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BioPhase Solutions specializes in recruiting top talented professionals for Southern California's Scientific community. We are currently looking for an Lab EHS Safety Officer/Scientistto work for an Orange County area medical device company.
Salary: $70-95k
Responsibilities:
Lab Safety Officer, Primary Major Responsibilities
- Establishes calibration, maintenance, warranty, service contract, and access to operator manuals for all BSL2 common equipment
- Upkeep of chemical inventory lists
- Keep PPE and consumable laboratory supplies appropriately stocked and organized
- Order specific laboratory supplies and work with other team members on placing orders on reoccurring stock items
- Review companywide chemical purchases, ensures MSDS sheets are kept up to date, organized, and easily accessible
- Ensure all personnel in the lab have adequate access to PPE
- Schedule shared lab space or common lab equipment use time for staff.
- Ensures the lab is organized
- Maintains service contract records and renewals of essential lab instruments/equipment
- Either directly trains or schedules training for lab personnel on the correct use of lab equipment
- Responsible for coordinating chemical and biowaste disposal based on the county, state and federal regulations
- Ensures that employees have all resources at their disposal to follow industry standards and safety regulations for handling and disposing of chemical and biohazardous materials.
- Maintain comprehensive maintenance and upkeep of laboratory infrastructure including:
- Partnering with Facilities and Quality to ensure upkeep of all Laboratory safety equipment (fire extinguishers, safety eye wash, etc.) to the appropriate calibration and maintenance schedules
- Maintains and upkeeps large laboratory equipment, including chemical fume hoods and biosafety cabinets.
- Quality standards and procedures for laboratory operations
- Laboratory safety equipment, including fire extinguishers, safety showers, eyewash stations
- Laboratory safety enclosures, including fume hoods, biosafety cabinets, PCR Workstations, etc.
- Appropriate chemical storage, including secondary containment, and an up-to-date chemical inventory
- PPE access for all personnel in the lab
- Maintains security standards within the laboratory
- Maintains contamination monitoring within the laboratory and gowning rooms
- Monitors utilization of equipment and provides ongoing guidance to lab staff on the safe and appropriate use of equipment
- Assist with other responsibilities and/or projects as the need arises.
Scientist, Secondary Major Responsibilities
- Responsible for handling biological specimens (BSL2), following experimental procedures and protocols
- Prepares reagents and solutions as directed, using appropriate procedural and documentation methods
- Design thoughtful and informative experiments (with the assistance of experienced colleagues)
- Execute various PCR-based experiments and analysis of raw data generated
- Recording of experimental data in an electronic LabArchive lab notebook following good laboratory notebook practices to ensure proper traceability
- Assist other colleagues with additional laboratory work as needed
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, or related field
- 5+ years of cumulative experience working in either a chemical or BSL2 laboratory
- Very familiar with Chemical and Biohazard safety rules and regulations; preferred to have prior certification in chemical safety, bloodborne pathogen safety, Hazwoper, OSHA 30, or related
- Comfortable with working in a BSL2 laboratory environment
- Effective use of LabArchive, Excel, PowerPoint, Word required
- Excellent communication skills to plan and obtain buy-in for lab management
- Can multitask and coordinate duties of both LSO and Scientist I
- Ability to quickly deploy new equipment and technology for the BSL2 lab
- Demonstrated knowledge of laboratory safety regulations and Good Laboratory Practice
Please send resumes to tiffany@biophaseinc.com and visit our website at www.biophaseinc.com for additional job opportunities!!!
