Senior Lab Technician

Title:  Sr. Lab Technician

Location: Raritan, NJ

Schedule: 1^st Shift

Type: Direct Hire

Start date:  ASAP

Responsibilities:

• Perform in vitro experiments, analyze data, records results, and provide interpretations and conclusions as appropriate.
• Set up, operate and maintain laboratory instruments.
• Maintain current knowledge of the scientific literature associated with his or her areas of research
• Responsible for performing laboratory experiments and activities supporting clinical and pre-clinical programs within the Bacterial Vaccines department.
• Primary duties will include the propagation of tissue cultures and their cryogenic storage, the growth of BSL2 level bacterial isolates and the preparation of bacterial and tissue culture growth media.
• Qualification and performance of assays associated with full development programs including ELISA or MSD (Meso Scale Discovery) assays, an Opsonophagocytic Killing (OPK) assay, or serological assays for the characterization of bacteria.
• Perform in vitro assays in support of ongoing clinical trials under Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) conditions and will maintain laboratory records according to GCLP requirements.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Scientific field required.
• Experience working in a Biosafety (BSL) II laboratory with cell culture.
• Familiarity with basic microbiology, aseptic technique, and general safe laboratory practices is required.
• At least one of the following laboratory skills is required:
  • Familiarity with ELISA procedures.
  • One – three years of laboratory experience in tissue culture.
  • One – three years of laboratory experience in the performance of in vitro assays with clinical materials and the use of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).
  • Familiarity with opsonophagocytic killing assays and flow cytometry.
• Familiarity with GCLP or GLP principles is strongly recommended.

Joule, a System One division is a leader in specialized workforce solutions and integrated services. With more than 6,000 employees and roughly 50 offices throughout the U.S. we provide scientific, clinical, engineering, energy, IT, legal and administrative staffing services.  For more than 40 years, we have delivered workforce solutions and integrated services to clients nationally.