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

<h3>Essential Responsibilities:</h3><li>Timely GxP-compliant receipt of reference material and/or incoming samples</li><li>May initiate sample chain-of-custody paperwork and/or electronic records</li><li>Provides timely notification of sample receipt to appropriate BAL/client personnel</li><li>Generates and maintains records in a GxP compliant manner</li><li>Manages sample receipt freezer inventory</li><li>Collects metrics data required to monitor sample receipt processes</li><li>Recommends process improvements</li><li>May train new Sample Management Technicians</li><li>May assist with disposition of samples</li><li>May assist with internal transfer of samples from temporary freezers to permanent freezers</li><li>Follows BAL SOPs</li><li>May accession samples as needed</li><li>Reviews study sample metadata to confirm consistency between the tube labels, study paperwork and electronic sample management systems (eSMS)</li><li>Accessions samples into LIMS</li><li>Imports electronic data into electronic sample management system (e.g. FreezerPro)</li><li>Resolves discrepancies, with responsibility for investigating and correcting sample anomalies identified in the eSMS system</li><li>Manage pre and post-test sample storage</li><li>Pull/check out samples for testing</li><li>Check in samples after testing</li><h3>Minimum Preferred Qualifications: Skills</h3><li>Working knowledge of GxP regulations</li><li>Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment where multiple concurrent projects must be completed in a timely manner</li><li>Ability to take direction well and multi-task</li><li>Acute attention to detail and excellent organizational skills</li><li>Excellent oral and written communication skills</li><li>Proficiency in MS Excel and Word</li><li>Proficiency in LIMS and Quality Management software packages</li><h3>Additional Responsibilities</h3><li>Other duties as needed</li><h3>Minimum Acceptable Qualifications: Education/Experience</h3><li>High school diploma</li><h3>Minimum Acceptable Qualifications: Skills</h3><li>Ability to work under GxP regulations</li><li>Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment where multiple concurrent projects must be completed in a timely manner</li><li>Ability to take direction well and multi-task</li><li>Acute attention to detail and excellent organizational skills</li><li>Excellent oral and written communication skills</li><li>Ability to quickly build proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, LIMS and Quality Management software</li><h3>Preferred Credentials</h3><li>Experience with shipping and receiving procedures</li><li>Familiarity with GxP regulations in a laboratory environment</li><li>Experience using Watson LIMS</li><h3>Supervisory Responsibility</h3><li>This position has no supervisory responsibilities</li><h3>Supervision Received</h3><li>Frequent supervision and instructions</li><li>Infrequently exercises discretionary authority</li><h3>Working Environment</h3><li>Primarily laboratory environment, including use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, lab coats and gloves</li><li>Occasional loading dock environment</li><li>Occasional office environment</li><li>Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets</li><li>Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms</li><li>Potential exposure to skin and lung irritants, toxic materials, and hazardous waste</li><li>Exposure to fluctuating temperatures on rare occasions</li><h3>Physical Demands</h3><li>Ability to transition between sitting, standing and walking for up to eight (8) hours per day</li><li>Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists</li><li>Frequent mobility needed</li><li>Occasional crouching or stooping, with frequent bending and twisting of upper body and neck</li><li>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</li><li>Ability to use personal protective equipment and work effectively in freezers as cold as -80°C</li><li>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</li><li>Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups</li><li>Requires multiple periods of intense concentration</li><li>Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence</li><li>Ability to perform under stress and multi-task</li><li>Regular and consistent attendance</li><h3>Position Type and Expected Hours of Work</h3><li>This is a full-time position</li><li>1st Shift Working Hours: 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday with the potential to move to 7am-3pm</li><li>Some flexibility in hours is allowed, but the employee must be available during the “core” work hours as published in the BioAgilytix Employee Handbook</li><li>Occasional weekend, holiday, and evening work required</li>