Sr Lab Chemist, 1st Shift - Corporate Lab (Springdale, AR)
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Details: This position requires performing multiple chemistry work instructions and quality system procedures in a Food Laboratory, including tasks related to chemistry sample preparation, sample login, and receipt of supplies. The applicant must be able to learn and perform advanced-level work instructions and operate advanced laboratory equipment. Additional responsibilities include:
- Working independently and resolving complex problems
- Maintaining ISO records for process control and ensuring compliance with quality system and safety requirements
- Performing routine maintenance and calibrations of advanced instrumentation
- Evaluating situations quickly and responding appropriately
- Communicating proactively with peers, supervisors, and customers
- Completing continuous improvement projects aimed at improving laboratory operations
- Multitasking effectively and demonstrating excellent organizational skills
- Assisting in training less experienced team members
- Performing other assigned duties, including inventory management, ordering, receiving and logging laboratory supplies, cleaning, and maintaining shared workspaces
Precision and accuracy in performing work instructions and collecting data are essential.
Requirements And Qualifications Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a science discipline plus 2 years of laboratory experience, or
- More than 4 years of technical training in a laboratory-related role, including at least 1 year of chromatography experience
- Strong reading and comprehension skills required for self-guided learning and application of scientific materials and instructions
Experience
- Minimum of 2 years of laboratory-related experience preferred
- Chromatography experience with demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, maintain, and repair advanced analytical laboratory equipment
- Ability to perform peer review of chromatography data
Difficulty of Duties Work activities are variable and require good judgment to complete tasks such as setting priorities, evaluating results, reporting interpretations or opinions, and coordinating activities with others.
Training Programs Training requirements for this job classification have been assessed by the appropriate management team member and are listed in the LIMS Training Manager. The amount and level of training required depend on the level of responsibility assigned and may vary among team members.
Computer Skills
- Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Strong computer skills, as laboratories are paperless and digitized
- Expert-level proficiency in LabWare LIMS functions
Physical Requirements
- Ability to use safe lifting techniques to occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds
- Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, handle objects or tools, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, talk, hear alarms and instrument signals, and visually inspect results
- Must wear latex, nitrile, or equivalent gloves when handling chemicals to prevent exposure to standard laboratory chemicals
Communication Skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
Supervisory Responsibilities
- None
Travel
- None
Relocation Assistance Eligible: No
Work Shift: 1ST SHIFT (United States of America)
Certain roles at Tyson require background checks. If you are offered a position that requires a background check you will be provided additional documentation to complete once an offer has been extended. Hourly Applicants ONLY -You must complete the task after submitting your application to provide additional information to be considered for employment.
Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.
We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.
If you would like to learn more about your data privacy rights and how you may use that information, please read our Job Applicant Privacy Notice here. Unsolicited Assistance: Tyson Foods and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited support from external recruitment vendors for open positions within the United States. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee or applicant tracking system at Tyson Foods or its subsidiaries, without a valid written request and search agreement approved by HR, will be considered the property of Tyson Foods. No fees will be paid if the candidate is hired due to an unsolicited referral.
About Tyson Foods
We are a world-class food company and recognized leader in protein. Our mission is to bring high-quality food to every table in the world, safely, sustainably, and affordably, now and for future generations.
The Tyson Foods LinkedIn page is a platform for open discussion and we hope for it to be a forum for Tyson Foods enthusiasts to learn about our products and services and to engage with our brands and each other.
However, to facilitate conversation on the page, please follow a few of our house rules:
Maintain a Safe Environment LinkedIn is an open forum for communication and we welcome your submissions. We would like to keep this page safe and clean for the enjoyment of all users and fans. We encourage our fans to become familiar with and follow LinkedIn’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
Ownership of Content You are solely responsible for the content you post. Please remember that Tyson does not necessarily endorse nor are we responsible for the accuracy of information, opinions, or advice shared by members of this community. Comments, pictures or videos posted to this page by others do not represent the opinions of Tyson Foods.
