Lab EHS Safety Officer/Scientist

Job Description

Job Description

BioPhase Solutions specializes in recruiting top talented professionals for Southern California's Scientific community. We are currently looking for an Lab EHS Safety Officer / Scientist to work for an Orange County area medical device company.

Salary : $70-95k

Responsibilities :

Lab Safety Officer, Primary Major Responsibilities

• Establishes calibration, maintenance, warranty, service contract, and access to operator manuals for all BSL2 common equipment
• Upkeep of chemical inventory lists
• Keep PPE and consumable laboratory supplies appropriately stocked and organized
• Order specific laboratory supplies and work with other team members on placing orders on reoccurring stock items
• Review companywide chemical purchases, ensures MSDS sheets are kept up to date, organized, and easily accessible
• Ensure all personnel in the lab have adequate access to PPE
• Schedule shared lab space or common lab equipment use time for staff.
• Ensures the lab is organized
• Maintains service contract records and renewals of essential lab instruments / equipment
• Either directly trains or schedules training for lab personnel on the correct use of lab equipment
• Responsible for coordinating chemical and biowaste disposal based on the county, state and federal regulations
• Ensures that employees have all resources at their disposal to follow industry standards and safety regulations for handling and disposing of chemical and biohazardous materials.
• Maintain comprehensive maintenance and upkeep of laboratory infrastructure including :
• Partnering with Facilities and Quality to ensure upkeep of all Laboratory safety equipment (fire extinguishers, safety eye wash, etc.

to the appropriate calibration and maintenance schedules

• Maintains and upkeeps large laboratory equipment, including chemical fume hoods and biosafety cabinets.
• Quality standards and procedures for laboratory operations
• Laboratory safety equipment, including fire extinguishers, safety showers, eyewash stations
• Laboratory safety enclosures, including fume hoods, biosafety cabinets, PCR Workstations, etc.
• Appropriate chemical storage, including secondary containment, and an up-to-date chemical inventory
• PPE access for all personnel in the lab
• Maintains security standards within the laboratory
• Maintains contamination monitoring within the laboratory and gowning rooms
• Monitors utilization of equipment and provides ongoing guidance to lab staff on the safe and appropriate use of equipment
• Assist with other responsibilities and / or projects as the need arises.

Scientist, Secondary Major Responsibilities

• Responsible for handling biological specimens (BSL2), following experimental procedures and protocols
• Prepares reagents and solutions as directed, using appropriate procedural and documentation methods
• Design thoughtful and informative experiments (with the assistance of experienced colleagues)
• Execute various PCR-based experiments and analysis of raw data generated
• Recording of experimental data in an electronic LabArchive lab notebook following good laboratory notebook practices to ensure proper traceability
• Assist other colleagues with additional laboratory work as needed

Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, or related field
• 5+ years of cumulative experience working in either a chemical or BSL2 laboratory
• Very familiar with Chemical and Biohazard safety rules and regulations; preferred to have prior certification in chemical safety, bloodborne pathogen safety, Hazwoper, OSHA 30, or related
• Comfortable with working in a BSL2 laboratory environment
• Effective use of LabArchive, Excel, PowerPoint, Word required
• Excellent communication skills to plan and obtain buy-in for lab management
• Can multitask and coordinate duties of both LSO and Scientist I
• Ability to quickly deploy new equipment and technology for the BSL2 lab
• Demonstrated knowledge of laboratory safety regulations and Good Laboratory Practice

Please send resumes to [email protected] and visit our website at www.biophaseinc.com for additional job opportunities!!!