Laboratory Technician – Thermo Fisher Scientific Oy, Vantaa
16.4.2023https://duunitori.fi/tyopaikat/tyo/thermo-fisher-scientific-laboratory-technician-sdsuu-16627234
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.
About Finland
Our Finland locations include Vantaa and Joensuu, employing over 700 professionals supporting functions such as production, instrument and reagent manufacturing, R&D, marketing, sales, quality, administrative support and supply chain. We hire experts in different fields including engineering, chemistry, microbiology and bioinformatics. Our Vantaa site develops pipettes and microplate instruments as well as clinical chemistry and industrial chemistry analyzers, laboratory automation solutions and food safety kits. It is conveniently located close to the Vantaankoski railway station. Please read more about Finnish sites, innovative work and collaborative colleagues at https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/finland.
Take a look how our software professionals in Finland are enjoying our innovative work atmosphere and the role they are playing in helping humankind: https://youtu.be/wDm4NLxq3nI
How will you make an impact?
We are looking for a proactive, self-driven result orientated team player for a Laboratory Technician role for a fixed-term position for 6 months. You enjoy working with high technology products and driving multiple initiatives at the same time. You want to develop yourself and the way of working. We offer motivating tasks in an innovative and international working environment. You will be working in the Microbiology Division (MBD) Vantaa Food Protection R&D team.
What will you do?
You will be part of the molecular food protection R&D teams with up to 10 other lab technicians and scientists on the development, optimization and verifying of Real-Time PCR based methods for the detection and characterization of foodborne pathogens. You will conduct the lab work and data analysis according to study plans, and reporting results to R&D Supervisor and local R&D team.
How will you get here?
- Laboratory technician/Polytechnic/B.Sc. level degree or similar in biosciences or biotechnology or related field (e.g. microbiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, engineering discipline)
- >1 years relevant research experience
- Capable of interpreting data and draw conclusions on it
- Knowledge of molecular techniques and methods including but not restricted to:
- PCR
- Lysis and DNA extraction reagents/methods
- Basics of microbiology methods e.g. bacteria enrichment and cultivation
- General understanding in scientific instrumentation and various software applications related to molecular biology
- Capability to operate and maintain laboratory instrumentation
- Good written and spoken language skills (English, preferred: Finnish)
Please send in your application, including a cover letter, CV and salary request (in one document). Please apply via http://jobs.thermofisher.com/ by 7th of May. Reference: 229453BR. Please apply as soon as possible, the position will be filled as soon as suitable candidate is found.
If you have questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and/or the position – please contact Tiina Karla, R&D Supervisor, tiina.karla@thermofisher.com.
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Join us and contribute to our mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer: http://jobs.thermofisher.com