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Media Technician

Des Moines, IA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-18 → 2026-09-25

Core

Prepare culture media, set up quality controls, and operate laboratory instrumentation for food testing and analysis.

Role type

Laboratory Media Technician

Builds

Culture media and quality control setups for food safety testing

Domain

Food safety testing and laboratory operations

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Media preparation, plating, plate reading, sample preparation, instrumentation use (Autoclave, Masterclave), sanitation, inventory management, non-conformance identification

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Autoclave, Masterclave

Responsibilities

Prepare culture media, set up quality controls, operate laboratory instrumentation, maintain sanitation and inventory, identify process difficulties and non-conformances, report issues with proposed solutions

Seniority

Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on IC

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