Lab Associate

Job Title: Lab Associate
Job Location: Murphysboro, IL
Job Duration: 3+ Months (Possibility of extension)
 
Pay Rate: $18/hr on W2


Work Shift: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM CST
Working Days: Tuesday Saturday
 
Job Description Summary:
This is a manufacturing/production position working in a laboratory environment, processes fetal bovine and calf bovine serum products from harvested bovine blood ensuring maximum quality and serum output. Produces and packages bovine serum products for commercial use.
 
Responsibilities:

• Responsible for lab prep and set up for whole blood processing.
• Processes whole blood into serum using centrifugation and separation techniques.
• Expresses serum into container and centrifuges through multiple processes.
• Pours and strains serum after centrifugation to separate from red blood cells.
• Properly disposes of unusable material.
• Operates pumps to transfer serum into pooling tanks.
• Performs final filling processes including.
• Packages product into final container after segregation.
• Weighs product to make sure it is within specifications.
• Ensure proper documentation and labelling of serum.
• Ensure cleanliness of bottles and laboratory environment
• Ensure finished product is stored properly in freezer.
• Perform proper sampling and haemoglobin testing of finished products.

 
Qualifications/Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• No experience required. Requires Dexterity: Good hand/ eye coordination to extract serum, Attention to Detail: Performing tests requires exact measurements.

 
Working Conditions:

• Disagreeable working conditions.
• Works in laboratory environment with extreme hot/cold temperatures, exposed to high noise levels, walking/ standing long hours.
• Repetitious movement, continuous light manufacturing.
• Ability to lift objects up to 50 lbs.

 
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