Lab Technician / Assistant I

Responsibilities :Maintains laboratory instruments and equipment on a daily, monthly, and quarterly basis. Prepares reagents and monitors instruments for bulk reagent levels. Orders and stocks office and laboratory supplies and equipment. Performs onsite servicing and technical support of various lab equipment including Benchmark autostainers. Manages incoming/outgoing stained slide and/or reagent shipments. May support several different functional lab spaces and groups Performs daily, monthly and quarterly instrument and equipment maintenance and cleaning tasks.Monitors and maintains usage logs for all equipment and instruments. Monitors, schedules and delivers portable equipment for calibration and maintains necessary paperwork.Troubleshoots minor equipment malfunctions by performing operational tests.Monitors and prepares bulk reagents daily.Maintains stock room and monitors and/or orders lab supplies inventory.Schedules internal equipment repairs and preventative maintenance as necessary.Prepares and schedules incoming and outgoing stained slide and/or reagent shipments.Support laboratory experiments and research activitiesPrepare lab materials and samples for testingEnsure compliance with laboratory safety and quality standardsAssist with data collection and documentationMaintain lab inventory and equipmentOther duties as assigned by management.