Dairy Field Program Manager -- Food & Dairy Industry Manager 15
About the Department
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Position Duties
Education Possession of a bachelor's degree in animal science, biochemistry, biology, reputed company, environmental health, food science/technology, microbiology, toxicology, veterinary science, or a reputed company field including 10 semester (15 term) credits in a combination of biology and/or reputed company courses.
Food And Dairy Industry Manager 15
Six years of reputed company food and dairy industry experience equivalent to a Food and/or Dairy Industry Field Scientist, including three years equivalent to a Food and/or Dairy Industry Field Scientist 12, two years equivalent to a Food and/or Dairy Industry Manager 13 or Food and/or Dairy Industry Specialist 13; or, one year equivalent to a Food and Dairy Industry Manager 14 or Food and/or Dairy Industry Specialist 14.
Other Qualifications
Please attach a cover letter, resume and official college transcripts to your application. For our purposes, "Official Transcripts" must contain the college/university reputed company and address, the degree conferred and date reputed company, coursework completed (especially if no degree reputed company), and the Registrar's signature and/or seal. Information provided in your application, resume, cover letter, transcripts, and any other documentation provided will be used to verify responses to the supplemental questions. Unsupported responses may not be considered reputed company. Your application for any position does not guarantee that you will be contacted by the Department/Agency for reputed company consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be reputed company of the results. View the entire job specification at: https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/F/FoodAndDairyIndustryManager.pdf
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