Sample Management Technician (12-month contract)

At BioAgilytix, we are passionate about premier science and the impact it has on our world. Our team of highly experienced scientists and professionals deliver tailored services for supporting new medicine breakthroughs with best-in-class bioanalytical services. We are tirelessly committed to our customers by being solution-oriented and deadline-driven. . . and we are growing. Our culture is fast-paced, fun and never boring. Because we work across numerous clients and drug modalities, your career can develop rapidly. You’ll gain experience with a variety of challenges all while you enable life-changing, life-saving therapeutics to the patients who need them.

In this full-time, contract-based role, you are responsible for GxP-compliant management of incoming and outgoing biological samples. Our clients trust us to deliver excellence in data and bioanalysis, and this position is a foundational piece of our larger process. Our company exists to test samples, and you will ensure the samples are checked into our Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), managed according to our procedures, and available to our scientific teams on time.

The Sample Management Technician is responsible for GxP-compliant processing of incoming samples and reference materials. 

• 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

• 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

• Other duties as needed

• High school diploma

• 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

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

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities

• Frequent supervision and instructions
• Infrequently exercises discretionary authority

• 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

• 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

• This is a full-time, contract-based role
• 1st Shift Working Hours: 9am-5pm
• 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

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any employment Visa at this time.