Bio Lab Technician
The EPA National Student Services Contract has an immediate opening for a full-time contractor position; Bio Lab Technician with the Office of Research and Development at the EPA facility in Research Triangle Park, NC.
Salary: $23.84 per hour.
Travel: Occasional overnight travel may be required.
Required Skills:
- Familiarity with general laboratory safety and maintenance;
- At least 16 semester hours of laboratory procedures such as single and multi-chemical pipetting, preparing dilutions, using plate washers, centrifuging, sterilization and sanitation, preparing reagents;
- Prior experience working with environmental, biological, and/or human samples including: sample organization, labeling, receiving, inventory, and processing; and
- A working knowledge of good cell culture practices as well as basic molecular biology techniques such as DNA/RNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), recombinant cloning, transfection, protein lysate preparation, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and Western blot analysis and immunocytochemistry.
Desired Knowledge, Skills, Work Experience, and Education
- Prior work experience in a working laboratory environment outside of classroom environment is desired but not mandatory;
- Expereince using Microsoft Excel to summarize and manipulate data files, manage data, create graphics, and conduct basic data analysis. Familiarity with R packages for data analysis is preferred, but not required; and
- Experience with microscopy techniques, flow cytometry and small-scale laboratory automation is preferable, but not required.
Qualifications
- Be at least 18 years of age and
- Have earned at least a bachelor’s degree in biology, molecular biology, cell biology, chemistry,toxicology, genetics, biomedical engineering, environmental sciences, or related field from an accredited university or college within the last 24 months and
- Be a citizen of the United States of America or a Legal Permanent Resident and
EPA ORD employees, their spouses, and children are not eligible to participate in this program.
What the EPA project is about
As a team member, you will assist CCTE laboratory scientific researchers with laboratory experiments, maintenance and management of laboratory equipment, sample inventory and management, data analysis, as well as some administrative support functions.
This is an excellent opportunity for a recent Bachelor’s graduate to collaborate with EPA’s research team. Research experience includes:
- Maintaining sample inventories and logs;
- Preparing cell cultures;
- Assisting in assay development; and
- Networking and exploring many career paths at EPA.
Interested in this research opportunity? If so, follow the link below to apply. Questions? Email EPANSSC@ORAU.org