Position Title: Lab Tech Assistant
Work Location: Millsboro, DE 19966
Assignment Duration: 6 months
Work Schedule: Must be able to work flexible work schedule to meet the demands of the manufacturing process. This includes overtime, holidays and weekends. Days and hours are subject to change based on the needs of the business. Shift hours will rotate throughout the month as needed: 1st Shift – 6am – 2:30pm / 2nd Shift – 8am – 4:30pm / 3rd Shift – 10am – 6:30pm / 4th Shift – 12pm – 8:30pm. On average the worker will work 2 different adjacent shifts each week.
Work Arrangement: On-site

Position Summary: Our Manufacturing Operations teams make our products in the local plant linked to our global manufacturing network, ensuring high-quality raw materials, intermediates, and finished products.

Background & Context:

• Our organization’s Animal Health, Millsboro, DE is a Biotechnology Center of Excellence that manufactures, fills, packages, and distributes vaccines for animals.
• Our site is accountable for mammalian, insect, and avian cell culture production, live bird vaccine production, embryonated egg vaccine production, roller bottle vaccine production, bioreactor vaccine production, and down-stream processing (water in oil emulsions, aseptic filling, lyophilization, etc.).
  Key Responsibilities:
• Cleaning work area including floors, walls, tables, etc.
• Prepare, clean, and sterilize glassware and equipment for use.
• Assist with equipment setup and operation.
• Assist with performing aseptic procedures including product formulation, fill equipment setup and operations, and environmental monitoring.
• Concurrent record keeping including charts, log books, and all pertinent documentation.
• Always demonstrates safe work habits and maintains a safe work environment. Comprehends and complies with all safety and company policies and procedures.
• Formulation, filling, labeling, capping, packaging, and visual inspection of vaccines.
• Assist in training new team members.
• Report all unusual, non-routine occurrences when performing tasks.
• May be accountable for accumulation, labeling, and management of hazardous wastes, as appropriate to their area, providing they are properly trained prior to assignment.
• Assist with performing non-aseptic procedures including handling of poultry in the process of harvesting tissue or waste.
• Assist in reviewing and developing S.O.P’s.
• Assist in reviewing production records and entering technical data into required system.
• Attend training classes, workshops, meetings, etc., as required to improve job skills and product-related procedures.
• Assist in monitoring and requisitioning laboratory supplies.

Qualification & Experience:

• High School diploma/GED with industry related lab experience or Bachelor’s with industry or academic lab experience.
• 1yr+ lab experience needed.
• Able to apply knowledge and skills to complete assigned work within own area.
• Recognizes problems and uses existing procedures to assess solutions.
• Works on tasks to meet time frames set by others.
• Ability to read, write and comprehend information and to effectively convey information to colleagues at various levels.
• Aseptic clean room behaviors experience preferred.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations and conversions.
• Ability to work standing for long periods of time.
• Laboratory experience (preferred).
• Biology or chemistry education background (preferred).
• Mechanical aptitude (preferred).

 

 


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: $20.00/hr.