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Caroline Driscoll
Lab Support Specialist
Job Description
Connexion’s mission is to provide "best in class" services to job seekers. We strive to achieve excellence in job placement, staffing, and recruiting services, while treating candidates with the professionalism and respect they deserve.
Title: Lab Support Specialist
Hiring Organization: Connexion Systems & Engineering
Compensation, Benefits, and Employment Type
Description:
Qualifications/years of experience:
Must Haves:
Technology Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
Soft Skills Needed:
Please use the apply button to submit your resume for consideration. A Connexion Representative will contact you shortly.
You may also send your resume and cover letter via email to the recruiter listed below. You MUST include the Job# and Job Title in your subject line.
If you are active in a job search but this job is not for you, please reach out to jobpostings@csetalent.com. We would be glad to help you find the perfect job!
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Title: Lab Support Specialist
Hiring Organization: Connexion Systems & Engineering
Compensation, Benefits, and Employment Type
- Duration: 3+ month contract, possible extension
- Pay rate: $21-$24/hr based on education and experience (some flex for highly experienced candidates)
- Job Location: Rockville, MD
- Schedule: M-F, 8am – 4:30pm, 100% onsite
- Job#: bh17387
Description:
- This is an entry level lab support role and will work closely with other teams to seamlessly deliver lab support services.
- Serve as point of contact for customer lab staff, facilitating and coordinating laboratory needs and activities.
- Help coordinate the working lab environment daily and notify inventory team of shortages in point of use cabinets including but not limited to glassware, lab coats, PPE, consumables.
- Occasionally support / coordinate waste removal from labs, ensuring use of waste streams with appropriate third-party vendors.
- Act as the liaison for escorting third-party vendors to customer lab staff for maintenance and/or repairs visits.
- Meet regularly with key stakeholders (lab staff, service providers, management) to identify, review and resolve issues in a timely manner and/or escalate as necessary.
- Regularly engage with the customer and internal staff to ensure quality and compliance within the laboratory.
- Collaborate with customer line safety reps to ensure a high level of safety is maintained in the lab.
- Provide updates and timely communication to lab users on service work requests.
- Provide area walkthrough for new members of customer staff and visitors.Â
- Once certified, provide coordination of a 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) lean service.
- May be required to cross-train and provide back-up to other lab support areas in their lab.Â
- Complete relevant paperwork according to principles of Good Documentation Practice.
- Help facilitate meetings with the ability to communicate from an area of expertise of LSC functions.
- Demonstrates appropriate use of office equipment/software after training
- Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment.
Qualifications/years of experience:
- High School Diploma at minimum, associate’s degree in a related field preferred, with 1-2 years’ experience in a customer-facing role, preferably in a scientific environment.
Must Haves:
- Sufficient knowledge to independently carry out duties of chemical and safe handling practices.
- Basic knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety
Technology Requirements:
- Intermediate MS Office Skills: Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel
Additional Requirements:
- Must be able to work in a laboratory, controlled environments requiring personal protective equipment (e.g., lab coat, safety glasses, etc.) in laboratory.Â
- Job pace may be fast and job completion demands may be high.Â
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position more than 25% of the timeÂ
- The person needs to occasionally move between labs, corridors, adjoining rooms, and buildings onsite. Frequently operate on instruments, objects, tools or controls, which will require regularly bending, squatting, stretching and reaching in order to perform in a service function.  Â
- Occasionally move or lift up to 25 pounds (potential for occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds).Â
- Specific vision abilities required by this position include without limitation, the ability to observe details at close range distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus in order to perform the essential service functions of this position.  Â
- Occasionally operates a computer and other office machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.Â
- Employee may be required to handle hazardous waste according to local, state, and federal regulations. Duties may include identifying, handling, generating, accumulating, storing and labeling hazardous waste.Â
- Potential risk to lab-based hazards including but not limited to extreme temperature, biological materials, hazardous chemicals.
- May be required to complete Medical Clearance, Respiratory Protection Training, and Fit Testing to wear a respirator as protection against hazards present in the laboratory environment.
Soft Skills Needed:
- Self-motivated and ability to work under pressure to balance conflicting deadlines
- Good interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to follow oral and written directions.
- Technical problem-solving skills and attention to details.
- Excellent customer service skills complemented by an ability to listen to and interpret client requests.
- Initiative driven with proactive skill set to improve processes.
- Ability to read and interpret chemical labeling and hazardous signage.
- Good Documentation Practice.
Please use the apply button to submit your resume for consideration. A Connexion Representative will contact you shortly.
You may also send your resume and cover letter via email to the recruiter listed below. You MUST include the Job# and Job Title in your subject line.
If you are active in a job search but this job is not for you, please reach out to jobpostings@csetalent.com. We would be glad to help you find the perfect job!
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Meet Your Recruiter
Caroline Driscoll
Account Manager & Sr. Technical Recruiter
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