Laboratory Technician

tsu.edu; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Southern University is seeking an entry-level Laboratory Technician to support the food safety quality and operations teams with routine analytical testing and documentation.

No bachelor’s degree is required. You will complete a background check, drug test, and medical questionnaire, and work Monday through Friday from 7:00 to 3:30 PM CST, performing instrument calibrations and routine analyses under supervision.

Qualifications

• Performs routine analytical and laboratory testing to support food safety quality and operational teams.
• Documents results into databases and communicates findings to internal customers.

Responsibilities

• Complete routine analytical and laboratory testing.
• Monitor instrumentation performance and perform tests under intermediate supervision.
• Document results and interpret data for databases and reports.
• Calibrate checks and preventive maintenance on analytical instrumentation.

Job description

Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:00-3:30 PM CST.

Entry level lab tech position.

Bachelors Degree is not required.

Must complete background check, drug test, and medical questionnaire only.

• The Laboratory Technician will complete routine analytical and laboratory testing in support of the food safety quality and operational teams.
• We are looking for a hardworking person who will perform routine analysis of product testing, being responsible for checking and monitoring instrumentation performance and conducting tests for which we are going to provide intermediate supervision.
• In this role, you will document results into databases and/or communication test results.
• Help develop food/feed safety, quality and regulatory culture collaborating cross-functionally to build, maintain and improve an effective food safety, quality and regulatory culture.
• Run calibration checks, preventive maintenance tasks, and simple repair to analytical instrumentation, maintaining customer specifications books up-to-date.
• Interpret and document results of tests into active databases and communicate results to internal customers as required.
• Ensure compliance programs for all individual testing, which includes monitoring adherence to regulations and other procedural food safety compliance.?
• Conduct routine quantitative and qualitative inspections and laboratory tests on raw materials, in-process and final products independently, supporting more complex trials and experiments under intermediate supervision.
• Handle clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under general supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Ability to read and interpret documents (safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals).
• Write routine reports and correspondence.