Lab Technician II

at  Medtronic

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
We are a learning culture. An inventive and collaborative group. We are dedicated to making sure that every patient gets the best product — when they need it. We have strong ties to our local communities. Our vibrant employee communities respect and value individual experience and perspective as we aim to improve lives and the access to healthcare.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Perform routine microbiological sampling and testing includes but not limited to environmental monitoring, particle sampling, viable air and surface testing and growth promotion test
• Perform microbial and endotoxin testing on product, process water.
• Perform data compiling and trending on testing results.
• Responsible for maintaining and ordering sufficient reagents and supplies, ordering equipment and maintaining the equipment in good working conditions in a calibrated and validated status.
• Perform Laboratory housekeeping and laboratory inventory check/ordering to support testing
• Perform preventive maintenance on laboratory equipment.
• Support validation/qualification for microbiological testing and laboratory equipment
• Assure that all required documentation including records and logs, is complete and accurate according to the current Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs). File and archive laboratory records and data in accordance with GMPs and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Support micro lab projects as assigned by superior.
• General lab support.

Must Have:

• Diploma in Biotechnology, Science, Applied Science or a related discipline
• Minimum 2 years relevant experience in microbiology laboratory in a manufacturing environment

Your Profile:

• Able to work with biological agents and good aseptic skills.
• Able to work effectively and efficiently with minimal supervision both individually and in team environments.
• Highly motivated fast learner.
• Experience in the application of the protocols of validation and/or tests of validation produced.
• Computer skills required in Excel and Word.
• Strong communication skills to participate in multicultural and multi-departmental teams.
• Good analytical skills

What We Offer

We recognize the personal worth of employees by providing an employment framework that allows personal satisfaction in work accomplished, security, advancement opportunity, and means to share in the company’s success. We believe in rewarding our staff with a complete package of benefits designed to support them at every career and life stage. As a result, our employees have access to the following benefits, to name a few:

• Our global well-being program supports your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.
• Medtronic Employee Assistance Program offers confidential support and resources to build and enhance employee and organizational resilience, productivity, teamwork and psychologically healthy workplaces.
• Various insurance benefits include Inpatient and Outpatient Medical Insurance, Life, Disability and Accident Insurance.
• We have generous employee referral programs, employees stock purchase plan, leave benefits, and more

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity
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• Perform routine microbiological sampling and testing includes but not limited to environmental monitoring, particle sampling, viable air and surface testing and growth promotion test
• Perform microbial and endotoxin testing on product, process water.
• Perform data compiling and trending on testing results.
• Responsible for maintaining and ordering sufficient reagents and supplies, ordering equipment and maintaining the equipment in good working conditions in a calibrated and validated status.
• Perform Laboratory housekeeping and laboratory inventory check/ordering to support testing
• Perform preventive maintenance on laboratory equipment.
• Support validation/qualification for microbiological testing and laboratory equipment
• Assure that all required documentation including records and logs, is complete and accurate according to the current Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs). File and archive laboratory records and data in accordance with GMPs and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Support micro lab projects as assigned by superior.
• General lab support