Lab Assistant

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Minneapolis, MN, USA
In-Office
17-23 Hourly
Junior
Biotech
The Role
The Lab Assistant is responsible for maintaining the animal facility, ensuring the welfare of rodents, managing lab duties, and adhering to safety regulations.
Summary Generated by Built In

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

Pay Range:

$16.80 - $23.10

Position Summary:

This is a Full-Time Position at 40 per week on a flexible, daytime schedule. The responsibilities of this position are to maintain the animal facility at Bio-Techne, comfort handling rodents is required.  Perform additional duties as assigned.

Essential Functions

  • Responsible for the welfare and immunization of all rodents that are used within R & D Systems.
  • General lab duties including filter sterilizing aliquoting and labeling samples.
  • General lab duties including stocking and organizing supplies and materials and preparing reagents.
  • Follows company policies and practices as outlined in the Handbook and follows guidelines regarding safety as outlined in the AWAIR, Chemical Hygiene and Exposure Control manuals in accordance to the job.
  • Performs additional duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

This position requires a high school diploma or GED, AA degree or equivalent with a minimum of 2 to 4 years’ experience with a high school diploma, or 0 to 2 years with an AA or a BS degree. Attention to detail, organization, are required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel are required. Computer entry and/or typing skills are desirable. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, multi-task, and have good communication skills, both verbally and in writing.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Knowledge of laboratory equipment
  • Ability to work with animals (mouse, rat). Adhere to IACUUC rules for animal care.
  • Skills pertaining to immunization of rodents.
  • Knowledge of sterile technique.
  • Knowledge of safety procedures and practices.
  • Ability to lift 25 pounds
  • Ability to act independently on routine assignments or projects.
  • Ability to plan, organize and multi-task to complete assignments in an efficient manner.
  • Ability to communicate professionally, both oral and written. Excellent record keeping skills necessary.
  • Ability to pay attention to details and perform at a high level of accuracy.
  • Ability to work independently and with a team.
  • Ability to work hours including weekend and holidays.

Why Join Bio-Techne:

  • We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
  • We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
  • We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
  • We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging. 
  • We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
  • We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.

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The Company
HQ: Minneapolis, MN
2,512 Employees
Year Founded: 1981

What We Do

Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-quality purified proteins and reagent solutions - notably cytokines and growth factors, antibodies, immunoassays, biologically active small molecule compounds, tissue culture reagents, and cell and gene therapy workflow solutions including T-Cell activation technologies. Bio-Techne’s portfolio also includes protein analysis solutions, sold under the ProteinSimple brand name, that offer researchers efficient and streamlined options for automated Western blot and multiplexed ELISA workflow. These reagent and protein analysis solutions are sold to biomedical researchers, as well as clinical research laboratories, and constitute the Protein Sciences Segment. Bio-Techne also develops and manufactures diagnostic products including FDA-regulated controls, calibrators, blood gas and clinical chemistry controls, and other reagents for OEM and clinical customers. Bio-Techne’s genomic tools include advanced tissue-based in situ hybridization assays (ISH) for research and clinical use, sold under the ACD brand, as well as a portfolio of clinical molecular diagnostic oncology assays including the ExoDx®Prostate (IntelliScore) test (EPI) for prostate cancer diagnosis. These diagnostic and genomic products comprise Bio-Techne’s Diagnostics and Genomics Segment. Bio-Techne products are integral components of scientific investigations into biological processes and molecular diagnostics, revealing the nature, diagnosis, etiology and progression of specific diseases. They aid in drug discovery efforts and provide the means for accurate clinical tests and diagnoses. With thousands of products in its portfolio, Bio-Techne generated approximately $714 million in net sales in fiscal 2019 and has over 2,200 employees worldwide.

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