Job Description
Are you excited to create an incredible environment and experience for users of a shared wet lab, care for a dynamic lab space every day including making changes and improvements, and work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment?
CIC seeks a highly capable, action-oriented and team-motivated individual to support the day-to-day operations of shared wet lab space and equipment on behalf of many users and projects. This is a great opportunity for you if you have at least one year of hands-on experience in a lab environment, offer solutions to the problems you see, like to test approaches to make continuous improvements, want to make a difference in an operational role with the opportunity for growth, and are motivated by exceeding the expectations of those around you.
ABOUT CICCIC is a global leader in building and operating innovation communities. Founded in 1999 in Cambridge, MA, CIC is one of the first companies to offer flexible office space and coworking options, providing a platform for the world’s most impactful entrepreneurs to innovate better and faster.
We have locations in Boston, Cambridge, Miami, Philadelphia, Providence, Rotterdam, St. Louis, Warsaw, and Tokyo and are growing into other cities, within the US and abroad. CIC has supported over 6,000 startups, growth companies, and branches of larger organizations, representing for-profit, mission-driven, and non-profit sectors across a wide array of industries.
CIC co-founded a number of mission-aligned organizations including Venture Café, CIC’s primary non-profit programming partner, and CIC Health, offering COVID-19 testing services to companies and the public.
We invite you to explore all our openings and learn more about our teams here.
ABOUT OUR SHARED WET LABSOur shared wet labs provide science start ups a way to get to work and leave the operational details with us. With ample space, a wide range of equipment, basic lab supplies and inventory, and a dedicated team, our clients can keep their focus on the critical parts of their business while we do the rest.
We staff our shared wet lab space to support and consolidate purchasing and shipping/receiving, to enforce environmental health and safety protocols as well as hazardous waste management and removal, and to provide access, orientation and guidance on the proper handling of all our shared lab equipment lab equipment (such as: microscopes, centrifuges, plate readers, scales, PCR machines, cell counters and cell analysis equipment, flow cytometry, incubators, shakers, and fridges and freezers.)
ABOUT CIC PHILADELPHIACIC Philadelphia is located within uCity Square at 3675 Market Street, alongside our local partner, the University City Science Center. At 3675 Market, we offer world-class office and lab facilities, while the Science Center supports its nationally recognized technology commercialization programs, as well as new programs focused on mentoring, funding, strategy development and resources to accelerate businesses from idea to IPO and beyond.
Together with our partner, we serve Philadelphia’s startups and serial entrepreneurs, aiming to catalyze and accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship in Greater Philadelphia.
We are motivated by our amazing clients and aim to meet their needs every day.
YOUR DAY-TO-DAY WORKYou will join our shared wet lab team as one of our operations associates. Your work is a mix of managing operations, equipment, and facilities, as well as being responsible for our clients’ experience while partnering with our shared workspace teams.
Potential responsibilities will include, and may be done independently or part of a team effort:• Maintenance of the lab’s cleanliness, order, and general environment and space.• Regular, routine, and precise upkeep of lab equipment to ensure successful functioning (i.e. scheduled maintenance and care of lab equipment, routine daily checks on instruments and their function).• Repair of lab equipment (troubleshoot routine maintenance issues, schedule and/or troubleshoot non-standard issues).• Learn, understand, and assist with standard operating procedures for the start-up, use, and shutdown of shared equipment, and be available to all client users to help them with the same.• Track and maintain stock inventory (consumables, reagents, and essential supplies).• Assist the lab manager and other lab staff with special projects and initiatives; routine tasks; the handling and disposal of liquid and solid waste; and the standard appropriate handling, storing, and disposal of chemical biohazard waste.• Support our amazing clients who are working on innovative and cutting-edge research projects.
ABOUT YOUIt’s not expected that you’ll know everything that we do on day one, but you should be ready to train with us, learn on the job, seek new information, and learn independently.
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