Job Title: Lab Technician I Location: Tucson, AZ Duration: 12 months
Summary: Maintains laboratory instruments and equipment on a daily, monthly, and quarterly basis. Prepares reagents and monitors instruments for bulk reagent levels. Orders and stocks office and laboratory supplies and equipment. Performs onsite servicing and technical support of various lab equipment including Benchmark autostainers. Manages incoming/outgoing stained slide and/or reagent shipments. May support several different functional lab spaces and groups.
Responsibilities: • Performs daily, monthly and quarterly instrument and equipment maintenance and cleaning tasks. • Monitors and maintains usage logs for all equipment and instruments. Monitors, schedules and delivers portable equipment for calibration and maintains necessary paperwork. • Troubleshoots minor equipment malfunctions by performing operational tests. • Monitors and prepares bulk reagents daily. • Maintains stock room and monitors and/or orders lab supplies inventory. • Schedules internal equipment repairs and preventative maintenance as necessary. • Prepares and schedules incoming and outgoing stained slide and/or reagent shipments.
Qualification: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the responsibilities.
Education H.S. Diploma or GED - REQUIRED Some college experience - Pref
Experience Years of Experience Experience Details Req Pref Previous laboratory experience - Pref Experience with auto-stainers or other automated laboratory instrumentation - Pref
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities • Able to work independently.- REQUIRED • Strong communication skills, verbal and written.- REQUIRED • Attention to detail in written instructions and documentation. - REQUIRED • Basic computer skills in Word, Excel and Outlook.- REQUIRED • Ability to use hand tools such as screwdrivers, wrenches, nut-drivers and various other hand tools. - Pref • Ability to use test equipment such as flow meters, pH meters, precision weight scales, and pressure meters. - Pref • Knowledge of and skill in inventory management. - Pref • Ability to lift up to 45 pounds.- REQUIRED
About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation. At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $18.00/hr.
