What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientific Support Specialist position at TalentBurst?
Position Name : Lab Support Specialist / Scientific Support Specialist
Location : Cambridge, MA 02109
Hours : 40 HR / wk, M-F, 7 : 30-4PM
Contract Duration : 2 months
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Daily Responsibilities / Job Description :
- This position is based in Cambridge MA and will support two facilities located in Cambridge and one in Branford CT. Individual should expect up to 50% travel.
- Report and escalate customer concerns to Site Lead.
- Maintain good stewardship of relationship between client , the customer and other service providers.
- Provide inventory management for lab consumables including but not limited to : cycle counts, restocking shelves, ordering, tracking of shipments and investigation and resolution of late or backordered items.
- To support coordination of waste removal from labs, ensuring use of appropriate waste streams with appropriate third-party vendors
- To provide timely communication to lab users and site lead on impact of any site service work
- Handle biologically contaminated glassware and plastic ware and glasswash machinery.
- Deliver requested chemicals to appropriate laboratory locations.
- Verify SDS documents in association with the chemical inventories.
- Obtain and maintain RCRA certification.
- Order and transport compressed gas cylinders, liquid dewars, packaged gases.
- Participate in audits and inspections and provide input as requested.
- Receive incoming packages on loading dock.
- Manage and maintain inventory of laboratory consumables.
- Observe all safety precautions and be proactive in raising safety concerns.
- Required to complete cross training and tasks as requested.
- Required to provide emergency support outside of business hours as scheduled.
- Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment.
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job at any time
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Comments for Suppliers : This position requires travel, and the ability to independently travel between customer sites. Prior experience is highly preferred as this is a short term high paced transitional support role.