Lab Technician - Sodexo

Unit Description

We are the Communities we serve!

This account is part of the SodexoMAGIC portfolio of business.

Use your passion for service to create a positive impact and make a difference in the communities we serve!  SodexoMAGIC is a joint Sodexo/ Magic Johnson venture. SodexoMAGIC promises to empower the communities we serve by offering best-in-class food & facilities management solutions, which create a positive impact and make a difference in the lives of our clients and customers.  SodexoMAGIC offers our dedicated service via the following Sodexo segments:  Corporate Services, Hospitals, K-12 Schools, Universities

Sodexo, a global leader in Quality-of-Life Services, seeks an experienced Lab Technician to provide lab services to Merck in Rahway, New Jersey. The Lab Technician is responsible for collecting various waste streams from the collection areas, while assuring proper segregation per the hazardous waste regulations, assisting Hazardous Waste Manager with ad hoc requests, and ensuring all guidelines are met. Also providing support with lab services tasks, including receiving and delivering packages, while maintaining a high level of customer service to assure that the research community has the necessary resources it needs to succeed. This position will have full oversight of lab operations, and 4 materials delivery workers. 

Key Responsibilities Include: 

• Verify items against carrier's bill of lading/tracking information, scans and sorts packages to be delivered to the laboratories and administrative areas
• Deliver packages to various labs and administrative areas using department van, push cart, forklift or pallet jack. Clerks are required to scan packages using Package Tracking System
• Support daily inter-site package delivery to all sites following the established routes
• Segregate waste streams according to hazard classifications and ensure labeling is completed per RCRA guidelines
• Prepare waste manifests/BOL for shipping waste off-site
• Collect and replace hazardous waste solvent containers from labs for disposal, and maintain identity of the container into the 90-storage room
• Adherence to hazardous waste storage regulations
• Collect and prepare all hazardous and non-hazardous chemicals and PPE waste for incineration, disposal or processing for shipment
• Collect regulated medical waste containers and prepare shipments for disposal following waste disposal and transportation regulations
• Collect Hazardous/Non-hazardous perishable research samples, equipment and supplies from the labs to be processed
• Collect empty chemical reagent containers and scan out barcodes from the chemical inventory tracking system
• Support the inventory, ordering, and replenishment of the solvent storage bunkers.
• Daily dry ice replenishment to the laboratories 
• Deliver compressed gasses to labs and disconnect/connect regulators as requested 
• Support the collection of lab equipment for asset disposition and supply office moving boxes as requested
• Provide administrative support related to answering phones, answer lab support related customer service requests and completion of department paperwork including keeping metrics on all waste stream/deliveries
• Provide GMP cleaning/sanitization support where needed
• Provide guidance and manage a team or an operation with assistance from management
• Perform safety and compliance inspections
• Manage vendors and conduct vendor inspections ensuring processes are correctly followed
• Assist in training new employees on job duties
• Ensures job tasks are being performed within the guidelines of team JSA’s

 Is this opportunity right for you? We are looking for candidates who have:

• 2+ years of related work experience 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 
• Experience leading teams 
• Knowledge on the use of computers and programs
• Experience in Lab/Warehouse setting preferred
• Experience in hazardous waste management 

The SodexoMAGIC partnership represents the union of two global brands that operate at peak performance.  Sodexo, a long-standing leader in “quality of life solutions” around the globe, and Magic Johnson Enterprises, the brainchild of NBA all-star Earvin Magic Johnson, who literally took the game to new heights. To learn more about SodexoMAGIC and read a message from Earvin “Magic” Johnson himself click here.

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What We Offer

Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.

Qualifications & Requirements

Basic Education Requirement - Two years of post secondary education in field of specialty or equivalent education and experience combined.

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.