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Laboratory Custodian:

Fall Creek is creating a world with better blueberries through its friendly, collaborative team spread across the globe. To help us accomplish this, we are seeking a qualified Laboratory Custodian. This position will be located in Lowell, OR.

The Laboratory Custodian plays a critical role in maintaining all areas of the Tissue Culture Laboratory clean and free of potential contaminants.  The laboratory custodian is responsible for daily general cleaning, wet mopping, vacuuming, window cleaning (interior windows), restroom cleaning, and trash/recycle removal. 

What you will do at Fall Creek:

• Utilizes protective gear in all appropriate functions as required.
• Performs cleaning activities within well established guidelines and assigned areas and shift(s) to ensure that quality standards, safety guidelines, and expectations are met.
• Responsible for ensuring cleaning activities do not interfere with laboratory functions. 
• Demonstrates awareness and avoids activities that risk contamination of ongoing lab activities.

What you bring to Fall Creek:

• Ability to collaborate with team members, develop strong relationships, and maintain a positive attitude.
• Typically requires a high school diploma or GED.
• Must be able to read and follow detailed instructions in English.

Who is Fall Creek?

We’re a US-based company with a keen focus on blueberry genetics, plants, and grower support delivered to the world’s premier blueberry growers. From our humble beginnings in Lowell, Oregon more than 40 years ago, we now also have wholly-owned nurseries in Mexico, Peru, and Spain. Additionally, we have built a global team of the finest breeders, researchers, propagators and nursery professionals, grower support technicians, sales and customer service experts and more. We’re a deeply-planted link in a global chain, ready to serve our customers and our industry throughout North, Central, and South America, Greater Europe, and Africa. Our mission is to serve the growers and to support the blueberry industry, helping to ensure growers maximize success through our delivery of the best genetics and plants, technical know-how and global market intelligence. To fulfill our mission, we focus on cultivating exceptional plants, building strong relationships and providing responsive customer service. This is all part of how we’re helping to build A World with Better Blueberries™.  

Fall Creek Farm & Nursery® offers a competitive salary and benefit package which includes health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, company-paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and 401K plan. This position requires an executed confidentiality and non-solicitation agreement upon hire. Employment offers are contingent on meeting our drug testing, background, and reference check standards. EOE