Micro Technician

Mid America Pet Food•Mount Pleasant, TX

About The Position

The Micro Technician owns the day-to-day production auto-sampling process and the readiness of the clean room and associated sampling equipment. The role ensures production samples are collected at the required times, correctly identified, documented, composited, and submitted, with complete sample traceability. It also maintains auto-sampler readiness and sanitation, performs N60 sampling when required, and promptly responds to or escalates sampling and equipment issues. Specialized technical repairs are coordinated with the Maintenance team. The technician monitors production auto-samplers, responds to missed samples, plugs, malfunctions, and other upset conditions, and cleans, sanitizes, inspects, reassembles, and replaces equipment and components as needed. The role collects and handles production samples, verifies sample identifiers, maintains documentation and sampling records, prepares daily composite samples, and completes IEH submissions. It also maintains the clean room in a sanitary, organized, and audit-ready condition and follows site food-safety, GMP, hygiene, PPE, sanitation, allergen-control, and contamination-prevention requirements. The position requires work in a food-manufacturing and clean-room environment. Physical duties include standing, walking, bending, reaching, lifting, carrying, handling auto-sampler components, and repetitive cleaning, sanitation, sampling, and documentation tasks. N60 sampling may involve repeatedly handling product bags of varying weights and collecting samples from 60 individual bags.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Ability to follow detailed SOPs, sanitation procedures, equipment procedures, and sampling requirements consistently and accurately.
Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability to maintain accurate documentation and sample traceability.
Basic computer and spreadsheet skills sufficient to complete required records and submissions.
Ability to recognize abnormal equipment or sampling conditions and escalate them promptly.
Ability to work independently while coordinating effectively with Production, Quality, Maintenance, and Sanitation teams.
Ability to work in a food-manufacturing and clean-room environment while following required PPE, hygiene, sanitation, and food-safety practices.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, lift, carry, and safely handle auto-sampler components, and perform repetitive cleaning, sanitizing, sampling, and documentation tasks throughout the workday.
Ability to safely lift, carry, handle, and manipulate finished-product bags as required for N60 sampling and other production-sampling activities.
Ability to collect samples from 60 individual bags, move samples to the designated sampling area, and complete compositing and documentation.
Ability to work around production equipment, noise, temperature changes, and other normal manufacturing conditions.

Nice To Haves

Additional education or experience in food manufacturing, quality, sanitation, production sampling, or a related area.
Experience in a food-manufacturing, quality, sanitation, production, or regulated environment.

Responsibilities

Own the day-to-day readiness, condition, sanitation, and basic troubleshooting of production auto-sampler systems and associated components.
Monitor auto-samplers during production and promptly respond to missed samples, plugs, malfunctions, and other upset conditions.
Disassemble, clean, sanitize, inspect, reassemble, and replace auto-sampler equipment and components as required.
Maintain an adequate supply of clean, sanitized, assembled, serviceable auto-sampler equipment and components.
Perform routine equipment checks and assist with preventive maintenance and troubleshooting activities.
Coordinate with Maintenance, Quality, and Operations when repairs, technical support, or additional troubleshooting are required.
Document equipment swaps, cleaning and sanitation, maintenance-related activities, interruptions, troubleshooting, and abnormal conditions.
Collect required production samples at established intervals and applicable changeovers, end-of-runs, and other required sampling events.
Perform N60 sampling when required, including sanitary collection from 60 individual product bags, compositing, identification, documentation, handling, and submission.
Identify, label, secure, and transport samples for compositing, testing, or submission according to site procedures.
Verify sample information, including product, line, date, time, and other required identifiers, for completeness and accuracy.
Immediately communicate missed, delayed, compromised, or untraceable samples through the required escalation process.
Maintain the clean room in a clean, organized, sanitary, and audit-ready condition.
Use the clean-room scale and computer to support sample handling, documentation, compositing, and recordkeeping.
Complete sampling spreadsheets, logs, and daily documentation accurately and on time.
Composite samples and prepare daily composite samples for IEH shipment or testing according to established procedures.
Complete the IEH submission process according to the established schedule and procedure, reviewing records and submissions for completeness, accuracy, traceability, and consistency.
Follow site food-safety, GMP, personal hygiene, gowning, PPE, sanitation, allergen-control, and contamination-prevention requirements.
Maintain sanitary conditions and protect sample integrity while moving between production, sampling, clean-room, and sanitation areas.
Communicate promptly with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Sanitation, and IEH or laboratory contacts when requirements cannot be met.
Support assigned continuous-improvement, corrective-action, and investigation activities related to sampling, traceability, sanitation, equipment reliability, and maintenance.
Escalate recurring equipment failures, sampling interruptions, or conditions that could affect sample integrity, food safety, or compliance.