Laboratory Technician I

Job Description

Job Summary:

• The candidate will be a member of the product development or analytical sciences team and will be responsible for assisting with the execution of experiments within the Analytical research or product development laboratory.
• The candidate for this position will need to become trained on applicable production operations on the unit operations in the lab as well as general laboratory procedures.
• Following training, the candidate will be expected to independently execute assigned experiments with minimal direction from laboratory supervision.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform technical process operations for developmental lots.
• Execute process unit operations including: glassware clearning, arrangement of supplies, stock supplies, conduct experiments, prepare samples for testing, operate equipment and package and ship samples.
• Actual tasks will be beyond what are mentioned but the person will be trained on the taks.
• In order to support technical operations, candidate will also be required to support various lab functions such as: Sampling, sample login, label, transfer, and logging of results.
• General lab duties such as general housekeeping and cleaning and inventory management.
• Identify production or analytical issues and relays them to the laboratory management.
• Ensure all required paperwork is complete, accurate and done in a timely manner to ensure a quality product.
• Participation in cross-functional teams, where necessary, to assure correct performance of process operations and working with management to resolve process operations issues.
• Follow all procedures put into effect to ensure your safety as well as the safety of others.
• Participate in safety meetings, report all safety issues, concerns, incidents and near misses to the team leadership.
• Follow good documentation practices to record all activities performed and data generated in production of developmental experiments.
• The primary shift will be standard business hours, however, experiment schedule will also require overtime and off shift work.

Education and Experience:

• Associate degree (12 plus 2) in a scientific discipline with at least one year experience or BS/BA in Life Science with no experience.
• Prior experience working in pharmaceutical or chemical laboratories a plus.

Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrated interpersonal skill, including flexibility and ability to work in a team environment.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated organization skills, ability to multitask, and work in a dynamic environment.
• MS Office 2010 or higher.