Job Title: Lab Technician

Work Location: Durham County, North Carolina

Summary:

The Lab Technician is responsible for maintaining an organized, clean, and well-stocked laboratory environment to support scientific teams. This role emphasizes reliability, attention to detail, and a sense of ownership over the laboratory space. Effective communication and teamwork are essential, as the position interacts with multiple departments.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure laboratory cleanliness and order, including regular decontamination of benches, sinks, and common areas.
• Wash, sterilize, and return glassware and labware, including running and logging autoclave cycles.
• Restock consumables at workstations and storage areas, maintaining established inventory levels.
• Organize and maintain laboratory storage, including refrigerators, freezers, and shelving, while managing stock rotation and removal of expired materials.
• Receive and process incoming deliveries, verify contents, log inventory, and prioritize storage of temperature-sensitive items.
• Report low stock, discrepancies, damaged shipments, and backorders to appropriate personnel.
• Perform routine upkeep of shared equipment, including cleaning, filling water baths, emptying waste vessels, and troubleshooting equipment issues.
• Assist with laboratory organization projects, inventory counts, workspace preparation, and adherence to safety procedures and SOPs.

Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree (A.S.) with 2 years of experience in a cell culture laboratory environment, or Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent in biology or related field with relevant laboratory experience.
• Experience with aseptic techniques in a BSL-2 environment required.
• Demonstrated reliability, punctuality, and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong organizational skills and comfort with repetitive, detail-oriented tasks.
• Prior experience in a laboratory, stockroom, warehouse, or receiving environment preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel; experience with inventory or ordering systems is a plus.
• Experience in tissue culture techniques and cell culture preferred.
• Strong preference for experience in a production cell culture, GxP, or QC environment.

Published Category: Analytical & Process Development