# Senior Microbiologist

Reporting to the Manager, Microbiology, you will support Conagra’s food safety and microbiology programs across our manufacturing network. You will work closely with plant Quality teams and travel to manufacturing facilities to troubleshoot microbiological and food safety issues, assess risk, identify potential root causes, and provide practical technical recommendations. You will serve as a hands-on technical resource while collaborating with internal partners across Quality, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Research & Development, Plant Manufacturing teams, and other functions to support food safety programs and standards. This is not a lab role - you will be traveling to manufacturing sites across the Conagra network and working from either of our corporate offices when not traveling. A Taste of Your Responsibilities Travel to Conagra manufacturing facilities to investigate and troubleshoot microbiological and food safety concerns, partnering primarily with plant Quality teams to identify root causes and provide technical recommendations. Provide technical expertise related to pathogen control, environmental monitoring, sanitation, microbiological sampling and testing, and food

- **Id**: 4241699
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/conagrabrands-senior-microbiologist>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chicago, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T12:24:33Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6749
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible schedule, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 1836335
- **Name**: Conagrabrands
- **Domain**: conagrabrands.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/conagrabrands-com>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Phenom

## Salary

- **Min**: 82000
- **Max**: 120000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 120000

## Technologies

- **GMP** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T12:12:43Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T13:32:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 120000
- **Is top pay**: no

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