Assistant Lab Technician – I

Job Description

Job Summary:

• The lab assist in R&D operations is a vital position responsible for helping maintain the functionality and cleanliness of the central service areas including research laboratories.
• This role supports the R&D department by ensuring all operational needs are met, facilitating research activities, and adhering to safety and compliance standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Laboratory Support:

• Monthly fire extinguisher checks.
• Weekly eye wash and shower station safety checks.
• Record co2 incubator readings daily and perform check with the analyzer weekly.
• Flush water systems daily and record according to SOP.
• Dispose of broken glass, cardboard recycling, and lab trash daily.
• Collect dirty lab coats and gloves to be sterilized.
• Wash dishes, wrap supplies, sterilize supplies daily.
• Dispose of biohazard sterilization daily.
• Keep hand sanitizer, hand soap and eye glass cleaner dispensers filled and maintain stock.
• Evaluate supplies in supply room, media lab, clean kitchen and dirty kitchen and place orders at
• once per week.
• Assist with receiving shipments that come in daily and record on the ordering system.
• Notify the requestor.
• Put the perishables in appropriate storage temperature if the requestor is not here.
• Receive and put away my own orders pH meters.
• Calibrate once daily.
• Change buffers and calibrate slope in two pH meters once per week.
• Prepare medias as needed.
• Submit work order requests as requested to Lab manager.
• Compliance – my Learning, SOP/RDP review.
• Serve on the RABIES team.
• Complete safety training as required.
• Perform monthly lab cleaning responsibilities for clean kitchen and dirty kitchen.
• Change water systems’ filters annually.
• Aliquot 5N Sodium Hydroxide and 5N Hydrochloric Acid aseptically.
• Take full sharps disposal bins to warehouse and retrieve empty bins from warehouse.
• Attend meetings and trainings.
• Clean pit mount autoclave quarterly.
• Perform all other duties requested.

Lab Coats:

• Stock disposable coats in coat room.
• Retrieve dirty lab coats from clean cell every week and put in laundry bin.
• Take clean blue coats to clean cell when they return from being laundered.
• Ensure lab coats are laundered.
• Make sure there’s a bag in the dirty coat bin.

Safety Glasses:

• Stock safety glasses in coat rooms.
• Order as needed.
• Inspect used glasses and disinfect.

Education, Experience and Skills:

• Degree in Sciences preferred/ High school or equivalent required.
• 1-2 years of lab experience preferred.
• GMP/GLP experience.
• Detail Oriented.
• Clean room experience.
• Aseptic experience.
• Software skills: MS office suite, MS teams, Outlook.

Workplace Policies:

• No make-up/jewelry.

Dress:

• The standard dress at the Elkhorn site is business casual.
• There are many areas of the facilities that require employees to change into company issued uniforms or lab protective wear upon arrival.
• Because of this, these areas may be more relaxed in attire.
• They also have many areas where business attire would be more appropriate.
• Regardless, all employees need to be mindful that they are a business and appropriate attire is expected.
• Clothing that is torn, revealing, has any type of derogatory print or pants not worn properly is prohibited.

Footwear:

• Shoes that are a flip-flop style are prohibited.
• Shoes must cover the entire foot.