Sr. Lab Technician

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

A healthier future. It's what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That's what makes us Roche.

The opportunity:

• Perform production and testing including production support duties for Operations ensuring quality of production and/or lab testing is completed by the department.

• Performs a variety of duties relating to production operations. Follows departmental work instructions, SOP's, OSHA safety regulations and cGMPs to perform assigned tasks.

• Monitor and oversee lab supply inventory, generate expense purchase requisitions, if applicable, input production data and other work-output data into appropriate network (e.g. SAP / LIMS) and maintain documentation in accordance with established procedures.

• Duties may include handling of hazardous materials in activities described above. Depending upon area of assignment or primary focus, may maintain departmental stock rooms, keep labs stocked, prepare buffers as needed/required which may also include performing direct production or testing activities.

• Maintain stock rooms and laboratories or work areas properly stocked with daily supplies to include the scheduling of repairs and preventative maintenance as necessary and report malfunctions to supervisor.

• Monitor lab supply inventory, generate expense purchase requisitions, if applicable, input production data and other work-output data into appropriate network (e.g. SAP / LIMS) and maintain documentation in accordance with established procedures.

• Duties may include handling of hazardous materials as described above. Depending upon area of assignment or primary focus, may perform various manufacturing and testing duties in addition to maintaining departmental stock rooms, log books, preparing buffers as needed/required which may also include, performing direct manufacturing activities such as bulk formulation, filling, sub-assembly and sample testing.

• Interface with internal groups to assure laboratory equipment maintenance, calibration and documents conform to established practices.

• Attends required training classes and participates in on-the-job training.

• Manages schedules, workload and establishes priorities using inputs from business requirements, SAP, and/or internal customer needs.

Who you are:

Formal Training/Education

• Minimum (required):

• Associate's Degree

• 2 years: 2-4 years of relevant Experience

• Preferred: Equivalent combination of education and work experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry, Biology, or Chemistry

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Directions for Testing (DFT) documents.

• Demonstrates competence in reading and completing charts, forms, and other documents.

• Ability to use personal computer with basic word-processing and spreadsheet applications.

• Good written and verbal communication skills highly desirable.

• Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds

• Must be able to lift 22 pounds in a repetitive turning motion

• Must be able to bend/squat to reach bottom of equipments

• Must be able to work in a clean room environment. Must be able to wear protective equipment, such as eye, foot, lab coat, and dust mask.

• May also need to wear a respirator for an 1 hour (2-3 times a week)

Travel Requirements: Based on business needs

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100'000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let's build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.

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