What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Application position at Micro Paradox?
Micro Paradox is a tissue culture and micropropagation laboratory that provides clean nursery stock and young plants to commercial nurseries in the United States and abroad. Plants produced by Micro Paradox are disease-free, uniform, and true-to-type. We also provide related tissue culture services such as germplasm maintenance, virus eradication, embryo rescue, and other custom projects.
About Our Roles
Micro Paradox has a variety of roles, ranging from watering technicians, growers, and general laborers to laboratory and research technicians. Examples of our positions and their responsibilities include:
- Department leads: ensure their teams complete assigned tasks and assist them in their day-to-day work
- Research technicians: assist with trials in aseptic or semi-aseptic lab areas (clean rooms)
- Laboratory technicians: precisely cut and stick plants and work in aseptic or semi-aseptic lab areas (clean rooms)
- Planting technicians: stick plants in soil trays in a warehouse-style work area
- IPM technicians: apply pesticides and herbicides and assist with IPM activities
- Watering technicians: keep plants adequately watered and apply fertilizer and plant health treatments
- Greenhouse technicians: sort, move, and pack plants in the greenhouse and outdoor work areas
Don’t see your desired role listed? We encourage candidates interested in similar positions (as well as administrative, sales, and management roles) to apply. We accept applications year-round, even if positions are not available. When positions do become available, we review applications submitted within the past 3 months. To view our open positions, visit our career page.
Micro Paradox offers health, dental, and vision benefits to full-time employees, and an employer-matching 401(k) after completion of one year of employment (subject to eligibility requirements).
Successful Micro Paradox employees are detail-oriented, friendly, punctual, and eager to learn new skills. If you were referred by a Micro Paradox employee, let us know when you apply!
Key Requirements
Requirements may vary by role. However, most Micro Paradox positions require:
- Ability to follow initial training and to perform routine work with minimal supervision
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Reliable transportation
- Basic written/verbal English; verbal fluency in Spanish, English, or Punjabi
- Ability to work with hands, stand, walk, sit, stoop, and bend for extended hours
- Ability to work in hot and humid conditions when required
- Ability to lift 30 lbs
Equal Opportunity Employer
Micro Paradox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
