Sample Management Technician -1st Shift (12-month contract)

Essential Responsibilities: Timely GxP-compliant receipt of reference material and/or incoming samples

May initiate sample chain-of-custody paperwork and/or electronic records

Provides timely notification of sample receipt to appropriate BAL/client personnel

Generates and maintains records in a GxP compliant manner

Manages sample receipt freezer inventory

Collects metrics data required to monitor sample receipt processes

Recommends process improvements

May train new Sample Management Technicians

May assist with disposition of samples

May assist with internal transfer of samples from temporary freezers to permanent freezers

Follows BAL SOPs

May accession samples as needed

Reviews study sample metadata to confirm consistency between the tube labels, study paperwork and electronic sample management systems (eSMS)

Accessions samples into LIMS

Imports electronic data into electronic sample management system (e.g. FreezerPro)

Resolves discrepancies, with responsibility for investigating and correcting sample anomalies identified in the eSMS system

Manage pre and post-test sample storage

Pull/check out samples for testing

Check in samples after testing

Minimum Preferred Qualifications: Skills Working knowledge of GxP regulations

Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment where multiple concurrent projects must be completed in a timely manner

Ability to take direction well and multi-task

Acute attention to detail and excellent organizational skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Proficiency in MS Excel and Word

Proficiency in LIMS and Quality Management software packages

Additional Responsibilities Other duties as needed

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications: Education/Experience High school diploma

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications: Skills Ability to work under GxP regulations

Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment where multiple concurrent projects must be completed in a timely manner

Ability to take direction well and multi-task

Acute attention to detail and excellent organizational skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Ability to quickly build proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, LIMS and Quality Management software

Preferred Credentials Experience with shipping and receiving procedures

Familiarity with GxP regulations in a laboratory environment

Experience using Watson LIMS

Supervisory Responsibility This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Supervision Received Frequent supervision and instructions

Infrequently exercises discretionary authority

Working Environment Primarily laboratory environment, including use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, lab coats and gloves

Occasional loading dock environment

Occasional office environment

Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets

Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms

Potential exposure to skin and lung irritants, toxic materials, and hazardous waste

Exposure to fluctuating temperatures on rare occasions

Physical Demands Ability to transition between sitting, standing and walking for up to eight (8) hours per day

Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists

Frequent mobility needed

Occasional crouching or stooping, with frequent bending and twisting of upper body and neck

Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moving) objects, including laboratory samples, laboratory equipment, and laptop computer, with a maximum lift of 30 pounds

Ability to use personal protective equipment and work effectively in freezers as cold as -80°C

Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand, with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences

Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups

Requires multiple periods of intense concentration

Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence

Ability to perform under stress and multi-task

Regular and consistent attendance

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work This is a full-time position

1st Shift Working Hours: 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday with the potential to move to 7am-3pm

Some flexibility in hours is allowed, but the employee must be available during the “core” work hours as published in the BioAgilytix Employee Handbook

Occasional weekend, holiday, and evening work required