What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientist I position at Eurofins USA Discovery Services?
Job Description
Become your most extraordinary self! Our team is intensely proud to be a major provider of services and products to the drug discovery research industry. Join Eurofins DiscoverX Corporation part of the Eurofins Discovery ™ group of companies serving global clients in the Pharma and Biotech industries. Work alongside industry experts and collaborate with team members to directly and positively impact human health worldwide!
We have a philosophy to support work life balance, career progression opportunities and offer many benefits such as formal mentoring programs, tuition reimbursement, extensive career training programs, competitive health benefits, paid time off and 10 annual paid holidays
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
- Responsible for screening cell-based assays in an operations setting using plate reader such as EnVision or FLIPR instrumentation, liquid handling, and other lab automation.
- Serves as the primary point of contact and lead for assigned assay sets, responsible for developing the weekly assay schedule and independently executing assays with minimal supervision.
- Co-ordinate multiple projects simultaneously. This includes efforts for a bi-weekly large-scale safety pharmacology panel, routinely scheduled screens, HTS campaigns, and ad-hoc requests.
- Ability to maintain all (25 ) cell lines needed for the operation and providing screening plates or assays ready cells according to the business needs.
- Maintain inventory of bulk vials to sustain the business continuity.
- Support compound management by utilizing acoustic dispensing (Echo or ATS).
- In charge of optimizing screening assays to improve TAT.
- Coordinate cross-site screening facility efforts
- Set up training for new employees, establish and curate SOPs and routine QC.
- Heavily involved in data management. Optimize workflow and remedy error prone steps. Understand data management in CBIS.
- Independently analyze screening results, provide initial data QC using Spotfire or other data visualization tools. Perform large-scale data analysis and generate customer reports.
- Maintains accurate and organized records for all assay related work
- Demonstrates and promotes the company vision.
- Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Owns the accountability and responsibility of delivering to client needs and timeliness.
- Provides cross-functional support to other departments as required.
- Adjusts work hours as needed to meet client deadlines.
- Adheres to site employee health and safety (EHS) requirements.
Qualifications
Additional Information
Pay Rate Range : $29 - $34 / hr.
The position is full-time, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., with overtime as needed.
Salary : $29 - $34
