Lab Tech Data Generation

Advance Services; Ames (IA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Health benefits

PTO

Job summary

Advance Services is hiring a Lab Technician in Ames, IA. The role involves handling seed lab processes, loading plates, and ensuring equipment cleanliness and maintenance.

The candidate should have a Bachelor's degree and lab experience, and be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Typical duties include pallet unloading, inventory tracking, and DNA plate disposal. Monday–Friday with weekly pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Lab experience is required.
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Load and unload projects onto machines and prep plates for processing.
• Stand and walk for long periods during shift.
• Perform weekly cleaning and minor maintenance of equipment; change tips and clean rails.
• Unload pallets and restock consumables while tracking lot numbers and oldest-first usage.
• Dispose of DNA plates after projects are finished, including inventory and cold-room retrievals.

Skills

Attention to detail

Observant

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Hiring Immediately!

Lab Technician

Advance Services is accepting resumes for a seed lab position located in Ames, IA.

Job Duties:

Loading and unloading projects onto machines, taking prepared plates and getting them ready to put on machines (vortex, spinning, placing in order, scanning, and removing lids). Need to be observant and have attention to detail. Observe inconsistencies, document, and report them.

Must be able to stand and walk around for long periods of time.

Weekly cleaning and minor maintenance of the equipment. Changing the tips, running liquinox and ethanol through the machines cleaning the rails and dusting. Quarterly cleaning of water tanks. Need to be able to get under tables to access tubing and drains.

Will occasionally help unload pallets and move supplies around. Keeping consumables restocked in specific areas while keeping track of lot numbers and making sure the oldest supplies are used first. Need to be able, on occasion, to lift 40 pounds possibly above your head.

Disposing of DNA plates once projects are finished. This includes taking visual inventory of plates in a fridge and pulling out plates based on a certain criterion. Retrieving totes in a cold room from a generated list. Removing the seals from all the plates and dumping out the DNA and placing the plates in recycling. Need to be able to stand for long periods of time. (Totes weigh ~25 lbs. and may be above your head).

• Bachelor’s degree
• Lab experiencerequired
• Able to lift 50 lbs.
• Monday to Friday.
• Pay is $22 hr.

Why work for Advance Services, Inc.

• Advance Services is for and about people; we are your employment specialists.
• Enjoy our easy application process.
• You NEVER pay a fee!
• Weekly pay.
• Fun Safety and attendance incentives.
• Health Benefits to keep you and your family healthy.
• PTO so you have time for you.
• Great Referral Incentives.

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Advance Services is an equal opportunity employer

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