Job Title: Associate Lab Support Technician (JP9671)
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA (Onsite)
Employment Type: Contract
Business Unit: Pilot Plant
Duration: 2 years+
Rate: $18-22/Hr DOE
Job posting date: 1/14/2022

​3 Key Consulting is hiring an Associate Lab Support Technician for a consulting engagement with our client, a leading global bio-pharmaceutical company.


Qualifications:

• Candidate will be sitting on site, lab based, admin hours with opportunity for potential weekend work.
• Must have Bachelor degree in life sciences or chemical engineering or bio engineering with coursework focused on fermentation, purification, cell culture, microbiology or engineering
• Experience with cell culture, purification, biotech equipment (bioreactor) and analytical equipment

Job Summary:
Under general supervision, a Lab Support Associate prepares cell culture and fermentation media, purification buffers and analytical reagents. Responsible for the preparation, sterilization and dispensing of cell culture and fermentation media, purification buffers and analytical reagents, documentation and other duties involved in the operation of process development laboratories. Compiles batch records of prepared media, buffers and reagents in electronic laboratory notebooks, maintains laboratory equipment, laboratory notebooks and monitors supplies. General knowledge of laboratory procedures especially aseptic technique is required. A degree in life sciences with coursework focused on fermentation, purification, cell culture or microbiology is preferred.

Top Must have Skill Sets:

• Candidate will be sitting on site, lab based, admin hours with opportunity for potential shift work.
• Must have Bachelor degree in life sciences with coursework focused on fermentation, purification, cell culture, microbiology or engineering
• Experience with cell culture, purification, biotech equipment (bioreactor) and analytical equipment
   

Employee Value Proposition:
The person in this role will have an opportunity to gain hands on exposure to a world class bio-tech facility.
 
Red Flags:
Non-science/engineering background
 
Interview Process:
Phone screen interviews first, then formal interviews with 3-5 candidates after, then final decision to be made post-interviews.
 
We invite qualified candidates to send your resume to resumes@3keyconsulting.com. If you decide that you’re not interested in pursuing this position, please feel free to look at other positions on our website www.3keyconsulting.com. You are welcome to also share this posting with anyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.