Description
UCLA HEALTH
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Description
The Principal Laboratory Mechanician will work under the direction
of the laboratory and office managers and will be responsible for the overall
maintenance and repair of laboratory and office equipment. This role involves
mechanical work including the design, fabrication, assembly, modification,
maintenance, and repair of specialized equipment and precision instruments of
various types. Duties include, but are not limited to, servicing incubators,
biosafety hoods, fax machines, copiers, autoclave ovens, distilled water
machines, centrifuges, vacuum pumps, and electric pipet aids.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Conducting
regular inventory of all lab equipment and scheduling routine preventative
maintenance. - Maintaining
detailed reports of maintenance activities. - Keeping
records of all Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) and Fire Department
inspections. - Performing
daily inventory checks of laboratory supplies such as pipettes, flasks,
filters, and waste bins, and ordering replacements as needed. - Assisting
the laboratory manager with daily disposal of biohazard waste in
compliance with health and safety regulations. - Storing
incoming lab shipments appropriately, including temperature-sensitive
items. - Receiving
and verifying laboratory and office orders for accuracy. - Stocking
and distributing supplies for both laboratory and administrative offices. - Handling
mail pickup and delivery between Santa Monica and various UCLA campus
locations. - Screening
and directing incoming calls via the laboratory’s main phone lines. - Preparing
order forms for office and laboratory needs. - Checking
deliveries against packing slips and purchase orders to confirm receipt of
all items and following up on back orders or discrepancies. - Maintaining
office files and databases.
This is a part-time, limited, 12-month position that may convert to
career.
Hourly Pay Range: $40.15 – $48.41
Qualifications
Required:
- High School Diploma
- Skill and knowledge of
various laboratory equipment eg: CO2 incubators, Z1machine, biosafety cabinet, -80
etc. Capable of repairing it. - Construction knowledge
to be able to properly mount and install equipment in compliance w/ safety
regulation. - Ability in maintaining
proper usage of laboratory equipment. - Knowledge of
Biohazardous materials and their disposal methods. - Organizational skills to
stock laboratory and office supplies to perform inventory. - Knowledge of the
ordering system to call in orders to vendors and reconciling shipments and
PO’s. - Supervisor/teach lab
technicians and lab assistants how to properly use lab equipment, such as sterilizing
the incubators before usage, change CO2 cylinders when low, use the CO2 gas
measurement machine. - Able to quickly learn
how to use and adapt to new lab equipment. - Acquired necessary UCLA
EH&S safety training: biohazardous waste, BSL2+, Biological Safety Cabinet,
etc.