Research Associate II

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Our Tucson, Arizona client has a contract opportunity for a Research Associate who Assists cross-disciplinary early research and development teams in the laboratory.

JOB SUMMARY:

• Responsible for conducting research and early development laboratory experimentation and other scientific
  activities to support projects.
• Maintains laboratory instruments and equipment on a daily, monthly, and quarterly basis. Prepares and manages bulk reagent inventory for assigned laboratories.
• Orders and stocks laboratory supplies and equipment; tracks inventory and dates.
• Performs onsite support of various lab equipment including Benchmark auto-stainers as well as maintains calibration records and organizes repairs for all area lab equipment.
• Coordinates incoming/outgoing stained slide and/or reagent shipments. Works with Facilities, Safety, Health and Environmental and the Lab Management Team to facilitate lab improvements.
• Assists with activities such as slide rundown, cover slipping and scanning slides using digital slide scanners.
• May support several different functional lab spaces and groups.
• Participates in cell culture experiments and maintains live cell cultures.
• There may be additional opportunities to assist with light programming and/or gain experience with hardware prototyping.
• Prepares technical reports, summaries, protocols and quantitative analyses.
• Presents and discusses results of experiments within department and project team.
• Follows company policies and procedures for GMP, GLP, Design Control and others as appropriate.
• Maintains complete and accurate laboratory documentation and electronic files.
• May act as principal investigator in conducting own experiments.

Responsibilities:

• Performs daily, monthly and quarterly instrument and equipment maintenance and cleaning tasks.
• Performs routine laboratory inspections according to protocol
• Monitors and prepares bulk reagents
• Scans slides on digital slide scanning equipment according to detailed instructions
• Assists with cell culture facilities and cell culture experiments according to guidance from scientists
• Troubleshoots minor equipment malfunctions by performing operational tests.
• Monitors and maintains usage logs for all equipment and instruments.
• Monitors, schedules and delivers portable instruments for calibration and maintains necessary documentation.
• Monitors and completes routine maintenance on Thermal equipment (refrigerators, freezers, incubators, etc.).
• Coordinates equipment preventative maintenance, repairs and validations with third party vendors.
• Prepares and schedules incoming and outgoing stained slide and/or reagent shipments.
• Maintains stock room and monitor lab supply inventory.
• May perform staining runs on Bench Mark instruments
• Participates in Lab Manager Meetings and assists with laboratory improvement projects
• Other duties as assigned by management.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science required
• Graduate level college coursework in a relevant field preferred.

Experience:

• 2 years Relevant lab experience. Req
• Knows basic and a range of specialized laboratory techniques. Req
• Capable with searching scientific literature to gain information about specific topics. Req
• Skilled with use of word processing, spreadsheets, graphical and presentation software applications. Req
• Experience operating client instruments. Pref
• This position requires a high degree of organizational and communication skills, self motivated. Req
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Req
• Attention to detail in written instructions and documentation. Req
• Ability to multitask and prioritize work. Req
• Ability to use hand tools such as screwdrivers, wrenches, nut-drivers and various other hand tools. Req
• Ability to use common laboratory equipment such as pipettes, pH meters, precision weight scales, and pressure meters. Req
• Experience with aseptic technique and cell culture. Req
• Knowledge of and skill in inventory management. Req
• Ability to lift up to 45 pounds. Req
• Entry level programming skills (Python). Pref

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