Manufacturing Quality Technician

Job Title: Quality Technician

Pay $20 an hour raise after 4 months

Shift: 6pm - 630am 2-2-3 schedule

Location: Lakeland, FL

Job Description

The Quality Technician plays a key role in ensuring that all products manufactured in the facility consistently meet strict safety, regulatory, and customer standards. You will perform routine and specialized testing, closely monitor production activities, and maintain precise documentation to support a safe, compliant, and efficient manufacturing process in a fast-paced beverage production environment.

Responsibilities.

• Conduct chemical, physical, and visual inspections to determine material acceptability and compliance with specifications.
• Complete audits of packaged products to evaluate final quality, packaging appearance, and container integrity.
• Carry out laboratory sampling at scheduled intervals to validate production performance and ensure all materials remain in compliance.
• Report all out‑of‑specification findings to appropriate leadership personnel immediately and support timely corrective actions.
• Maintain clear, accurate, and legible records for all tests, follow‑up tests, inspections, and audits performed.
• Complete quality‑related documentation such as work orders, action logs, and other required forms in accordance with established deadlines.
• Support calibration and proper operation of laboratory equipment to ensure reliable and repeatable test results.
• Keep the laboratory clean, organized, and audit‑ready at all times.
• Participate in special assignments or projects as directed by quality leadership.
• Provide testing support to qualify ingredient batches before release for use in production.

Essential Skills

• Demonstrated ability to follow safety rules, GMP practices, and PPE requirements in a manufacturing environment.
• Quality assurance experience in testing raw materials, in‑process batches, finished goods, packaging components, and treated water.
• Skill in performing chemical, physical, and visual inspections to determine material acceptability.
• Ability to conduct audits of packaged products, including evaluation of packaging appearance and container integrity.
• Experience verifying process controls through torque checks, secure seal testing, seam evaluations, and similar assessments.
• Strong technical accuracy and attention to detail in documenting tests, inspections, and audit results thoroughly and correctly.
• Ability to maintain clear, accurate, and legible quality records, work orders, action logs, and other documentation within required timeframes.
• Competence in supporting calibration and proper use of laboratory equipment to ensure reliable and repeatable results.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 1–3 years of quality‑related experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Ethical standards and integrity in all quality‑related activities and decisions.
• Adaptability to frequent changes in production or testing requirements.
• Strong communication skills to clearly convey findings to both operators and management.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience working with quality documentation systems such as SAP or similar platforms to verify material and product specifications.
• Familiarity with food safety and quality standards governed by SQF, FDA, and local regulatory authorities.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑moving production environment with multiple mechanical processes.
• Comfort working variable schedules that may include nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.
• Capability to keep laboratory and work areas clean, organized, and ready for internal or external audits.
• Willingness to participate in special projects and support continuous improvement initiatives in quality and production processes.

Why Work Here?

You will join a leading global independent beverage solutions provider that offers comprehensive benefits and meaningful rewards. The organization supports your health and financial well‑being through Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, Life and AD&D insurance, Pet insurance, legal benefits, and a 401(k) savings plan with company match. You can enjoy 12 paid holidays, vacation, and paid time off, along with well‑being programs, discount offerings, and total reward programs that recognize your contributions and help you maintain a strong work‑life balance.

Work Environment

This role is based in a fast‑moving beverage production facility in Lakeland, FL, operating on a 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. shift with a 2‑2‑3 schedule, which may include weekdays, nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime depending on operational needs. The environment includes multiple mechanical processes and elevated noise levels, requiring the use of hearing protection and other PPE such as protective eyewear, hair and beard coverings, approved footwear, gloves, and safety restraints when using powered equipment. Temperature conditions may vary between hot and cold depending on the work area, while the laboratory operates in a controlled climate. Work is performed in a structured and closely monitored setting that emphasizes safety, compliance, and consistent quality standards.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Lakeland, FL.

The pay range for this position is $19.00 - $19.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Lakeland,FL.

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 24, 2026.

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.