What are the responsibilities and job description for the Research Technician I position at Texas A&M AgriLife?
Job Title
Research Technician I
Agency
Texas A&M Agrilife Research
Department
Entomology
Proposed Minimum Salary
$19.50 hourly
Job Location
College Station, Texas
Job Type
Staff
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Lead arthropod rearing program (i.e., stable flies, blow flies, mealworms, etc.), which currently includes leading a team of undergraduate research assistants by providing support in maintaining standardized arthropod rearing practices.
- Support to ongoing research projects may include collecting arthropods or other samples around livestock facilities or other outdoor areas.
- Processing samples in the laboratory, maintain and organize samples and data in a timely manner, and other tasks depending on a project's schedule and need.
- Responsible for the maintenance, adherence to, and implementation of lab safety requirements, cleanliness, equipment maintenance, inventory, and ordering of laboratory supplies.
- Other duties will be as assigned as interest and independence is demonstrated.
Required Education and Experience:
- High school diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Two years of related experience.
Preferred Education and Experience:
- BS in relevant field
- Research experience (research outside of classroom)
- Arthropod handling and rearing
- Livestock or wildlife handling
Required Special Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities:
- Ability to cultivate and maintain professional working relationships with people of various backgrounds. Including engaged communication.
- Willingness to work with live-animals, including live-arthropods, and to follow animal welfare, safety, and compliance requirements in a research environment.
- Ability to work beyond normal business hours and/or work on weekends.
- Ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others.
- Exceptional skills in maintaining organized data records in a timely and detailed manner both physically and virtually, to ensure transparent records for all lab personnel.
- Maintaining knowledge and implementation of lab standard operating procedures, workspace preparation, lab techniques, and safety.
- Demonstrated capacity to independently troubleshoot issues.
- Ability to stand/sit for extended periods of time to perform duties.
- Ability to work occasionally in hot, outdoor environments in remote areas.
- Ability and willingness to work with pesticides and biosafety risk group agents of level 2.
- Ability to travel overnight and/or weekends associated with research.
Preferred Special Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities:
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Google workspace, and reference managers.
- Experience working with arthropods.
- Experience working with live-animals in a research or medical setting.
- Experience with invertebrates' colony rearing or vertebrate husbandry in a research setting.
- Experience with livestock or wildlife handling.
- Biological research experience including undergraduate experiences.
- Experience with molecular assays (cell cultures, histology, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, qPCR, etc.).
- Experience with arthropod identification via taxonomic dichotomous keys.
- A valid driver's license
Please attach to your completed application:
Resume
List of References with email and daytime phone number(s)
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.
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