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Sr Lab Chemist, 1st Shift - Corporate Lab (Springdale, AR)
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Details: This position requires performing multiple chemistry work instructions and quality system procedures in a Food Laboratory, including tasks related to chemistry sample preparation, sample login, and receipt of supplies. The applicant must be able to learn and perform advanced-level work instructions and operate advanced laboratory equipment. Additional responsibilities include:
- Working independently and resolving complex problems
- Maintaining ISO records for process control and ensuring compliance with quality system and safety requirements
- Performing routine maintenance and calibrations of advanced instrumentation
- Evaluating situations quickly and responding appropriately
- Communicating proactively with peers, supervisors, and customers
- Completing continuous improvement projects aimed at improving laboratory operations
- Multitasking effectively and demonstrating excellent organizational skills
- Assisting in training less experienced team members
- Performing other assigned duties, including inventory management, ordering, receiving and logging laboratory supplies, cleaning, and maintaining shared workspaces
Precision and accuracy in performing work instructions and collecting data are essential.
Requirements And Qualifications Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a science discipline plus 2 years of laboratory experience, or
- More than 4 years of technical training in a laboratory-related role, including at least 1 year of chromatography experience
- Strong reading and comprehension skills required for self-guided learning and application of scientific materials and instructions
Experience
- Minimum of 2 years of laboratory-related experience preferred
- Chromatography experience with demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, maintain, and repair advanced analytical laboratory equipment
- Ability to perform peer review of chromatography data
Difficulty of Duties Work activities are variable and require good judgment to complete tasks such as setting priorities, evaluating results, reporting interpretations or opinions, and coordinating activities with others.
Training Programs Training requirements for this job classification have been assessed by the appropriate management team member and are listed in the LIMS Training Manager. The amount and level of training required depend on the level of responsibility assigned and may vary among team members.
Computer Skills
- Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Strong computer skills, as laboratories are paperless and digitized
- Expert-level proficiency in LabWare LIMS functions
Physical Requirements
- Ability to use safe lifting techniques to occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds
- Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, handle objects or tools, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, talk, hear alarms and instrument signals, and visually inspect results
- Must wear latex, nitrile, or equivalent gloves when handling chemicals to prevent exposure to standard laboratory chemicals
Communication Skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
Supervisory Responsibilities
- None
Travel
- None
Relocation Assistance Eligible: No
Work Shift: 1ST SHIFT (United States of America)
Certain roles at Tyson require background checks. If you are offered a position that requires a background check you will be provided additional documentation to complete once an offer has been extended. Hourly Applicants ONLY -You must complete the task after submitting your application to provide additional information to be considered for employment.
Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.
We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.
If you would like to learn more about your data privacy rights and how you may use that information, please read our Job Applicant Privacy Notice here. Unsolicited Assistance: Tyson Foods and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited support from external recruitment vendors for open positions within the United States. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee or applicant tracking system at Tyson Foods or its subsidiaries, without a valid written request and search agreement approved by HR, will be considered the property of Tyson Foods. No fees will be paid if the candidate is hired due to an unsolicited referral.
About Tyson Foods
We are a world-class food company and recognized leader in protein. Our mission is to bring high-quality food to every table in the world, safely, sustainably, and affordably, now and for future generations.
The Tyson Foods LinkedIn page is a platform for open discussion and we hope for it to be a forum for Tyson Foods enthusiasts to learn about our products and services and to engage with our brands and each other.
However, to facilitate conversation on the page, please follow a few of our house rules:
Maintain a Safe Environment LinkedIn is an open forum for communication and we welcome your submissions. We would like to keep this page safe and clean for the enjoyment of all users and fans. We encourage our fans to become familiar with and follow LinkedIn’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
Ownership of Content You are solely responsible for the content you post. Please remember that Tyson does not necessarily endorse nor are we responsible for the accuracy of information, opinions, or advice shared by members of this community. Comments, pictures or videos posted to this page by others do not represent the opinions of Tyson Foods.
Nature of Content Content which is knowingly or recklessly false, defamatory, abusive, obscene, fraudulent, deceptive, inaccurate, threatening, invasive of privacy, in violation of any intellectual property right or which otherwise breaches law is not allowed. Repeated violations, such as spamming the Page, will be removed and users may be blocked from accessing the Tyson Foods Page.
Permissions By publicly uploading a photograph or comment you are giving Tyson permission to feature your photograph and/or comment on Tyson’s page. Photos and comments will always be credited to the account it was uploaded from.
Administrative Rights We reserves the right to remove any post or user at will. Anyone repeatedly posting material that falls into the above categories will be banned from future participation on this page.