Laboratory Technician (Part time, 20 hrs / week & flexible)

CyanoCapture; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading biotech firm in the UK is seeking a highly motivated Laboratory Technician to support their lab operations. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in laboratory settings, be skilled in preparing various solutions and managing inventories, and demonstrate good aseptic techniques. This part-time role offers flexible working hours and provides an opportunity to contribute to innovative bioengineering projects. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

Benefits

Pro rata equivalent of 25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a laboratory technician or similar role.
• Experience in preparing media, buffers, and agar plates.
• Ability to maintain and manage laboratory inventories.

Responsibilities

• Order equipment and consumables and maintain order logs.
• Prepare stock solutions, media, and agar plates.
• Organize the smooth running of the laboratory.

Skills

Experienced in a laboratory technician role

Experience in a biological scientific laboratory

Good aseptic technique

Familiar with Excel and Laboratory Information Systems

Job description

CyanoCapture is a VC-backed biotech company at the forefront of bioengineering and carbon utilisation. The company is using a recently discovered fast-growing photosynthetic bacteria that can rapidly CO2 and convert this into peptides, enzymes and drug molecules of interest. The company is scaling up its proof-of-concept work to pilot trials in the US, India and Canada in 2026. The first-of-a-kind technology has raised more than $4.5m from VCs along with an additional $5m in grants from Shell, Elon Musk's XPRIZE and Innovate UK.

We are seeking a highly motivated Laboratory Technician to facilitate the smooth running of the lab and play a critical supporting role for our scientists to succeed in their work. The candidate must be enthusiastic, possess a can-do attitude and strive to excel in every aspect of their job.

Responsibilities

• Ordering of equipment, consumables and reagents, receiving and cataloguing goods, maintaining internal order log, chasing suppliers and logging of invoices.
• Preparation of stock solutions, cell culture media and agar plates
• Maintain and update laboratory chemical / reagent inventories
• Maintaining stocks of clean, sterile glassware and plasticware
• Organise smooth running of the laboratory.
• Devise and implement laboratory workflows to improve efficiency and working conditions
• Autoclaving and disposal of laboratory waste
• Arranging calibration, repair and servicing of laboratory equipment
• Provide support to the engineering team by monitoring gas cylinders, photosynthetic bioreactors and incubator electronics.

Qualifications and Essential Skills

• 3 + years experience in a laboratory technician or similar role
• Experience of working in a biological scientific laboratory
• Experience in preparing media, buffers, stock solutions and agar plates
• Experience in using Excel and Laboratory Information Systems / Electronic Laboratory Notebooks
• Experience in dealing with invoices, inventory and ordering
• Good aseptic technique
• Ideally suit a candidate looking for a routine based part-time role (e.g. daily 9 am - 1 pm)
• Right to work in the UK (we are unable to support a Visa application or sponsorship)

Desirable Skills and Attributes

• Laboratory management skills
• Experience in writing SOPs
• Experience in maintaining, fixing and arranging calibration / servicing of laboratory equipment

Working hours

Flexible hours at 50 % of full time equivalent to be agreed with the candidate.

Holidays

Pro rata equivalent of 25 days AL + bank holidays (e.g. 12.5 days at 50 % FTE)

Up to 14 days unpaid AL

Please note that we are not sponsoring visas for this role. You must have a right to work in the UK. Please upload your CV + Cover letter as one document to the LinkedIn advertisement.