes of analyses to be safely and effectively performed daily. The position will interact with feed samples, inventory and data systems, MS Office software, and a limited assortment of analytical hardware such as weighing apparatuses, grinders, and moisture ovens.
Responsibilities
- Perform high volume of routine laboratory tasks and assist in the development of data including but not limited to weighing samples, grinding samples, labeling, solution preparation, filtration, moisture analyses and other proximate analyses under minimal supervision.
- Perform general laboratory functions including documenting procedures, safe storage of materials, use and disposal of chemicals and regulatory and safety compliance as part of maintaining the laboratory.
- Maintain inventory and availability records.
- Assist in the coordination of analytical process completion.
- Maintain and use inventory, data, and computer systems database.
- Handle moderately complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under general supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- High school diploma, secondary education level or equivalent
- Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience.
- Intermediate PC and MS Office experience.
Nice-to-haves
- Degree in laboratory-related field
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked.
- Discretionary incentive award based on company performance and personal performance.
