# Laboratory Analyst I - Kansas City, MO

**Company**: Bayer Crop Science
**Location**: Kansas City, Missouri
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $47,200.00 - $70,800.00
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

At Bayer Crop Science, we're looking for a Laboratory Analyst I to join our team in Kansas City, MO. The successful candidate will conduct chemical and physical analyses in a production site laboratory, performing product release and in-process control tests, stability tests, and maintaining and calibrating analytical equipment.

Responsibilities:

- Perform routine analytical testing as directed by protocols and work instructions

- Work a variety of shifts, including weekends and holidays

- Request additional work to increase team productivity

- Prepare solutions, clean glassware, dispose of solid/liquid waste, and perform other duties to support laboratory operations

- Train others on waste management

- Alert lab leadership of issues or discrepancies involving sample integrity, supply inventory, safety concerns, or analysis irregularities

- Communicate troubleshooting opportunities in testing processes

- Conduct basic preventative maintenance according to work instructions

- Understand and operate the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Chromatography Data System (CDS) system, and other instrument-specific computer systems

- Search various databases for test methods, specifications, and standards

- Promptly and accurately record, calculate, and report analytical results

- Review analytical data and various LIMS reports

- Communicate and discuss any issues with team members and the supervisor

- Complete data entry for metrics and KPIs

- Assist in improving established procedures and implementing continuous improvement projects

- Communicate testing results to customers as required

- Observe good safety and housekeeping practices

- Participate in lab/site safety programs and cross-site initiatives

- Maintain knowledge of RCRA hazardous waste regulations

Requirements:

- High school diploma + a minimum of 1 year of lab experience

- Good oral and written communication skills

- Close attention to detail and ability to analyze outcomes against a standard

- Ability to diagnose typical instrument problems with little or no assistance

- Ability to multitask and prioritize workload to optimize efficiency and productivity

- Ability to work varying shifts, including weekends and holidays

Preferred Qualifications:

- 3+ years of laboratory experience

- Understanding of basic HPLC and GC operation

## Skills

### Required
- analytical testing
- laboratory equipment
- waste management
- troubleshooting
- data entry
- communication

### Nice to have
- HPLC operation
- GC operation
- laboratory experience

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