07 Nov
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Brunswick Bierworks
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Etobicoke
07 Nov
Brunswick Bierworks
Etobicoke
Brunswick Bierworks is a leading Canadian premium beverage manufacturing partner focused on innovation, quality, and excellence in execution.
We are looking for a Quality Control Chemist to join our new Evans manufacturing facility as a Quality Control Lab Technician and support the day-to-day Quality Control and Laboratory operation as the facility comes into production. This person will act as a technical resource within the QC lab, supporting analytical testing, method development/validation/transfer, instrument troubleshooting, and the training and mentorship of other QC technicians
This is an opportunity to join a new, highly automated beverage operation from start-up, gain hands-on experience across beverage quality, analytical and microbiological testing, and develop your technical skills as the Evans operation grows.
Key Responsibilities
· Perform routine and complex analytical testing within a GMP-regulated QC workplace
· Perform wet chemistry and instrumental analysis (HPLC included). Review analytical results.
· Support method development, validation and method transfer
· Prepare, review and update SOPs, test methods and technical documentation
· Train and mentor other QC technicians and serve as a technical resource within the lab
· Identify opportunities for process improvements while maintaining GMP and quality requirements
· Perform routine analytical and microbiological testing of ingredients, in-process product, finished product, and environmental samples.
· Aseptically collect and process samples throughout the batching, blending, and packaging process.
· Perform product quality and specification testing with a high level of accuracy and reliability.
· Conduct environmental monitoring, equipment and product swabbing, and sanitation verification activities.
· Accurately record and review laboratory results and promptly escalate out-of-specification results or other quality and food safety concerns.
· Support product hold and release activities by ensuring required testing is completed accurately and on time.
· Prepare calibration standards, reagents, and samples according to established procedures.
· Calibrate, verify, and maintain laboratory equipment and support proficiency testing to ensure reliable and accurate results.
· Support sensory evaluation and other product assessment activities as required.
· Work closely with Blending, Packaging, and Quality to support production, troubleshoot quality issues, and ensure products meet approved specifications.
· Maintain accurate, complete, and audit-ready laboratory records while following all safety, food safety, GMP, and laboratory procedures.
· Support commissioning, validation, start-up, and production ramp-up activities by executing established Quality Control testing and verification requirements.
What We're Looking For
· BSc Degree in Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline.
· Approximately 5+ years of relevant analytical chemistry experience preferred
· Strong experience working within a GMP-regulated laboratory
· Hands-on analytical laboratory experience, ideally including HPLC
· Experience with method validation and/or method transfer
· Previous experience in a laboratory,
quality control, food, beverage, or manufacturing is preferred.
· Strong attention to detail with the ability to perform testing accurately and consistently.
· Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage changing production priorities.
· Strong communication and teamwork skills with the ability to work effectively with Quality and Operations.
· Commitment to safety, food safety, product quality, and accurate documentation.
· Ability to take initiative while being receptive to feedback
· Flexibility to work the shifts required to support a continuous manufacturing operation.
About the Evans Facility The Evans facility represents the next stage of Brunswick Bierworks’ growth and is being built as a modern, highly automated beverage manufacturing operation featuring new Krones automated batching and blending systems integrated with our 96,000 cans-per-hour Krones packaging line.
Quality Control Lab Technicians will join Evans during start-up and play an important role in executing our established Quality Control and Food Safety programs as production ramps up.
This is an opportunity to build your technical capability in a new laboratory environment, work with new beverage manufacturing technology, and be part of a Quality team supporting the growth and performance of the Evans operation.
Pay: $70,000.00-$85,000.00 per year
Application question(s)
- How many years of analytical chemistry experience do you have working in a GMP-regulated laboratory, specifically utilizing HPLC and wet chemistry methods?
- Do you have hands-on experience supporting analytical method development, method validation, or method transfer?
Work Location: In person
📌 Quality Control Chemist (Etobicoke)
🏢 Brunswick Bierworks
📍 Etobicoke