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.

Location Description

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Gaylord, Minnesota is Minnesota's Healthy Heartland! Gaylord is located in south central Minnesota about an hour west of the Twin Cities and 35 minutes from Mankato, Hutchinson, and New Ulm. As the County Seat, Gaylord is the "Hub of Sibley County." Our location produces liquid egg, hardcook egg, and precooked egg such as scrambled, patties and omelets.
Responsibilities

Hours: 6:00am-2:30pm Monday-Friday (Rotational Weekends)

POSITION SUMMARY:
This position in responsible for media preparation, which includes all quality controls performed
and documented in the lab such as media PH, sterilizer records, water bath and incubation
temperatures on the defined frequency, Lab supplies (ordering and inventory), and general lab
procedures such as transfers and slating of raw materials.
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:
• Media preparation (preparing pre-poured plates).
• Supplies inventory, receiving and ordering (SAP knowledge).
• Quality control functions in the lab including: performing temperature checks on
incubators and water baths daily, sterility testing and documentation of the sterilizer,
media PH, PH meter calibration, thermometer calibration.
• Media transfers for the rapid essays.
• Plating procedures on raw materials.
• Performing rapid tests (gene-trak).
• Plating procedures on swabs and sponges (includes plating and streaking).
• Data entry on computer.
• Temp abuse procedures.
• Responsible for analyzing Microbiological results for out of specification conditions and
holding or releasing product for shipment in our inventory management system based upon
those results.
• Accountable for a safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies
and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.
• 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.
• Responsible for Food Safety and Food Quality of MFI products.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
• None Required.
PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
• One year certificate from college or technical school or equivalent combination of
education, training and/or experience.
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• 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.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in
written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete
variables in standardized situations.
• Skill in working with computers and experience with spreadsheet and word-processing
software.

The pay range for this position is $19.82 to $28.73 per hour.