Lab Assistant

Position Summary The candidate is responsible for providing basic assistance to the operations of the laboratory, and for maintaining a sterile and safe work environment. Essential Functions and Responsibilities ● Maintain clean laboratory by discarding waste and cleaning and sanitizing countertops, walls, floors, shelves, equipment, sinks, water baths etc. using cleaning solvents. ● Maintain clean laboratory by properly storing chemicals, reagents and supplies. Maintain adequate stock of these materials. ● Clean and decontaminate equipment, glassware, metal instruments, sinks, water baths, tables, and test panels, using solvents, water, acetone bath, and cloth or hot-air drier, brushes, and rags, etc. ● Prepare and use cleaning solutions according to specifications. ● Perform quality control checks such as temperature checks, balance verification or detergent residue testing as required by department leadership. ● Assist other laboratory personnel performing testing procedures as instructed by department leadership. ● Maintain equipment, supplies and instrumentation in working order to perform necessary preventative maintenance for operating departments. ● Maintain knowledge of Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) that is required to complete job responsibilities. ● Support corporate quality and continuous improvement process. ● Ensure a safe working environment for laboratory. ● Participate in audits. ● Maintain inventory, rotate supply, discard expired dry, refrigerated and frozen materials and retain as directed by department leadership. ● Completes assigned tasks under supervision of department leadership, while working with team to accomplish department goals ● Perform opening and closing duties as assigned department leadership. ● Clean glassware and other containers and return to laboratory for use. ● Other related duties as assigned. ● At any time, the incumbent must behave and operate in an ethical and Code of Conduct compliant manner.