Job Description
Global food safety and quality partner with multiple laboratories across the country and worldwide. Offers services to the food and nutrition industry in the way of testing, auditing, consulting, training, research and other various services. Work in state of the art laboratories at competitive compensation, across multiple shift and with generous overtime available.
Pay Rate: $19.50
Shift: 10:00/11:00am-7:30/8:00pm (OT is a must)
- Rotating Shift, M-F one week / T-S the next.
Job Description:
To prepare samples for processing and maintain documentation of processes to facilitate testing procedures.
Essential Duties:
- Prepare media and broth for use in pathogen testing as required.
- Maintain knowledge of Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) that is required to complete job responsibilities.
- Collect plates and place them in the incubator for the specified amount of time and temperature.
- Read plates and tubes, as required, to determine the number of organisms in the sample.
- Prepare samples for analysis by recording, weighing, and blending.
- Pipette sample solution into tubes or plates according to the analysis process being performed.
- Pour the agar into plates or tubes to begin the growth process.
- Collect plates and place them in the incubator for the specified amount of time and temperature.
Education & Experience Requirements:
- Associate or bachelor’s degree
- 1+yr of relevant work, industry or schooling.
Astrix provides scientists to a broad spectrum of scientific based industries including: Chemical, Biotech, Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, Food Science, Flavors and Fragrances, Biomedical, Consumer Products, Environmental, Medical device, Petrochemical and Clinical Research.