Lab Assistant

Job Description

Job Summary:

• The Lab Assistant will manage routine lab tasks primarily in the GMP and non-GMP labs in the Client Bioassay Center of Excellence and Impurities Center of Excellence in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
• The role requires familiarity in laboratory settings, strong organizational skills, and experience following standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Responsibilities:

• Perform equipment routine preventative maintenance/performance verification (PM/PV) according to SOP, where applicable.
• Schedule vendors for routine and non-routine equipment maintenance, if applicable.
• Implement and maintain lab organization according to 5S.
• Coordinate with lab services for routine consumables.
• Order necessary non-routine lab consumables, as necessary.
• Receive and unpack/store lab consumables.
• Store and aliquot materials, as necessary.

Qualifications:

• Required BS/BA in biology or related discipline.
• Ideally 3-5 years of experience working in a general molecular/cell biology laboratory setting.
• Experience in a QC environment is advantageous.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Awareness/working knowledge of cGMP environments is advantageous.
• Working knowledge of micropipettes and other standard molecular biology equipment is advantageous.