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About Us:
For over 30 years, Premier Research Labs (PRL) has offered uncompromising, beyond the state-of-the-art nutritional products, seminars, and services to the health professional community across the U.S. and internationally. PRL offers a full line of premium quality, professional nutritional supplements, and super foods. With our dedication to excellence, we insist our nutritional products meet the highest quality standard for safety, purity, efficacy, quality, and bioenergetic testing.

We are proud to state we are USP and NSF certified. PRL is one of only a handful of companies in the entire U.S carrying both certifications. This means we meet the strict standards to be the “Rolls Royce” of dietary supplement manufacturers. That’s why our motto is “The World’s Leader in Cellular Resonant Formulations”. Our mission is to provide premier quality, cellular resonant, nutraceutical formulas, and lifestyle strategies for our clients.

We have a great company culture with a friendly, highly motivated staff that is dedicated to creating premier quality nutritional supplements and natural food products that truly make a difference in people’s lives. We are not requiring vaccinations for our staff. Become a part of our awesome team!

Position Summary:
The Microbiologist helps support the company Quality System with a direct emphasis on the Environmental Monitoring and Hygienic Practices Program by assuring company standards are maintained and product integrity is preserved. The employee complies with company policies and procedures, and GMP, OSHA, Federal, State, and Local regulations.

Essential Functions

• Issue and perform internal investigations, deviations or event reports and ensure the closure of such reports for nonconforming results, in a timely manner by finding root cause and eliminating it.
• Swab sites throughout the facility and train other members of the laboratory operations team on proper swabbing and aseptic techniques.
• Collaborate with Production, Research and Development and other departments involved in Fermentation Projects.
• Track, trend, and analyze Environmental Monitoring and microbiology testing data and make visual through the company visual management system.
• Attends departmental and shop-floor huddles as necessary to improve quality and hygienic practices throughout the organization.
• Perform routine walks throughout the facility to grasp how the hygienic program is functioning.
• Oversees, maintains, trains on, and continuously improves the Hygienic Practices and Environmental Monitoring Program by working as a cross-functional leader throughout the organization.
• Evaluate and implement continuous improvement initiates to eliminate waste (“non-value added work”) in the processes.
• Service as Subject Matter Expert during internal and external audits, risk assessments, and investigations.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Perform internal and external audits as necessary.
• Writes, reviews, and approves SOPs as necessary.

Education & Experience

• 7+ years of experience in a Quality role within a cGMP manufacturing environment
• Attainment of a 4-year degree in Microbiology

Core Competencies

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group.
• Challenge: Willing to take on challenges to progress the business objectives and grow as an individual.
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well.
• Continuous Improvement: Never satisfied and thinking there is a better way to make something easier, faster, better, safer, or cheaper.

Work Environment
The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is in an office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment which may include lifting up to 25 pounds for extended periods of time throughout the day.
• This position involves sitting for extended periods of time, however, may be exposed to manufacturing areas where moving mechanical parts and heavy machinery are located.

Work Schedule

• Travel may be required
• Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:30pm (shifts may vary based on needs of the company)
• Occasional overtime may be required

Employee Benefits:
PRL is committed to help support employees by offering company benefits.

• Excellent managers who really care about their staff
• A great company culture with a teamwork attitude
• 401(K) retirement program with company match
• Competitive Compensation
• Employee product discounts
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Holidays
• Healthcare insurance
• Paid Time Off
• HSA (Healthcare spending or reimbursement account)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,300.00 - $93,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health savings account
• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Employee discount
• Referral program
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k) matching

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Work Location: In person