Operator in Training, Laboratory

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.   

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders.  Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.  

**Sign-on-Bonus $1,000.00**

This position reports directly to the Supervisor, Lab/Tech Services.

What you will do: 

• Prepare, make, and report physical and chemical determinations on production daily and monthly composite samples
• Detect unusual results and technical failures and take corrective actions
• Be familiar with operations, maintenance and minor trouble shooting of all instruments and equipment used to perform all analyses
• Prepare, standardize, and maintain all reagents and solutions necessary to guarantee analytical accuracy in the laboratory and plant
• Be familiar with calculations necessary to take proper weights and dilutions to make necessary adjustments.
• Establish and maintain spare parts, chemicals, and supply inventories necessary to run the lab
• Recognize and perform maintenance and repairs as necessary to maintain instruments, equipment, hardware, utilities, etc. or initiate necessary job ticket
• Provide routine preventative maintenance programs, as required
• Properly train plant operators to run required production control analyses
• Administer a regular check of plant operators’ analytical technique in running production control analyses to maintain maximum analytical accuracy
• Train shift operators to run samples of product and screens; maintain update training with operators
• Maintain an updated training manual and reference area on laboratory procedures, reagent preparation, and instrument operation
• Maintain adequate inventories of water treatment chemicals and salt for water softener and boiler; maintain reagents necessary for testing water
• Detect and initiate job tickets to correct water treatment malfunctions
• Maintain file for entry on computer at office
• Maintain permanent records of all lab analyses
• Provide assistance to plant operators when requested to keep lab operational so that production control analyses can be performed
• Follow all OSHA, plant and corporate safety rules and regulation
• Conduct routine checks to ensure safety supplies and devices are in stock and operational
• Follow all facility safety SOP’s
• Be responsible for safe handling, storage, and disposal of all chemicals used in the lab
• Have knowledge of OSHA regulations, along with the Animal Food and Quality and Safety Policy, Animal Food Safety Awareness and HACCP regulations
• Regularly participate in site safety processes and site requisitioning, work order and MOC systems

What you will bring: 

• Associate's Degree in related field, is preferred
• A clean-shaven appearance for safety reasons
• Ability to wear r