Lab Assistant

Work Schedule

Flex Shifts 40 hrs/wk

Environmental Conditions

Laboratory Setting, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

Join Us as a Lab Assistant – Make an Impact at the Forefront of Innovation

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Our PPD® Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought-leaders and therapeutic experts. As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations.

As a Lab Assistant, you will assist with with inventory management, orders and store lab supplies. Works with various teams to assist in the maintenance of laboratory systems, and assists with receiving, storing and discarding specimens. You will work with various teams and assist with the maintenance of laboratory systems and resources. Additionally, you will assist with preparation of laboratory reagents and solutions and aliquoting of specimens.

What You'll Do:

• Inventories management (including inventory counts), orders and store lab supplies, maintains accurate inventory levels for all products located in lab. 

• Ensures proper documentation is completed upon processing all inventory transactions, enters data into Mosaic. 

• Maintains close communication with vendors when necessary.

• Work with various teams to assist in the maintenance of laboratory systems and resources and assist aliquoting of specimens.

• Assists with receiving, storing and discarding specimens.

• Composes, copies, and distributes correspondence, reports, documents, forms, and tables as requested.

• Collects, compiles, and prepares reports and other documents; establishes, organizes, and maintains files. 

• Trains new staff in the Inventory systems and oversees request access to all new staff as needed.

Requirements:

• Diploma in Science or equivalent. No experience required.

• Higher Nitec in Science with > 1 year experience working in Lab.

• Able to commit to work schedule of Tuesday-Saturday, 9am to 6pm.

• Able to commit to rotating Public Holiday duties.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
• Basic technical/scientific terminology knowledge
• Good cooperative and collaborative skills
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to adhere to laboratory policies and standard operating procedures
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of client protocols and study data
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment