What are the responsibilities and job description for the Laboratory Safety Specialist position at Careerbuilder-US?
We are seeking a Laboratory Safety Specialist for a contract position with the CDC in Atlanta, GA. The individual will support scientists and other lab professionals and will serve as primary point of contact for safety-related incident and emergency event responses.
Candidate Qualifications :
- Bachelor’s degree in microbiology, biology, chemistry, or other related science field
- Minimum of 1-2 years’ experience in performing duties outlined above.
- Requires experience with the flowing :
- Experience observing and working with good laboratory practice protocols.
- Knowledge of biosafety requirements for research being performed.
- Experience working with Microsoft Office, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Desirable Skills :
- Previous experience working in a CLIA environment.
- Experience writing project and scientific reports.
- Good oral and written communications skills.
- Strong ability to work as a team member.
- Ability to analyze and pay attention to detail.
- Good organizational skills.
- Ability to communicate verbally and written technical and non-technical information.
- Ability to maintain laboratory records and files.
This is a full time / 40 hours per week position. The individual will be working onsite each day in the beginning and will be able to telework up to 2 days in the future. This position offers the accrual of paid time off, paid federal holidays and is eligible to enroll in our health benefits program.
