Senior Beverage Technician - Alcohol Team - Erlanger, KY

Archer Daniels Midland•Erlanger, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

ADM is seeking a Senior Beverage Technician to join their Alcohol Team in Erlanger, KY. This role involves executing batching, testing, and formula modifications of products and samples, participating in troubleshooting, and ensuring product accuracy. The technician will also manage sample shipments, maintain product retains, and contribute to laboratory operations. This position requires a strong understanding of ingredients, processing, and the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently.

Requirements

College or Associates degree in a related science, OR High school diploma with a minimum of 5 years appropriate lab experience in the food or related industry.
Verbal and writing skills.
Analytical and problem solving skills.
Detail-oriented.
Computer skills.
Time management skills.
Interpersonal skills, ability to work in a team as well as cross-functional environment.
Understands scientific cause/effect relationships.
Successful completion of a background check.

Nice To Haves

May be involved in customer visits, plant scale-ups or coordinating vendor visits.

Responsibilities

Follows basic GMP, ISO Procedures, GLP, Safety, Lab Notebooks and/or other electronic record keeping tools.
Executes batching, testing and simple to more complex adjustments or formula modifications of products/samples.
May be required to participate in trouble-shooting activity.
Provides basic information for demo sheets/C of A’s and proof-reads finished demo sheets/C of A’s prior to shipping with samples/finished products for accuracy.
Executes standard sampling (Screen & Select) of finished products and flavors, flavor systems or specialty ingredients and may be assigned projects.
Coordination of sample shipments with shipping department in accordance to customer/salesperson guidelines.
Executes and maintains product retains for stability studies/troubleshooting on finished products, samples and/or flavors, flavor systems, specialty ingredients and retains.
Completes work on time and accurately.
Keeps laboratory stocked with raw materials, clean glassware, maintains equipment, etc.
Demonstrates knowledge of and continues to acquire ingredient and ingredient interaction knowledge.
Demonstrates knowledge of and continues to acquire product processing knowledge.
Performs multiple tasks daily, with the flexibility of re-arranging daily workload to accommodate higher priority needs.
May shop for market samples and ingredients utilized for projects on an as needed basis.
May be involved in customer visits, plant scale-ups or coordinating vendor visits.
Performs other related duties and assignments as required such as the maintenance of ISO Work Instructions.