Laboratory Technician II

Mass Bay Community College

Wellesley Hills, MA, United States

Department: Dean of Science and Engineering

Location: Wellesley Hills

Mass Bay fosters educational excellence and academic success to prepare students for local and global citizenship, to promote their personal growth, to meet critical workforce demands of communities, and to contribute to the region’s economic development. Massachusetts Bay Community College is served by a cadre of employees ofvaried backgrounds and experiences. Weinvite all individuals to consider joining our community. Locatedin Greater Boston, Mass Bay is a comprehensive, open-access community college,offering associate degrees and certificate programs on three campuses in Wellesley Hills, Framingham, and Ashland, Massachusetts.

Position Summary: The ideal candidate will join a vibrant educational community and have adesire and ability to serve a population of students with various needs and backgrounds.

The Laboratory Technician II position supports and maintains the STEMlaboratories in Wellesley Hills under the supervision of the Lab Manager in accordance with college policies and procedures. This position will require occasional evening and weekend work, as needed.

• Set up STEM laboratory experiments preparing chemical solutions, buffers, and biological cultures following appropriate lab safety protocols as required;
• Provide support to teaching faculty and students when required;
• Maintain general order in the STEM labs as well as cleanliness and safety of laboratory spaces and perform related duties including but not limited to light custodial duties, sterilization of equipment and glassware, washing of glassware, and identification and removal of hazardous waste removal as needed following applicable safety standards;
• Read and maintain a log of temperatures and pressures of key equipment in all STEM labs and promptly notify appropriate staff of any problems and needs;
• Assist in preparing and filing lab safety incident reports and updating related databases including but not limited to STEM lab inventory, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and equipment surplus records;
• Carry out weekend and evening duties as assigned;
• Participate in assigned trainings as needed;
• Perform administrative tasks associated with department activities including picking up materials from local stores, receiving supplies and materials, assessing inventory and communicating needs, identifying storage and storing/restocking routine supplies, printing and picking up printed materials, and communicating with faculty, staff, and vendors as needed; and
• Carry out other duties as assigned.

This list is not to be considered all-inclusive. A supervisor may assignother duties as required to meet the needs and foster the mission of the College. All employees of Mass Bay are expected to work collegially and collaboratively within a community that values and celebrates the variety ofstudent experience.

Applicants must have at least (A) twoyears of full-time, or equivalent part-time, technical or professional experience in laboratory work in a recognized clinical, medical, hospital,chemical, water quality, public health, biological, bacteriological, marinesciences or materials testing laboratory, or (B) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.

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