Laboratory Technician

Our client is seeking an experienced Laboratory Technician to work in their rapidly growing Biomarkers business. They are a medium sized company with a start-up mentality with offices located across the globe.

The main purpose and objective of the Laboratory Technician is to support the laboratory operations team with sample processing and day-to-day administration duties.

Tasks & Responsibilities;

• Perform PBMC isolations and cryopreservation.

• Perform the Good House Keeping of the all Labs– includes monitoring and verification of temperature systems.

• Ensuring equipment used in the various Laboratories undergoes annual services as well as keep track of- and perform in-house PQs.

• Management, monitoring and ordering of consumable stock in the Labs.

• Creation and maintenance of IQOQPQ documentation for equipment- managing equipment documentation.

• Implementation and improvement of various worksheets and forms linked to equipment used in Laboratories.

• Writing and reviewing deviations and Root Cause Analysis related to on site equipment as well as GHK related findings.

• Stock management on LIMS

• Assisting in the receipt of study samples.

• Managing the storage capacity of ULTs and their contents.

• Performing sample draws.

• Basic sample processing.

• Handling & replacement of Liquid Nitrogen, dry ice and CO2 cylinders.

• Assisting in the transcription checking of data generated in the ELISA/Flow Lab.

• Creating asset labels for new equipment.

• Upkeep of general equipment in laboratory (i.e. UPS).

Minimum Requirements;

• 2 Years of experience as a Laboratory Technician and/or a qualification as a Laboratory Technician

• Experience in Ficoll PBMC isolation – Large volumes. This is the most technically challenging kind of isolation for PBMCs, so experience in this particular method is required.

• Experience in PBMC cryopreservation.

• Experience in cell counting.

• General understanding of the PBMC isolation & cryopreservation process, critical steps, etc. This ensures a better ability to operate independently and to trouble shoot should the need arise.