Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Cold Room/Freezers -22degreesF/-6degrees C, Laboratory Setting, Loud Noises (Equipment/Machinery), Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Strong Odors (chemical, lubricants, biological products etc.), Will work with hazardous/toxic materials
Job Description
Please note this is a fixed term contract starting immediately, ending December 5, 2025
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.
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How will you make an impact?
Unity Lab Services offers coordinated lab service, support, and supply management, providing a comprehensive solution. This outstanding position allows you to contribute to routine lab support services, enabling our clients to fully dedicate themselves to their innovative research. Your role in promoting a safe and forward-thinking work environment will be essential in implementing site safety programs, analyzing cost savings, and driving process improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Perform lab equipment verifications and pH meter calibrations following company protocols, maintaining flawless records as needed
- Biological Material Management: Access cryo- and ultra-low freezers to organize, transfer, or remove materials in an accurate and timely manner and track records in an internal spreadsheet. Using PIMS/Mosaic systems to enter biological materials upon arrival, assess and update current inventory.
- Media Sciences: prepare media, buffer, ethanol dilutions, and reagents according to customer requirements.
- Lab Support: standard protein conjugations, aliquot materials and register biological samples in customer database.
- Molecular Biology Service: perform routine DNA scale-ups with transformation, Maxi and Mini Preps
- Tissue Culture Service: maintain typical cell lines and perform established cell line passaging, seeding, harvesting, bulk up, mycoplasma testing, and gel electrophoresis
- Report job specific metrics to Site Supervisor and maintain world-class record-keeping.
Physical Requirements / Work Environment
- Works primarily at customer sites.
- Regularly required to lift 30 lbs, and up to 35lbs occasionally.
- Regularly required to stand, walk and conduct manual material handling (twisting, bending, reaching, lifting, etc.) for prolonged periods.
- Ability to work in environments with varied temperatures (cold rooms, freezers, liquid nitrogen, etc.)
How will you get here?
- Proficient with Microsoft Office software: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Minimum 2 years of customer service experience
- Familiar with general laboratory protocol
Education
- 2 years College Degree is required
- BA/BS degree or four-year college degree in a Science related field is preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Must be responsible, accountable, and take ownership of one's work
- Must possess the interpersonal skills to be able to interact with various levels of personnel & customers
- Skilled in efficient time management to prioritize own work and meet business efficiency metrics
- Diligent, creative thinker, well-organized, fosters a collaborative work environment
Benefits
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Free on-site parking
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
- Paid Jury Duty
- Safety shoe program
- Prescription safety glasses program
Compensation
The salary range estimated for this position based in Canada is $53,000.00-$55,000.00.