Quality - Laboratory Technician

Spectraforce Technologies; New Brunswick (NJ); On-site; USD 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies invites applications for a Laboratory Technician position in New Brunswick, NJ. The role entails end-to-end laboratory management and operational excellence to support process development in biologics development labs.

Daily duties include inventory control, instrument calibration and maintenance, safety walkthroughs, and coordinating equipment installation for HPLC/UPLC, Mass Spec, and Capillary Electrophoresis systems.

Qualifications

• Associate degree with 1 year lab technician/operation experience or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Ability to communicate with lab services, facilities, engineers, vendors, and scientists.
• Knowledge of general lab instrumentation, safety, and activities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
• Able to quickly learn new computer software.
• Self-starter with strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Place and track on-demand lab supply orders; monitor status and receipt.
• Assist in sample preparations to migrate between sites.
• Coordinate consumable needs based on inventory with lab services.
• Assist in day-to-day lab operations: calibrating probes, sanitizing equipment, updating lab computers, moving samples.
• Coordinate pipette calibration services and documentation control.
• Serve as liaison with instrument management group, BD system owners, vendors and service engineers.

Skills

Communication

Instrumentation knowledge

Excel

Adaptability

Organizational skills

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

HPLC/UPLC systems

Mass Spectrometry

Capillary Electrophoresis

Job description

Position Title: Laboratory Technician

Work Location: New Brunswick, NJ

Assignment Duration: 6 months (possibility of extension for right candidate depending on performance)

Work Schedule: Mon-Fri(normal business hours)

Work Arrangement: 100% onsite

Position Summary: The Laboratory Operations Specialist is responsible for end to end laboratory management and operational excellence supporting process development activities within the New Brunswick Biologics Development laboratories. This role provides independent oversight of laboratory operations, including consumables and chemical inventory, instrument maintenance and calibration, lab compliance, and routine facility readiness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Places and tracks on demand lab supply orders in response to analyst and project needs; monitors order status and receipt.
• Assists in sample preparations to migrate between sites
• Co-ordinate consumable needs based on inventory amounts with lab services
• Assists in day-to-day lab operations, such as, but not limited to: calibrating probes, ensuring equipment is sanitized, lab computers are updated, move samples, etc.
• Coordinates pipette calibration services and documentation control.
• Serves as primary liaison with instrument management group, BD system owners, vendors and service engineers (e.g., Waters, Sciex, ProteinSimple, Thermo Fisher, Millipore).
• Manages instrument calibration and maintenance documentation
• Coordinates repairs and new equipment installation for analytical instrumentation, including (not limited to): HPLC /UPLC systems, Mass Spec, and Capillary Electrophoresis
• Conducts weekly laboratory safety walkthroughs and documents observations, risks, and action items.
• Maintains scheduled weekly, monthly, and quarterly lab maintenance activities
• Provides metrics on Instrument Usage records accordingly.
• Organizes freezer and cold room supply reviews and expired material cleanouts / defrosts.
• Creates lab related work orders, move requests, and equipment decommissioning activities.

Qualification & Experience:

• Required minimum Associate Degree with (1) year of lab technician/operation experience, or Bachelor's degree preferred
• Able to communicate with lab services, facilities, engineers, vendors, and scientists
• Knowledge in general lab instrumentations, safety, and activities
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel)
• Ability to familiarize quickly with new computer software
• Self-starter with strong organizational skills.

Working Conditions & Physical Demands (If Applicable):

• 100% onsite
• Mon-Fri(normal business hours)