Lab Technician (Nights)

Cardinal Health•Beltsville, MD

About The Position

Nuclear Manufacturing at Cardinal Health produces time-sensitive radiopharmaceuticals in an integrity-driven, highly regulated environment to support patient treatment through disease diagnosis, staging, and monitoring. The Lab Technician manufactures radioactive isotopes, performs batch quality-control testing, and prepares product and customer vials in cleanroom environments. The role also includes environmental and personnel monitoring, production coordination, inventory management, documentation, radiation safety tasks, and general laboratory cleaning. This is a 40-hour-per-week overnight position, scheduled Sunday night/Monday morning through Friday. Employees must be willing to start an eight-hour shift at any time between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m.; shifts rotate according to business needs. The role may require flexibility to work different shifts, schedules, days, holidays, overtime, and on-call or rotation assignments.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, equivalent, or equivalent work experience; this qualification is listed as preferred.
Basic English proficiency, including the ability to read and write English to process documents.
Ability to work overnight shifts in a facility that operates at night.
Ability to work weekends, on call, holidays, overtime, alternate days or shifts, or in a rotation.
Comfort working in a nuclear environment.
Ability to manage several tasks simultaneously and repeatedly follow detailed processing instructions.
Ability to evaluate operating conditions and exercise sound judgment and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage weight up to 75 pounds.
Ability to see fine particulate and distinguish colors in liquid solutions.
Manual dexterity for equipment operation and occasional reaching and lifting of small objects.
Ability to be an effective team member.

Nice To Haves

Education in the sciences, such as chemistry or biology.
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) or Gas Chromatography (GC) experience.
0–1 years of laboratory experience.
Prior manufacturing experience, preferably in a controlled environment and/or regulated industry.

Responsibilities

Successfully complete extensive training, including e-learning and hands-on components, and demonstrate and maintain proficiency.
Manufacture radioactive isotopes, including synthesis setup, hot-cell manipulations, and distribution.
Conduct quality-control testing of each batch using laboratory instruments and equipment.
Work in an ISO 7 cleanroom to make product vials and customer vials for drug production.
Perform environmental and personnel monitoring in ISO 5, ISO 7, and ISO 8 environments.
Coordinate daily production-run schedules based on customer and pharmacy needs.
Maintain production documentation and perform clerical and administrative tasks, including daily production records, report preparation, and maintenance records.
Manage SAP inventory, including receiving and inspecting materials and maintaining cycle counts.
Perform daily radiation-safety tasks and general laboratory cleaning.