Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

April 18, 2025

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:

At The Coca-Cola Company, we are passionate about creating the world's best beverages. Our Ingredient Quality department plays a critical role in ensuring the highest quality standards are met, from sourcing to production. As a Senior Lab Analyst, you will be a key member of our Ingredient Quality team, responsible for safeguarding the integrity of our ingredients through rigorous scientific analysis. You will demonstrate leadership and leverage your expertise in analytical chemistry and quality control to drive continuous improvement in our laboratory processes, ensuring accurate and timely results that support critical business decisions. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the success of our global beverage brands by ensuring the quality and safety of the ingredients that go into every product we make.

This job requires you to work on-site during business hours, 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday. Occasionally, you may need to work earlier or later hours and weekends to meet business needs. 

What you’ll do for us

After the successful candidate receives the necessary training, they will be expected to perform tasks including:

• Maintaining a Safe Working Environment: Be part of a team that prioritizes safety. Follow all laboratory safety guidelines, including proper handling and disposal of chemicals, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), and keeping the workspace clean and organized.

• Conducting Routine Quality Testing: Leverage sophisticated instrumentation (e.g., GC-MS/FID, FTIR, TGA) to perform a wide range of chemical, physical, and sensory analyses, including taste and odor, on a variety of ingredients. You will make decisions regarding the acceptability of ingredients for quality and, potentially, food safety purposes.
• Ensure data integrity and compliance: Adhere to strict quality standards (ISO 17025, GLP), maintain accurate records, and ensure compliance with all relevant company practices regarding confidentiality.
• Supporting innovation: Be part of a team executing and leading projects to implement new analytical methods, improve laboratory efficiency, and enhance data accuracy.
• Effective Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams and external clients (e.g., R&D, Production, Procurement) to address and resolve quality issues while supporting the company’s goals.

• Learn and Train: Develop expertise by actively participating in various laboratory workflows, learning from supervisors and colleagues, sharing knowledge with others, and training contract workers within a workplace that emphasizes continuous learning and growth.
• Maintain laboratory equipment: Perform routine maintenance, calibration, and determine next steps in the troubleshooting of analytical instrument performance.

• Demonstrating Teamwork: Contribute to fostering collaboration, support the team, and adopt a growth mindset to help achieve shared business goals.

What we can do for you

• Technical Excellence: Gain valuable experience within a globally recognized organization learning to operate state-of-the-art laboratory technologies.  Gain experience working in an ISO 17025 accredited lab and knowledge of quality systems. Learn from industry leaders in cutting-edge flavor quality control testing methodologies.
• Industry Expertise: Develop a deep understanding of ingredient quality.  This includes flavors and their application within the food and beverage industry.
• Career Development: Collaborate with key stakeholders, including manufacturing teams, flavor R&D, and other global functions that may become part of your career path in a global beverage company. 
• Benefits: A competitive benefits package that starts on day one of employment.

Qualification / Technical Competencies / Skills

Analytical Expertise:

• Chromatography: Basic understanding of Gas Chromatography (GC), GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and Liquid Chromatography (LC).
• Spectroscopy: Some knowledge or experience with Infrared (IR) and Ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy.
• Analytical Techniques: Prior experience is preferred with other analytical, chemical, and physical property measurements such as Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA, Specific Gravity (SG), Viscosity, Turbidi