Biorepository Technician I

About CooperSurgical:

CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women’s healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women, babies, and families at the healthcare moments that matter most in life. As a division of CooperCompanies, we're driven by a unified purpose to enable patients to experience life's beautiful moments. Guided by our shared values – dedicated, innovative, friendly, partners, and do the right thing – our offerings support patients throughout their lifetimes, from contraception to fertility and birth solutions, to women’s and family care, and beyond. We currently offer over 600 clinically relevant medical devices to healthcare providers, including testing and treatment options, as well as an innovative suite of assisted reproductive technology and genomic testing solutions. Learn more at www.coopersurgical.com.

Job Description: 

Provide our internal customers with technical expertise while maintaining the highest quality services
possible

Duties & Responsibilities:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Performs inventory management to include receiving, assessment, storage, transferring, and
• distribution of medical specimens/devices.
• Adheres to strict guidelines when handling specimen/devices while performing inventory
• management functions.
• Performs related shipping and receiving functions of medical specimens/devices to include
• picking/packing, serial number/lot number verification, package preparation, scanning, courier
• interaction, tracking of incoming and outgoing shipments, and general follow-up as needed.
• Responds to biorepository alert systems with appropriate follow-up action.
• Be capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect specimen integrity and either must
• correct the problems or immediately notify the general supervisor, technical supervisor, manager,
• or director of the biorepository operations.
• Performs on-call duties and responses to biorepository alert systems.
• Performs equipment monitoring and maintenance on all biorepository related equipment,
• including liquid nitrogen (LN2) bulk supply.
• Performs quality control checks on all biorepository related equipment.
• Interacts and updates various databases related to biorepository functions and activities.
• Provide administration support by producing various reports and record keeping associated with
• biorepository functions and activities.
• Adheres to strict safety guidelines.
• Handles LN2 utilizing personal protective equipment and good safety practices.
• Assist in external/internal audit preparations as required.
• Adheres to all company policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties and projects as required.
• Must be able to routinely lift and carry items unassisted.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School diploma (or equivalent) required.
• A minimum of 1-2 years related experience and/or training.
• Or combination of education and alternative industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate degree in one of the chemical, physical, or biological sciences.
• Two years related experience in science, laboratory, inventory, shipping and/or receiving.

Special Working Conditions:

• Laboratory/Manufacturing environment.
• The employee is regularly required to perform repetitive tasks for long periods of time.
• The employee is regularly required to stand and walk; and occasionally required to climb, balance or
• stoop.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 54 pounds unassisted.
• Moderate exposure to bloodborne pathogens and toxic chemicals, especially LN2

 

As an employee of CooperSurgical, you'll receive an outstanding total compensation plan. As we believe your compensation goes beyond your paycheck, we offer a great compensation package, medical coverage, 401(k), parental leave, fertility benefits, paid time off for vacation, personal, sick and holidays, and multiple other perks and benefits. Please visit us at www.coopersurgical.com to learn more about CooperSurgical and the benefits of becoming a member of our team.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of CooperSurgical about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at CooperSurgical via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of CooperSurgical, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by CooperSurgical for this position and a valid agreement with CooperSurgical is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the CooperSurgical agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

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