Micro Lab Technician

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Elizabeth, New Jersey has a proud history dating back to the founding our our Country. Elizabeth is a great American City.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position has the responsibility to comply with safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce safety as a core value. Ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to food safety & quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Team player who aligns and upholds our values:
  Teamwork, Accountability, Innovation and Continuous Improvement and passion for customer and consumers
• Attend and actively participates in safety meetings and trainings
• Always ensure regulatory compliance
• Attendance is essential to perform job
• Receive and prepare raw, in-process, and finished product samples for microbiological analysis.
• Maintain accurate and legible documentation
• Practice Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs)
• Review all test results against established specifications and standards. Perform product holds and release as applicable.
• Perform laboratory analysis per MFI standardized test methods and lab requirements to ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
• Perform equipment check and safety monitoring as required
• Assist in maintaining the lab’s quality control system
• Perform bacterial identifications and maintain lab database
• Sterilize microbiological wastes and biohazards
• Sample pickup (if needed)
• Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety
• Adhere to all safety policies and procedures
• Perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION, SKILL AND EXPERIENCE

REQUIRED:

• Associate degree (AA) or equivalent combination of education, training and or experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training and or experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups, customers/vendors or employees of the organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS:

• Driver’s license

OTHER

SKILLS and ABILITIES:

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Workers are required to wear proper PPE such as hair nets, ear plugs, and certain areas require earmuffs
• Occasional bending, standing, stooping, pushing, pulling, and repetitive hand movement
• Frequent periods of sitting
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to ascend and descend stairs
• Exposure to changes in temperature and humidity
• Manufacturing plant is a large, open floor. Some areas have loud machineries, and some areas are wet.

The pay range for this position is $49,459 - $67,265 per year.