This position is responsible for all activities related to the preparation of media and reagent preparation
General Tasks & Responsibilities:
- Understand and follow Quality System documents relevant to responsibilities, e.g., Quality Manual, SOPs, and Methods.
- Adhere to appropriate quality measures to meet or exceed current GMP standards, government regulatory, and company requirements relevant to assigned duties.
- Maintaining a neat and accurate record system of work performed on a daily basis and as needed for quality control tests or regulatory purposes.
- Perform daily calibration of balances, purified water system and pH meters in the BPT Lab
- Weekly testing of purified water system
- Media preparation (including but not limited to)
- Careful and accurate preparation and documentation of media preparation
- Inventory management of media and reagent components (organized storage, maintaining inventory levels and discard of expired items)
- Inventory management of prepared or purchased pre-made media (organized storage, maintaining inventory levels and discard of expired items)
- QC of all media used at the Eurofins location
- Cleaning and decontamination labware
- Autoclaving and disposal of garbage
- Autoclaving of glassware and other tools as needed
- Disposal of Laboratory retention samples
- Quality control procedures.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Technical Skills:
- Good computer skills - proficiency with MS Office;
- Working knowledge of Laboratory Information management Systems (LIMS).
- GMP documentation
- Handling of bacterial cultures in a BSL 2 laboratory
- Weighing, pipetting, streaking, pour plating and other standard microbiology techniques