3rd Shift Production Data Entry Administrator

Job Description

**Hiring for role in May 2026**

Alene Candles LLC & Midwest is a private label, contract manufacturer that produces high-quality candles for some of the world’s most recognized retail, boutique, and cosmetic brands. With our headquarters in New Hampshire and locations in Ohio, we’ve been in business for 30 years. We are passionate about making the best products in the world, making safety our number one priority, and being an insanely great place to work.

Hours: 9pm-5am Sunday-Thursday

Summary

The Wax Administrator prepares and completes reports as required within the wax department and performs quality assurance duties as assigned, helping to assure all products meet or exceed customer requirements. This includes (but is not limited to) wax batch approvals, sampling/inspection of incoming components; sampling/inspection of in-process production; sampling/inspection of finished goods at pack-out; and/or sampling/inspection of finished goods in inventory against standards. Responsibilities also include collecting and entering inspection results and/or other information in logs (paper and/or computer), and other duties and tasks as assigned. In addition, they assist the QA management with data collection activities and projects.

Role and Responsibilities

Wax Administration support:

· Maintain Alene standards of performance and comply with housekeeping, safety policies and procedures.

· Enter all inventory transactions for chemicals, fragrance, dyes, and other wax components.

· Verify transaction quantities and subsequent inventory counts are accurate. Individuals may have to verify numbers in the warehouse when quantity in the system does not match physical quantity transacted.

· Enter all wax batch transactions. (Material issues to wax batch, labor entry to build batch, material issue to candle work order)

· Verify all lot numbers are recorded correctly and inventory is updated accordingly. Individual must be able to gather & understand batch sheets from wax tanks.

· Other duties as assigned by the Wax Supervisor.

Quality Inspection support:

· Monitor and report on the quality of candle components (wax, wick, glass, labels, packaging, etc.)

· Monitor and report on the quality of in-process candle production (wax, wick, fill weights, wick centering, labeling, cleanliness, etc.) against standard operating procedures.

· Monitor and report on the quality of finished candles at pack-out against customer requirements.

· Monitor and report on candle performance (zero-cure burns, other burns & testing)

· Interface with the QA leadership as needed.

Education required

· High school diploma or GED; or 12 months related experience

Range of Experience:

· 1-2 years of planning experience is a must.

· At least 1 year of experience identifying and reporting on quality attributes of some product and/or process.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Willing and able to communicate easily across departments to share pertinent information regarding quality and process issues.

· Able to maintain a cool, calm, and collected attitude in the face of delivering and receiving negative Quality and Process information.

· Strong attention to detail.

· Ability to handle multiple situations at one time.

· Strong accuracy and organization skills.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

· Maintain Alene standards of performance and comply with housekeeping, safety policies.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to handle or touch; reach, talk, hear and smell. The employee may be required to, kneel, crouch, sit, climb or balance. The employee may lift and/or move up to more than 50 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee may be regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, and aromas. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the physical demands and work environment.

Full-time