Media Prep Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Prepare high quality media, buffer, and reagents according to a regularly occurring schedule as well as special requests.

• Track & document shelf life of media mixes, and plan for re-occurring mix preparation

• Follow SOPs, protocols, and other guidelines as it relates to the preparation of reagents and buffers

• Quality control testing of these materials to ensure products are free of contaminations and are formulated appropriately

• Maintain relevant lab supplies and materials, manage stock solution inventory and prepare as needed

• Write, maintain, and troubleshoot experimental protocols

• Analyze, synthesize, and communicate data to both technical and non-technical colleagues and collaborators

• Be able to interact with colleagues in other functions and department to solve technical problems

• Perform general laboratory tasks, which may include upkeep of equipment, stocking of consumables, glass washing, and overall lab upkeep

• Proficient technical skills required upon completion of relevant training: balance usage, pH meters, liquid-transfer devices

• Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment.

• Interpret scientific documents for custom media mixes

• Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment

• May require support of on-call service for specific research units in the lab areas. Hours are between 5:00pm-7:30am Monday thru Sunday.

• Tasks include but are not limited to transfer of contents from failing fridges and incubators to designated back up units, photograph original items, properly document failure, provide a work order of failing unit to facilities team and inform respective end-users about the transfer via email based on the SOP instructions

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job at any time

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a chemistry, biology, or other relevant discipline OR
• Associate’s Degree in a chemistry, biology, or other relevant discipline with 2+ years’ experience in a laboratory environment OR
• High School Degree/GED with 5 years' experience in a laboratory environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a laboratory environment

• Must understand the basic chemistry of buffer preparation including titrations and reactions

Working Environment:

• Must be able to work in a laboratory, controlled environments requiring personal protective equipment (e.g., lab coat, safety glasses, etc.) in laboratory.

• Job pace may be fast and job completion demands may be high.

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position more than 25% of the time

• The person needs to occasionally move between labs, corridors, adjoining rooms, and buildings onsite.

• Frequently operate on instruments, objects, tools or controls, which will require regularly bending, squatting, stretching and reaching in order to perform in a service function.

• Occasionally move or lift up to 25 pounds (potential for occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds).

• Specific vision abilities required by this position include without limitation, the ability to observe details at close range distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus in order to perform the essential service functions of this position.

• Occasionally operates a computer and other office machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.

• Employee may be required to handle hazardous waste according to local, state, and federal regulations. Duties may include identifying, handling, generating, accumulating, storing and labeling hazardous waste.

• Potential risk to lab-based hazards including but not limited to extreme temperature, biological materials, hazardous chemicals.