Position Overview
Chemistry Lab Technician
Job Description
The Chemistry Lab Technician will perform sugar content testing on honey samples, focusing on fructose and sucrose analysis for both raw and bottled products. Approximately 80% of the role involves hands-on laboratory work using HPLC, while 20% involves data entry, documentation, and retain sample management.
Responsibilities
+ Perform sugar (fructose and sucrose) content testing on raw and bottled honey samples using HPLC, running approximately 30 samples per day.
+ Collect raw honey samples and samples from bottling production lines and transport them to the lab for testing in a timely and organized manner.
+ Manage the retain sample process for both raw honey and post-processing (bottling) retains, ensuring all samples are properly handled and stored.
+ Stage, catalog, and maintain an organized system for retain samples that allows easy reference to samples from multiple years in the past.