Microbiologist 1
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Laboratory Microbiologist I
LANSING MI
Reports To: Laboratory Manager
Job Summary:
Under technical supervision conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses and investigate the growth structure development and other characteristics of microscopic organisms such as bacteria algae or fungi
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Analyze organic or inorganic compounds to determine chemical or physical properties composition structure relationships or reactions using chromatography spectroscopy or spectrophotometry techniques
- Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media controlling moisture aeration temperature and nutrition
- Study growth structure development and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms
- Examine physiological morphological and cultural characteristics using testing instruments to identify and classify microorganisms
- Conduct quality control tests
- Maintain laboratory instruments to ensure proper working order and troubleshoot malfunctions when needed
- Prepare test solutions compounds or reagents for laboratory employees to conduct tests
- Induce changes in composition of substances by introducing heat light energy or chemical catalysts for quantitative or qualitative analyses
- Evaluate laboratory safety procedures to ensure compliance with standards or to make improvements as needed
- Compile and analyze test information to determine process or equipment operating efficiency or to diagnose malfunctions
- Write technical papers or reports or prepare standards and specifications for processes facilities products or tests
- Confer with others to interpret test results
- Maintain workflow and turnaround time for customer samples
- Maintain quality control of micro area and consumables
- Execute method validation plans
- Establish and maintain productive working relationships with people inside the laboratory and people outside the laboratory including customers regulatory staff and corporate staff
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Additional Responsibilities:
- Work with Technical Services to improve current methods
- Perform other duties as may be assigned
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skills and/or abilities required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
- Bachelors degree with a major in microbiology biochemistry or other related science major required
- 3 5 years of microbiology laboratory experience required
- Proficiency with selective plating aseptic techniques gram staining light microscopy quantitative polymerase chain reaction techniques
Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required:
- Knowledge of laboratory applications of microbiology
- Exemplary customer service skills
- Ability to use a variety of laboratory equipment and instruments including colony counters incubators autoclaves and microscopes
- Ability to use computers and computer software programs and systems and standard office equipment such as phones photocopiers and fax machines
- Good written and verbal communication skills to convey and receive information effectively (faceto face telephone and electronic)
- Good analytical and judgment skills
- Detailoriented
- Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding test results
- Excellent organizational skills to work independently prioritize handle multiple tasks manage time
Certifications Licenses Registrations:
None
Safety Sensitive Position:
Equipment or vehicles used and activities performed by this position that could cause serious injury or death to the operator other employees and/or other individuals if not used properly or safely:
- Contamination from working with microbial testing
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer walking/moving around and standing talking and hearing and using hands to handle control or feel objects tools or controls
- Occasional periods of stooping/bending
- Lifting up to 25 pounds regularly
- Close vision and ability to focus on computer screens and documents; depth perception; color vision
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee works in a laboratory environment.
While performing workrelated duties the employee occasionally works with hazardous toxic or caustic chemicals such as acids and solvents works around fumes or airborne particles from laboratory chemicals used/fume hoods works with or near moving mechanical parts from laboratory equipment and works with equipment that vibrates. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Stressful Conditions in the Work Environment Affecting This Position:
- Challenging work demands including heavy workload/work quantity or quality demands time demands conflicting/multiple deadlines or tasks and interpreting data
Work Schedule:
- 40hour minimum workweek; TuesdaySaturday
- May require oncall duty and the ability to work outside of scheduled work hours including weekends and holidays when the need arise
- Travel of 510% may be required.
Employment Type
Full Time
