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• Be familiar with the regulatory requirements specific to the lab and
  ensures all users are in- compliance with those standards.
• Review research protocols of internal and external research groups
  in an effort to stay abreast as to what research projects are occurring in
  the lab at any given time.
• Update and maintain the Lab Safety Plan/Manual and the SDS Manual.
• Accompany the EHS Manager during Lab Inspections.

• Oversees laboratory safety and ensures that the laboratory remains
  in compliance with all local, state and federal regulations. In cases
  where non-compliance is found, documents the instances as well as how they
  were abated.
• Ensures all reagents and supplies are available when needed.
• Manages and updates Chemical inventories and/or Risk Group Agent
  inventories.
• Communicates and enforces laboratory safety rules to internal and
  external researchers working in the lab.
• Ensures all users of the lab are wearing the appropriate PPE.

• Ensures lab users have been trained on the correct use of the lab
  equipment, in addition to mentoring and disciplining lab users for not
  following safety policies/procedures that have been established for the
  lab.
• Schedules safety training for new lab users and retraining for lab
  users who are in need of refresher training to include but not be limited
  to: equipment training, safety training and/or lab safety plan reviews and
  ensure the training has been documented.

• Ensures that the laboratory is cleaned/sanitized and kept in an
  orderly manner.
• Ensures all instrumentations/equipment is functioning properly to
  include but not limited to eyewash/safety showers and when
  instruments/equipment is found to be in need of maintenance/repair, he/she
  contacts the Equipment Engineer to have it repaired.

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Laboratory and a
  valid Allied practicing license from Allied Professional Council.
• Excellent knowledge of computer applications
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and think outside the
  square
• Effective time management skills.
• A good team player with strong interpersonal skills, outgoing
  personality, and ability to work independently and effectively under
  pressure and on strict deadlines

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