What You'll Do:

• Oversee and perform daily activities such as collecting, preparing, and analyzing routine and non-routine samples (rock, solids, fertilizer, phosphoric acid); maintain inventories.
• Identify off-grade or abnormal shipments and control analyses and report to Supervisor.
•  Accurately record results in LIMS, including priority and downtime reporting.
• Support quality and process control by conducting scheduled analyses, performing SQC, reanalyzing discrepancies, maintaining data integrity, and reporting off-grade or abnormal results.
• Operate, calibrate, troubleshoot, and perform minor maintenance on laboratory instruments, including reagent management.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards (FSMA, FSSC22000, site requirements) and promote strong food/feed safety and quality practices.
• Manage hazardous waste in compliance with requirements, including proper container use, closure, overflow prevention, secondary containment, and transfer to satellite accumulation areas.

What You'll Bring:

• High School diploma or equivalent is required
• Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Science (Chemistry, Physics), is preferred
• Previous lab experience, is preferred
• Strong cognitive and interpersonal skills are beneficial for success in this role
• Initiative is an important work style and requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges
• Learning the details in all aspects of Standard Operating Procedures, Methods, Safety, and Environmental procedures, production, and regulations are necessary to become a capable Operator I
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential
• Math skills are very important in this role, the Operator I may need to manually calculate results to be reported to one or more customers
• The National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) testing is required for all hourly applicants of Nutrien. Applicants must complete this test and meet a minimum of 4 in Graphic Literacy, 5 on Applied Mathematics and 5 on Workplace Documents to be considered eligible for employment with Nutrien
• The National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) must be uploaded with your resume during your application to be considered eligible for employment with Nutrien