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MICROBIOLOGIST
Food Safety and Inspection Service · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
Serves as a microbiologist in the Microbiology Branch of the Laboratory Regulatory Operations (LRO), Office of Public Health Science. Performs microbiological analyses on regulatory samples, as well as various tasks associated with the adaptation and validation of methods and test systems used in field laboratories in the analysis of meat, poultry, and egg products. The samples are submitted by various Food Safety and Inspection Service field personnel located throughout the United States.
What You'll Do
- →Performs microbial analyses on a variety of samples of meat, poultry and egg products.
- →Performs microbial examinations of meat or poultry products and their ingredients to determine presence, numbers, and species of bacteria, Salmonella, Listeria, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Campylobacter.
- →Prepares and maintains reagents.
- →Performs lot acceptance on commercially acquired test kits and reagents.
- →Operates and maintains a variety of analytical instruments.
- →Maintains quality control on instrumentation necessary to perform assigned analyses.
- →Maintains quality assurance records to serve as documentation for ISO 17025 accreditation, the Microbiological Laboratory Guidebook, and the Quality Assurance Plan of the laboratory.
- →Interprets and evaluates the results of the analyses according to FSIS and OPHS laboratory policy.
- →Develops and writes laboratory and section work instructions, spreadsheets, and forms for adoption into the laboratory quality system.
- →Accurately reflects work performed daily by recording on prescribed documents and within the electronic Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).
- →Maintains quality assurance records in such a manner that they serve as documentation for ISO criteria for the USDA Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook and the Quality Assurance Plan of the Laboratory Guidebook.
- →Presents findings in a transparent and accurate manner.
Requirements
- ✓If education is required or you are using education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts.
- ✓Do not simply submit your highest degree earned as many of the required courses MAY be on an undergraduate transcript.
- ✓An unofficial copy is sufficient with the application if it includes your name and the necessary course information; however, if you are selected, you will be required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty.
- ✓Education must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university.
- ✓If any education was completed at a foreign institute, you must submit with your application evidence that the institute was appropriately accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education as equivalent to U.S. education standards.
- ✓There are private organizations that specialize in this evaluation and a fee is normally associated with this service.
- ✓For a list of private organizations that evaluate education, visit the NACES website.
- ✓All transcripts must be in English or include an English translation.
Personality Fit
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