Sample Management Technician -1st Shift (12-month contract)

Bioagilytix
Durham, NC
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Laboratory professionals with GxP compliance understanding and attention to detail will find this role in a regulated biotech environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in sample handling and GxP compliance in a lab setting
    — “Timely GxP-compliant receipt of reference material and/or incoming samples”
  • Individuals who thrive in structured, detail-oriented environments with frequent supervision
    — “Frequent supervision and instructions”

Things to consider

  • Potential exposure to hazardous materials and cold environments is a key operational factor
    — “Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms”
  • The role requires flexibility in working hours despite a core schedule
    — “Some flexibility in hours is allowed”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with sample chain-of-custody and inventory management in your resume
    — “Manages sample receipt freezer inventory”
  • Demonstrate your ability to resolve discrepancies in electronic systems during interviews
    — “Resolves discrepancies, with responsibility for investigating and correcting sample anomalies”
  • Emphasize your proficiency in LIMS and data import workflows in your application materials
    — “Imports electronic data into electronic sample management system”
  • Showcase your communication skills with examples of cross-functional collaboration
    — “Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • timely GxP-compliant receipt of reference material and/or incoming samples
  • generate and maintain records in a GxP compliant manner
  • manage sample receipt freezer inventory
  • accession samples into LIMS
Typical background
high school diplomaability to work in a fast-paced team environment

Skills & requirements

Required

Gxp RegulationsSample ManagementData EntryInventory ManagementQuality Management

Preferred

Shipping And Receiving ProceduresGxp Regulations In A Laboratory Environment

Stack & domain

Gxp RegulationsSample ManagementLIMSQuality Management SoftwareExcelWordAttention To DetailCommunicationTeamworkLaboratoryBiotechnology

About the role

Original posting from Bioagilytix via Lever

Essential Responsibilities::

  • Timely GxP-compliant receipt of reference material and/or incoming samples
  • May initiate sample chain-of-custody paperwork and/or electronic records
  • Provides timely notification of sample receipt to appropriate BAL/client personnel
  • Generates and maintains records in a GxP compliant manner
  • Manages sample receipt freezer inventory
  • Collects metrics data required to monitor sample receipt processes
  • Recommends process improvements
  • May train new Sample Management Technicians
  • May assist with disposition of samples
  • May assist with internal transfer of samples from temporary freezers to permanent freezers
  • Follows BAL SOPs
  • May accession samples as needed
  • Reviews study sample metadata to confirm consistency between the tube labels, study paperwork and electronic sample management systems (eSMS)
  • Accessions samples into LIMS
  • Imports electronic data into electronic sample management system (e.g. FreezerPro)
  • Resolves discrepancies, with responsibility for investigating and correcting sample anomalies identified in the eSMS system
  • Manage pre and post-test sample storage
  • Pull/check out samples for testing
  • Check in samples after testing

Minimum Preferred Qualifications: Skills:

  • Working knowledge of GxP regulations
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment where multiple concurrent projects must be completed in a timely manner
  • Ability to take direction well and multi-task
  • Acute attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Proficiency in MS Excel and Word
  • Proficiency in LIMS and Quality Management software packages

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Other duties as needed

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications: Education/Experience:

  • High school diploma

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications: Skills:

  • Ability to work under GxP regulations
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment where multiple concurrent projects must be completed in a timely manner
  • Ability to take direction well and multi-task
  • Acute attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to quickly build proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, LIMS and Quality Management software

Preferred Credentials:

  • Experience with shipping and receiving procedures
  • Familiarity with GxP regulations in a laboratory environment
  • Experience using Watson LIMS

Supervisory Responsibility:

  • This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Supervision Received:

  • Frequent supervision and instructions
  • Infrequently exercises discretionary authority

Working Environment:

  • Primarily laboratory environment, including use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, lab coats and gloves
  • Occasional loading dock environment
  • Occasional office environment
  • Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets
  • Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms
  • Potential exposure to skin and lung irritants, toxic materials, and hazardous waste
  • Exposure to fluctuating temperatures on rare occasions

Physical Demands:

  • Ability to transition between sitting, standing and walking for up to eight (8) hours per day
  • Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists
  • Frequent mobility needed
  • Occasional crouching or stooping, with frequent bending and twisting of upper body and neck
  • Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moving) objects, including laboratory samples, laboratory equipment, and laptop computer, with a maximum lift of 30 pounds
  • Ability to use personal protective equipment and work effectively in freezers as cold as -80°C
  • Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand, with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
  • Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups
  • Requires multiple periods of intense concentration
  • Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence
  • Ability to perform under stress and multi-task
  • Regular and consistent attendance

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:

  • This is a full-time position
  • 1st Shift Working Hours: 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday with the potential to move to 7am-3pm
  • Some flexibility in hours is allowed, but the employee must be available during the “core” work hours as published in the BioAgilytix Employee Handbook
  • Occasional weekend, holiday, and evening work required

Source: Bioagilytix careers (Lever)

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