Laboratory Technician

Basic Information

• Start ASAP
• Weekly Schedule (how many hours/days): 40 hours
• Shift Times: 8AM - 5PM
• Interview Required? Yes - Phone interview
• Resume Required? Yes
• Any specific skills, requirements or experience you want in a candidate:
  Bachelors Preferred, w/ 2yrs. Experience or Associates w/5+ yrs experience;
  Plant Biology and handling experience required, Weed Science, Comfortable with Greenhouse Work, need Organization skills. PhD candidates are overqualified. Masters degree might be okay, depending on years of experience. Comfortable working with herbicides & chemicals.
• Any additional Medical Surveillance testing required? Yes, Respiratory Eval for PAPR
• Any exposure to common allergens? Plants, Chemicals
• Will non-local/remote candidates be considered? No

The Herbicide Tolerance Assay Development and Characterization (HT-Client) team is responsible for developing and optimizing various assay platforms to identify and characterize genes related to herbicide tolerance traits. As part of the HT-Client team, the Laboratory Technician will perform general laboratory and greenhouse operations tasks, plant handling and provide support with experimental execution, in the direction of laboratory and/or project leads.

The successful candidate will work in a highly collaborative, team environment.

• Use of safety procedures and appropriate personal protection equipment is mandated.
• Position involves working in laboratory and greenhouse settings. It is 100% site based.
• Planting/plant care activities may be performed by the incumbent
• Executes herbicide applications on plants using a track sprayer chamber
• Quality check and sort plant material for experiments
• Coordinate and plan activities with other groups such as Crop Health/Herbicide Biology Discovery and Research Enablement
• Maintaining laboratory facilities and equipment in accordance with laboratory standards.
• Use of common instrumentation, including liquid handlers, imaging equipment, and automated solutions
• Comfortability working with discovery chemistry, solvents, and commercial herbicides
• Perform lab activities that at times require sterile techniques
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 applications, including Word, Outlook, Teams, Excel, and PowerPoint, to facilitate effective communication and collaborative file sharing
• Ability to accurately document experimental data, under advisement of project lead(s).
• Soft Skills:
  
  Communication and
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Strong written and verbal communication skills, effective documentation and communication of results, good organization skills, follow SOPs, and adhere to safety protocols, strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.

• Associate’s (2-yr) or Bachelor’s degree (4-yr) required. Master’s degree encouraged to apply.
• New graduates with experience in a laboratory setting are encouraged to apply.
• Full time, 40 hours per week