Corporate Laboratory Technician
Butler, KYFull-time$7.25/hrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
Darling Ingredients’ Corporate Laboratory Technician executes tests to monitor product quality across the company using established methods and lab practices. After training, the technician records samples and results, supports routine and project testing, reports off-quality findings, and maintains laboratory instrumentation. The role follows health and safety rules and requires a high school diploma or GED, some college-level science and math coursework, and working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
None
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma/G.E.D.
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
We're one of the world's leading practitioners of circularity, transforming materials from the animal agriculture and food industries into valuable ingredients. Ingredients that nourish people, feed animals and crops, and fuel the world with renewable energy.
The Corporate Laboratory Technician is an entry-level position. Once trained, you will be responsible for executing tests to monitor quality of products throughout the Company per established methods and lab practices, in a professional manner following all health and safety rules.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Execute testing per lab procedures and policies manual
Use the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), workbooks or Certificate of Analysis to log in samples and record test results.
Assist in coordination and execution of routine and project sample testing.
Report off-quality findings to Lab Manager.
Maintain, operate and validate instrumentation with a thorough knowledge of functionality of equipment.
Follow directions and Standard Operating Procedures accurately.
Communicate special testing/sample needs to other divisions within the company.
Fulfill customer proposal requests.
Knowledgeable of company products and specifications; knowledge of office functions, UPS procedures, sample logs, result archiving and retrieval and ordering lab supplies.
Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or GED.
Must have successfully completed some college-level coursework in science and math.
Demonstrated working knowledge of and experience using Microsoft Word, Outlook & Excel.
Preferred Qualifications
Prior laboratory experience.
Prior LIMS experience.
A demonstrated ability to focus on and manage detailed methodologies in a multitasking environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Working Conditions and Physical Demands
Occasionally exposed to high noise levels, strong odors, varying temperatures, and biohazardous conditions.
Requires prolonged sitting and movement throughout office/work locations, as well as occasional use of computers and office equipment.
Must frequently stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb or balance.
Must be able to communicate effectively and identify potential workplace hazards.
Requires the ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs.
Darling Ingredients is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to r ace, color, creed, r eligion, age, pregnancy, s ex, s exual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military service, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state and local law. Know Your Rights: If you would like more information, please click on the link and paste into your browser: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster of this job.
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
1689
How this job compares
Set against the 2,153 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$7.25/hr
- Kentucky median$7/hr26 hourly ranges
- US median$22–26/hr1,036 hourly ranges
This rate, $7.25/hr, is close to the Kentucky median midpoint ($7/hr) — in the middle half of Laboratory Technician hourly ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 51 open Laboratory Technician jobs in Kentucky and 2,153 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
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- Experience
- Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (884 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,180 of the 2,153 open Laboratory Technician jobs (55%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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