Technician, Lab Job Description
Technician, Lab Duties & Responsibilities
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Technician, Lab Qualifications
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Technician, Lab Examples
Technician, Lab Job Description
- Processing clinical cases by array-CGH and Next Generation Sequencing
- Analysis and witnessing of PGS cases
- QC of equipment and reagents
- Enter test results, compile data and send daily reports to appropriate company officials
- Prepare and send samples to outside laboratories for 3rd party testing
- Ensure proper housekeeping so that laboratory areas are clean and safe
- Perform food safety and food quality checks in production and packaging areas of the facility
- Perform quality control testing of incoming raw materials, in process and finished products
- Evaluate test results to determine proper adjustments required to meet formula specifications
- Ensures bacteria daily requirements are met including streaking and reading plates
- Ability to operate all lab equipment
- Ability to accurately transcribe words and numbers
- AS/BS Chemistry or TTP
- Recent grads up to 2 years lab wet chemistry exp
- Candidate should be familiar with Titrations, syringes, loading samples
- Proficient in the basic Windows and MS Office suites
Technician, Lab Job Description
- Check Condition of the Incoming Material
- Collect & Label samples of raw materials, bases and finished products
- Physical and Organoleptic evaluation of incoming raw materials, bases and finished products
- Determine, specific gravity & density, bulk density, refractive index, flash point , moisture content and maintain record results of these measurements
- Filing and storing Retained Samples (raw materials, bases & finished products) find and retrieve samples when required
- Prepare Labels for approved raw materials, QC Acceptance, USDA Organic, Non-Chinese Ingredients, bases and finished products
- Apply labels to approved raw materials
- Prepare Certificate of Analysis on each Lot
- Collection and filing of Production and QC & SDS Documents (Maintain SDS Notebooks)
- Checking& recording Sanitation Practices
- Familiar with various of analytic and physical testing
- Basic understanding of engineering material production process and statistics
- Associate’s or Bachelors degree in chemistry, material, mechanical or other related field
- 10+ years of either laboratory or manufacturing experience with engineering materials or chemicals
- Knowledge of SAP, process, laboratory & mechanical operations and regulatory requirements
- Experience with twin-screw compounders and production of filled polymer materials either on a bench scale or production scale
Technician, Lab Job Description
- Maintain a clean and safe work area and report unsafe conditions to supervisor
- Assist in the assembly of cell culture roller bottles
- Other production related tasks as assigned by the production supervisor
- Preparation of reagents for biochemical/physical/chemical analyses of test samples under cGMP to meet specified timelines
- Can work independently on reagent preparation that he/she has mastered in a safe and compliant manner
- Responsible for washing and stocking laboratory glassware used for analytical assays
- Maintains laboratory supply inventories and receives chemicals/materials into the laboratory
- Provides support for routine laboratory functions/chores for the QC laboratory such as monitoring temperature charts, cleaning water baths and/or laboratory refrigerators/freezers/ storage cabinets where reagents are held
- Assists in the revision of written procedures as assigned regarding reagents and/or reagent management
- Compilation and archival of data
- Food laboratory and manufacturing experience
- 1 year of QC experience preferred
- Author QC Standard Operating Procedures
- Initiate QC Unplanned Events using GDP
- Assist with basic laboratory tasks, such as logbook review, chemical inventory, stocking of reagents
- Three to five years experience or equivalent academic background in math or science
Technician, Lab Job Description
- Provides advice and assists the Production and Shipping Department when nonconforming product occurs
- Maintain records of analytical results and input of all test results to computer data systems (RTPS and SAP)
- File raw material and product batch paperwork
- Preparation and testing of lab blends and approval of these blends
- Responsible for standardization of all reagents used in the laboratory
- Responsible for ensuring that retains are obtained and stored properly
- Responsible for safe disposal of in-process material, raw material and old retains as needed
- Perform internal standard testing for maintenance & failure prevention of laboratory equipment and reagents
- Provides relief for shift tech lost time as needed and requested by QC manager
- Follows all applicable site policies in the performance of these duties
- Experience with compressors and blowers preferred
- Must have good mechanical skills and knowledge of industrial machinery
- Must have basic instrumentation skills
- Minimum basic PC skills including Excel and Word
- The ideal candidate will have experience with 3 phase industrial power, VFD drive programming, machine tool experience, sheet metal fabrication skills, and a strong background in instrumentation
- Ability to work 12-hour rotating shift
Technician, Lab Job Description
- Infrared analysis
- Raw Materials for Production process
- Performing environmental sampling of controlled environments as directed by manufacturing schedules within standard times and according to established procedures
- Recording test data according to established procedures compliant with cGMP and FDA guidelines
- Testing and inspecting of products at various stages of production and compiling and evaluating data to determine and maintain quality and reliability of products
- Set up, incubate, read and record results from microbial and environmental testing
- Assist in the organization and housekeeping of the Quality Control Laboratories
- Assist in the cleaning and maintenance of quality related equipment and ordering of laboratory supplies and materials
- Performs laboratory tasks such as dropping, crushing, planting, harvesting, counting, grinding, reagent preparation, and other routine laboratory tasks
- Performs splenic fusions and isolates hybridomas that produce relevant antibodies
- Ability to work & function in a production environment will be lifting of boxes & containers
- Multi-tasking capabilities - meet strict deadlines for project completion and documents
- Bi-lingual (English, Spanish) desirable but not required
- Desire for long term job commitment
- Bachelor degree in chemistry, biology, or related technical field
- Conduct laboratory analyses (hands on working on the bench)