Quality Control Technician Lead (85517)

Have you ever enjoyed Coca-Cola®, PowerAde®, Body Armor®, or Monster Energy® or perhaps sipped on a Gold Peak Tea®, SmartWater® or Minute Maid Juice®? If the answer is yes, then you know the Chesterman Company! We are an independent Coca-Cola Bottler with our corporate office located in Sioux City, Iowa. We have been making quality beverages for the Midwest since 1872 and supplying them from 14 distribution centers across Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

Position Summary: The QC Lead provides day-to-day operational and technical leadership for the QC and microbiology laboratories. This role ensures all environmental monitoring, raw material, in-process, and finished product testing are executed in strict compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), standard operating procedures (SOPs), and safety regulations. The Lead coordinates lab staff, oversees data integrity review, leads investigations, and mentors laboratory staff.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide direct leadership, work planning, and task assignment for the QC/microbiology team to meet production and release schedules.
• Coordinate shift coverage, daily testing workflows, and turnaround time (TAT) tracking.
• Train, mentor, and assess the technical competency of junior and mid-level techs.
• Oversee environmental monitoring (EM) programs for cleanrooms and critical manufacturing utilities.
• Ensure proper maintenance, calibration, and troubleshooting of laboratory instrumentation (e.g., incubators, autoclaves).
• Perform peer review and second-person verification of analytical test data, logbooks, and records for accuracy, completeness, and data integrity.