Lab Associate Job Description
Lab Associate Duties & Responsibilities
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Lab Associate Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Lab Associate
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: US, ASCP, MLT, DOT, IATA, RCRA, MLS, MT, NCA, AMT
Education for Lab Associate
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the lab associate job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Science, Education, Biology, Microbiology, Associates, Physical Sciences, Biological Science, Computer, Communication
Skills for Lab Associate
Desired skills for lab associate include:
Desired experience for lab associate includes:
Lab Associate Examples
Lab Associate Job Description
- Maintains accurate accountability for petty cash
- Maintains and updates knowledge of ICH GCP and SOPs to ensure compliance and proper application in work
- Maintain a positive, results orientated work environment, building relationships with management, colleagues, and other departments, communicating in an open, balanced and objective manner
- Install electrical and electronic parts and hardware in housings or assemblies
- Conducts pre and post-deployment inspections of inflators and components for physical integrity
- Set-up and operate various manual machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, drill presses, surface grinders
- Duties include data entry, high-speed video camera set-up and hand tool use
- Ability and willingness to perform moderate physical tasks, such as lifting, carrying, bending, continuous standing
- Takes the initiative to notice and follow-up on discrepancies
- Lead authorship of scientific manuscripts
- English, English/Japanese, English/Korean, English/Other
- Prior clinical research experience, floor nursing, and/or psychiatric experiences a plus
- Phlebotomy certification and maintenance of certification is a plus
- LVN licensure and maintenance of licensure is required if applicable
- Ability to work in an agile, adaptable, dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Must be able to work independently and as part
Lab Associate Job Description
- Present data at local and international scientific meetings
- Attend and participate in journal clubs and meetings
- Train and supervise graduate and undergraduate students
- Build and manage relationships with vendors to support all aspects of planning, procurement, production management/scheduling, and fulfillment
- Partner with our 3PL to oversee warehouse management, logistics and returns management for omni-channel distribution
- Assist in the on-boarding and compliance of new customers and sales channels
- Work with operations team, brand managers and marketing to analyze demand and predict inventory needs using forecasting models and other operational variables that impact key company metrics
- Process vendor invoices including recording and tracking costs to effectively control budget and facilitate procure-to-pay process across internal business functions
- Record and streamline back-end operational processes including order to cash flow, returns and refund processing, fraud prevention, repairs and warranty
- Define and track KPIs across functional areas, own operational metrics related to vendor and inventory performance
- Duties of this job are regularly performed indoors
- Work is primarily in a laboratory environment and may include some work in office environment to include cubicles and/or in and around shipping/receiving docks, stock rooms, and storage locations
- This position is regularly required to talk, hear, stand, sit, walk, reach and pull with hands and arms
- Work includes standing on your feet for the majority of each shift
- Associate is regularly required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
- Personal protective equipment must be worn to include lab coats, safety gloves, and safety glasses
Lab Associate Job Description
- Assist in creating and delivering training programs for sales reps and follow up with them to ensure timely and efficient field support
- Operation of robotic laboratory equipment (Hamiltons and similar systems) and traditional lab equipment (bioanalyzers, centrifuges, sealers, thermocyclers, spectrometers, HPLCs, Next Gen Sequencing )
- Schedules and performs maintenance and calibration on equipment according to lab operating standards
- Adjusts, repairs and dispenses eyewear as required
- Provides customer service as required
- Notifies customers on job status
- Cleans and maintains the lab area
- Re-stocks inventory
- Maintains inventory of lens & supplies
- Fabricates jobs on timely basis
- Knowledge of laboratory equipment and procedure
- Accurate record keeping and data management skills
- Ability to work independently contribute to a supportive team environment
- Basic computer literacy including but not limited to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Experience in setting up a new laboratory
- Knowledge of MatLab and LabView software
Lab Associate Job Description
- Maintains calibration logs
- Ensures “ready when promised” program is being adhered to
- Ensures safety standards are complied to
- Completion and demonstrated competency of NECE
- Customer feedback (NPS, letters, web-site, phone calls)
- Fostering a team environment with Associates, Doctors and Dr
- Effective execution and follow-through of Ready When Promised Program
- Effective execution of visual merchandising and presentation standards
- Exhibiting a professional presentation both in appearance and demeanor with customers, Associates and Doctors
- Cleanliness of retail and non-retail areas in the store
- Microscopy experience
- Experience with yeast cell work
- Understand and accurately perform testing while maintaining laboratory equipment
- Optical training
- Associate’s Degree in Chemistry or related physical science
- Willing and able to work a twelve (12) hour shift to include, weekends & holidays
Lab Associate Job Description
- Accurately identifying and documenting clarity characteristics on a diagram
- Utilizing reference manuals to apply appropriate grading techniques, procedures and guidelines
- Assisting with other laboratory duties
- Receive and extract NAC samples daily
- Monitor and maintain automation equipment
- Write protocols for current lab processes as needed
- Actively communicate with the lab production manager on throughput, quality, and resource status and needs
- Responsible for all surgical skills meetings, agendas and correspondence to the Bio-skills participants
- Oversee all labs at assigned location and at other lab facilities where the surgical skills team is needed in regards to scheduling of lab activities, instrumentation and personnel for all product areas as assigned
- Remain current on all laws and regulations pertaining to the daily operation of a laboratory facility
- Basic laboratory skills with preference for experience in a clinical laboratory
- Highly organized and detail oriented, self-starter type personality
- Flexible schedule to sometimes work on weekends as needed
- Ability to sit, stand, walk, travel up and down stairs, crouch, stoop and reach
- MT, MLS, or MLT (ASCP) certification or equivalent within six (6) months of hire or promotion
- Requires continuous walking, standing and moving about or continuous sitting depending on the production station