Microbiology Intern
Tillamook County Creamery Association
Tillamook, ORFresher24m agovia LinkedIn
Posted 14 Nov 2026, 08:23 ET
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year · Bachelor's degree
- Must know
- Data visualizationExcel
- Nice to have
- Microsoft Office
- Work
- On-site in Tillamook · internship
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Excel13%Microsoft Office10%Data visualization2%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 14, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
This is a 10 to 12-week Summer Internship Program at Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), based out of the Tillamook Plant. The program is for graduate and undergraduate students.
Key Responsibilities
- Support efforts to increase producer sample testing through the effective use of current programs and assets.
- Deliver greater value to producers through earlier identification of mastitis infections, improved herd health management, and reduced disease prevalence.
- Ensure high-quality milk supply and foster stronger partnerships with the producer community.
- Learn all testing in the microbiology laboratory, including:
- Cheese, ice cream, whey powder pathogen testing
- Environmental swab testing
- Farm sample PCR and traditional plating
- Data entry into LIMS
- Focus on Tillamook producer farm testing, with potential projects including:
- Improve Farm PCR reagent tracking
- Create a dashboard for all farms to quickly identify mastitis trends
- Build custom primer probe setup for Mastitis
- Develop additional training materials for the Micro Lab
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Microsoft Office applications (Word, Outlook, Excel)
- LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System)
- PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
- Traditional plating techniques
- Aseptic technique
- Mathematics skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)
Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program.
- Not due to graduate the semester prior to the internship.
- Preferred fields of study: Microbiology, Food Science, Biotech.
- Ability to operate with moderate supervision.
- Hands-on experience with microbiology plating and aseptic technique.
- Experience with PCR preferred.
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
- Mathematics skills.