Laboratory Technician - Lab Support

at  Tropic Biosciences

We are looking for a motivated Laboratory Technician with excellent attention to detail, practical mindset, an interest in scientific methods and a passion for delivering high quality work. You get to work in a collaborative, engaged team interacting with industry leading scientific stakeholders.

REQUIREMENTS

Essential:

• Organized, customer focused and a hands-on mindset
• Attention to detail, neat and tidy approach
• Ability to think critically and independently
• Ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures repeatedly and meticulously to the correct high standard

ABOUT US

Tropic is one of the world’s leading agricultural gene-editing companies. Our team is dedicated to the development and commercialization of high-performing varieties of tropical crops to provide significant benefits to growers, processors and consumers globally, tackling real-world problems around food security and sustainability.
Our vision is to become a leading seed business with significant ownership of its products from the laboratory to the field, while maintaining constructive relationships with growers and consumers based on transparency and trust.

JOB PURPOSE

The Tropic Laboratory Management Team perform a critical function for the Tropic research pipelines by preparing high quality plant growth media, sterile supplies, and other consumables, in addition to laboratory support services including waste management, sterilisation of products via autoclave and laboratory replenishment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manufacture of liquid and solid media, sterile supplies, hormone stocks and other consumables.
• Adherence to Quality Control (QC) processes.
• Collection and processing of waste material from laboratories.
• Replenishment of laboratory consumables alongside Tropic’s stock management system.
• Operation and maintenance of laboratory equipment, including semi-automated plate pourers, mediaclaves, glass washers and autoclaves.