
Lab Tech Trainee - 2nd shift
Buffalo, NYFull-time$26.78–28.03/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Lactalis USA is hiring a Lab Technician Trainee for its Buffalo laboratory to perform physical and microbiological testing on raw materials, work in process, and finished goods. The role reports test results, maintains records and regulatory logs, and works with production and laboratory staff. The position is full-time on the second shift, from 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
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Lab Tech Trainee - 2nd shift
Buffalo, NY (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2375+South+Park+Avenue+Buffalo+NY+USA+14220) • Laboratory
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose.
At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.
As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.
In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®.
At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.
Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.
From your PASSION to ours:
Lactalis USA, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Lab Technician trainee - 2nd shift - based in Buffalo, NY 14220.2:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Summary: To work in Quality Assurance laboratory performing physical and microbiological testing on raw materials, work in process, and finished goods.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Tests all raw materials, in-process/byproducts, and finished products specific to Sample Analysis Reference Table.2. Performs tests and provides results in a timely manner. 3. Report out of specification results to Laboratory Supervisor, the Quality Control Office, and Production Supervision when appropriate.4. Record test results on appropriate form, in computer database, or in logbook.5. Checks samples that yield out of specification results and record appropriately. 6. Work closely with the production and laboratory staff. 7. Maintains a clean and orderly working environment. 8. Maintains State Regulatory Logs as needed. 9. Aware of and practice Plant’s Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) as well as Good Sanitation Practices (GSP). 10. Obtains all appropriate machine certification from New York State within six months of employment.11. Upholds all rules pertaining to confidentiality of information regarding Sorrento products and recipes.12. Performs other work duties as requested by the Laboratory Supervisor.13. Attends departmental meetings and in-services as required.14. Performs all duties according to safety standards and as required to ensure the general safety of all other staff.
Requirements
Qualifications:
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Attention to detail and accuracy in work required.
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Strong communication abilities, written and verbal.
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Knowledge of computer software required.
Education and/or Experience:
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High School Diploma/GED required.
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Associates degree in Dairy Science Preferred.
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Dairy Science or other related experience preferred.
At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.
Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities. Further, any division of the Company that is an Affirmative Action Employer will comply with all related legal obligations.
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Salary Description
$26.78 - $28.03
How this job compares
Set against the 2,113 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$26.78–28.03/hr
- New York median$23–28/hr117 hourly ranges
- US median$22–26/hr998 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $27.41/hr, is 8% above the New York median midpoint ($25/hr) — in the middle half of Laboratory Technician hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 192 open Laboratory Technician jobs in New York and 2,113 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- University of Rochester33 open
- NYU Langone Medical Center9 open
- SGS North America Inc.9 open
- 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 (891 postings).
- Education
- 287 of the 2,113 open Laboratory Technician jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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