Junior Lab Technician

5 days ago

East Rand, South Africa Unique Personnel Full time

**Job Number**

66480

**Job Type**

FT Contract

**Job Title**

Junior Lab Technician

**Computer Skills**

MS Office

**Industry**

Manufacturing

**City**

Ekurhuleni (East Rand)

**Province**

Gauteng

Job Description Include the following. Other duties may be assigned as necessary.
- Prepare nutrient and chemical stocks for algae production.
- Perform cleaning and sanitation duties for algae production equipment.
- Prepare flask, media, and algae production equipment for autoclaving.
- Inoculate flasks with algal cultures and maintain cultures in a controlled growing environment for scale-up, up to 10 L photo-bioreactors, ensuring sterile and axenic culture conditions.
- Monitor algae growth parameters in lab and scale-up bioreactors.
- Perform routine water chemistry analysis and routine measurements for characterizing algae productivity and process yield.
- Perform microscopic evaluations of cultures.
- Keep daily records of observations and activities.
- Assist the senior laboratory technician to maintain a stock of lab supplies, conducting regular stock counts and reporting on stock lows.
- Report any equipment failures to the senior laboratory technician.
- Perform and document internal QA/QC on analytical procedures.
- Perform non-routine analysis in support of process development or troubleshooting purposes, as well as in support of research and development experiments, as required

**Inherent Requirements**

**Required Education and Experience**
- BSc/BTech in Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry or similar field and preferably 1 to 2 years relevant industry experience in microalgae culture.
- Previous experience working with hazardous materials, chemicals and laboratory equipment.
- Must be proficient in the maintenance of axenic cultures and maintaining sterile culture conditions.
- Previous experience working with hazardous materials, chemicals and laboratory equipment.
- Experience with basic analytical chemistry methods is required. Knowledge of microscopic identification of microalgal strains and analysis of lipids and lipid profile analysis with gas chromatography is a plus.
- Must be computer literate, proficiency with Microsoft Office programs, specifically Excel is a must, with experience in data collection.
- Ability to follow SOPs.
- Must be able to work independently and flexibly and to adapt to changing priorities.
- Good communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Discretion when dealing with disclosures of sensitive and proprietary information. This contract will include strict non-disclosure terms.

**What Qualification**

**Minimum Qualification**

Diploma

**Status**

Available

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