Molecular Laboratory Technician
Job Description
A-Line Staffing is now hiring Molecular Laboratory Technician (Animal Health) in Reynoldsburg OH 43068. The Molecular Laboratory Technician would be working for a Fortune 500 company and has career growth potential. This would be full-time / 40+ hours per week. If you are interested in this Molecular Laboratory Technician position, please contact Lindsay at 586-710-7959 or LKOPASZ@ALINESTAFFING.com.
Molecular Laboratory Technician Compensation
- The pay for this position is $27 per hour
- Benefits are available to full-time employees after 90 days of employment
- A 401(k) with a company match is available for full-time employees with 1 year of service on our eligibility dates
Molecular Laboratory Technician Highlights
- This position is a contract assignment with potential to hire on permanently based upon attendance, performance, and business needs
- The required availability for this position is 8am to 5pm
Molecular Laboratory Technician Responsibilities
- Making aliquots of reagents for testing
- Tracking, assembling, and shipping sampling kits
- Creating/updating freezer inventories
- Labelling and organizing samples before testing
- Putting samples and reagents away after testing is complete
- Invoicing for supply cost reimbursement
- Simple sample processing, including adding media to tubes and centrifuging samples
- Long-term storage of clinical samples
- Creating worksheets and setting up runs on thermal cyclers
- Complex sample processing, including tissue and semen
- Setting up washes and KingFisher Flex for extraction or performing manual spin column nucleic acid extraction
- Making master mix for PCR
- Loading extraction plate
- Running the QIAxcel or gel electrophoresis
- Performing conventional and real-time PCRs
- Assisting with Sanger sequencing preparation
Molecular Laboratory Technician Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in molecular biology, biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, or a related field
- Experience in a laboratory setting, ideally in molecular biology or a related field
- Familiarity with techniques such as PCR, gel electrophoresis, nucleic acid extraction, and sample preparation
- Ability to follow SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and maintain detailed laboratory documentation
- Strong understanding of molecular biology principles and techniques
- High School Diploma or GED
- Attendance is mandatory for the first 90 days
Molecular Laboratory Technician Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience in clinical or research laboratories
Knowledge of Sanger sequencing and advanced PCR methodologies
Proficiency with laboratory instruments like QIAxcel and KingFisher Flex
If you think this Molecular Laboratory Technician position is a good fit for you, please reach out to me — feel free to call, e-mail, or apply to this posting!