Laboratory Technician - Sazerac Company

Sazerac Company Overview

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka. 

We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

Company/Location Overview

Welcome to Barton Brands of Kentucky. Our proud heritage dates back to 1879 with the founding of the Tom Moore Distillery in Bardstown Kentucky. Renamed Barton 1792 Distillery, we continue to produce the highest quality spirits over 130 years later.

Job Description/Responsibilities

The Laboratory Technician is responsible providing analytical data in support of the Processing Department ensuring that all TTB and Quality Control parameters are met and within specified limits. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• The ability to show competency in the fundamental chemistry techniques of; proofing by densitometry, distillation, pH measurement, gravimetric analysis and hydrometric analysis. The position also requires a keen organoleptic sense for the alcoholic beverages produced at Barton 1792 Distillery.
• Excellent communication skills are necessary to ensure analytical results are relayed to the proper Processing personnel.
• Data management in written and electronic form is required to ensure proper TTB reporting procedures are adhered to. Finished imported products are evaluated to ensure adherence to TTB regulations and also package Quality specifications are maintained.
• Evaluate processing tank data for product specific analysis such as, proof by Density Meter (DMA). Quantitative distillation of high solids products with subsequent analysis by DMA.
• Measure proof obscuration by dissolved solids using gravimetric procedures. Determination of the specific gravity of products using specific gravity hydrometers or brix hydrometers.
• Report results to either processing operators or processing management personnel. Spectrophotometric and pH measurement. Ability obtain repeatable and accurate results using quantitative distillation procedures and wet chemistry methods.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to work various shifts.
• Minimum of an Associates degree in a technical discipline is required. 
• A functional working knowledge of mathematics and scientific technique is required.
• Operational skill with the Microsoft Office Suite software programs Word and Excel.
• Interpersonal communication skills required to ensure results are relayed to the appropriate customer i.e. Processing, Distillery, Warehousing, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors or higher degree.

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