Salary: $
22.00 per hour based on a 35 hour work week
Benefits: The University offers generous benefits including paid
time off (holidays, holy days and vacation), employer matching contributions to
the retirement plan, and tuition benefits for employees and their eligible dependents.
Learn more and explore benefits at www.duq.edu/benefits
Location: Biology
Position Status: Full-time (12 month, Grant
funded)
Hours: Varied
Position Number: 063123/30-517
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
POSITION SUMMARY:
The laboratory technician is responsible for general maintenance and
organization of the lab. Will also carry out experiments related to NIH grants.
The lab technician should be organized, reliable, and able to work independently.
This is a grant funded position.
DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
General lab
maintenance. Conduct lab chores and coordinate with work study student.
Maintain lab inventories, order reagents, contact vendors and sales
representatives, prepare and maintain stock solutions, plates, and other
consumables. Maintain equipment and coordinate repairs and vendor maintenance.
General lab
organization. Maintain biohazard SOP, maintain chemical inventory and waste
removal, organize lab meeting schedule, maintain lab website, attend all lab
meetings, coordinate undergraduate student schedules and training, maintain C.
elegans stocks and other reagents
Help to purchase
new equipment and computers for lab.
Positively represent the Maniates lab at departmental seminars, retreats, receptions, and other events.
Conduct experiments related to aims outlined in NIH grants, maintain an organized laboratory notebook, intellectually contribute to ongoing projects, help students with maintaining strains while attending conferences and during academic year as needed, generating C. elegans strains and plasmids.
Supervises
student employees only.
Completes other duties as assigned.