Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Ability to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, and meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to interact with a diverse clientele of faculty, staff, and other members of a college community.
• Ability to process large amounts of information and manage multiple deadlines efficiently and accurately.
• Strong computer skills, preferably with Microsoft Office (Excel and Word)
• Experience with fruit fly maintenance and genetic crosses.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Workday is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food for fruit flies
• Clean food preparation equipment
• Care for and feed fruit fly stocks
• Inventory the laboratory stocks
• Maintain fly stock online database
• Add new fly stocks to the collection and online database
• Conduct experiments to further the research program of the Armstrong laboratory, which may include fruit fly genetics, microscopy, and bioinformatics.
• Document experiments in lab notebooks.
• Participate in writing as support for possible future publications and/or grant submissions
• Contribute to the training and onboarding of an undergraduate student researcher.
• Active support for the College’s Principles of Community and Institutional Values in the performance of job duties.