Quality Assurance Technician

We Create Products and Brands That People Trust to Clean, Sanitize, and Protect Their Homes, Pools, and Cars.

When you join KIK Consumer Products, you’re joining a team who cares about the work we do and also about each other. We bring exceptional brands and products to consumers that help them protect the health and wellness of their families, the cleanliness of their homes and pools, and the life of their automobiles. We are committed to building a culture of performance driven by accountability, empowerment, collaboration, and agility that enables timely fact-based decision-making and exceptional execution with unwavering ethics. As one of North America’s largest independent manufacturers of consumer products, KIK helps a large portfolio of brands and retailers bring their products to life.

Your Role at KIK

At KIK the Quality Assurance Technician (3rd Shift) will work from 9pm-5:30am. They will ensure production excellence through line parameter reviews, meticulous sample testing, great collaboration and communication skills in an industrial environment. The candidate will coordinate testing, maintain lab cleanliness, document procedures, and handle instrument calibration. Join us for a rewarding career where accountability, flexibility and working with a detail-oriented sense of urgency matters. This position has an hourly rate ranging from $22.00 in addition to an annual incentive bonus.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Plan, schedule and carry out to completion, analytical methods in accordance with Corporate Project Development Process with supervision. Communicates results, conclusions and recommendations in person and in formal written reports.
• Must be able to safely follow detailed analytical or chemical procedures, making observations, recording test data into spreadsheets and laboratory notebooks, and summarizing data into presentable form.
• Prepare departmental documentation including standard operating procedures, product technical specifications and project technical reports. The design of new and novel test procedures to assess the quality and performance of newly developed products
• Possess good oral communication skills and a flexible approach to work. Conducts self in a professional manner and exerts a positive impact upon the morale and attitude of other team members.
• Ensure that all assigned development activity conforms to legislative, health & safety and environmental requirements by liaising with the Regulatory Manager.
• Drive improved standards of safety and housekeeping and lead initiatives to improve laboratory practices
• Ensure that all activities within the laboratory are risk assessed and documented
• Possess good oral communication skills and a flexible approach to work. Conducts self in a professional manner and exerts a positive impact upon the morale and attitude of other team members.
• Other duties as assigned

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum of high school diploma with excellent mathematics and problem-solving skills
• 1-3+ years hand on experience with quality systems and checks and/or experience in Quality Assurance
• Ability to read technical information and conduct chemical testing
• Wet bench and titration experience
• Advanced computer skills (Word/Excel)
• Ability to work in an Industrial Environment with strong fumes
• Ability to standing for long periods, lifting, sitting, weighing samples, and filling
• Must have excellent documentation practices
• Ability to work safely, carefully and follow strict guidelines
• Must pass pre-employment Drug Screen and Background check
• Be a team player with accomplished communication skills to partner with various level

What You Will Get

KIK offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. You can plan for your future with KIK's retirement savings options including employer match. KIK also recognizes the importance of continuing education and offers Education Assistance to our employees to encourage continued personal development and growth.

About KIK

We create the products and brands that people trust to clean, sanitize, and protect their homes, pools, and cars. We are one of North America’s largest independent consumer product manufacturers with 20 North American manufacturing facilities. We also operate globally in Europe, Asia, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. We are known by our portfolio of over 40 brands including Spic and Span® and Comet® cleaning products, Clorox® Pool&Spa™ (under license), BioGuard®, and Natural Chemistry® pool chemicals, and Prestone® and Holts® automotive performance chemicals. We are also the #1 producer in North America for store-brand (“private label”) bleach and a leading private label provider of laundry detergent and additives, dishwashing products, general purpose cleaning and other home care products.

Our global team of over 2,500 employees drive our capabilities in product development, product formulation, strategic sourcing, manufacturing, packaging design, brand marketing, project management, quality assurance, compliance, distribution, and logistics.

Our organization is constantly evolving and is driven by a set of “One KIK” values – a dedication to following through on commitments in a customer-focused, profit-motivated way; while never compromising on safety, ethics, or integrity.

KIK is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. KIK does not discriminate against qualified applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, status in uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, genetic information or any other status protected by law.

KIK is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of the job, please contact Human Resources immediately.

Salary info:

$22 / hr