Senior Technician, Sample Management

About the role

The Senior Technician is an experienced employee performing all sample management tasks autonomously and is responsible for: Conduct general activities for one or multiple Sample Management groups, sample reception, service request and disposal or shipment. Storage equipment organization/optimization. Provide support for lab tasks coordination and priorities Coach and train new technicians. What You'll Do Here : Storage equipment inventory, organization, transfers between storage equipment & optimization. Coach and train new technicians. Participate in training and process improvements. Support Technician I and II during complex tasks. Generation of Watson study material reports. Act as a back-up for technicians in other Sample Management Team. (inter-teams) Manipulation of Containment Level 2/cytotoxic study material. Support technicians for the completion of various forms and documentations through Sample Management groups in accordance with GDP. Participate in laboratory investigation Conduct sample disposal for complex studies. Planning shipment to Montreal Clinic Storage facility. Forms and report preparation for sample shipment to sponsor. Storage and maintenance of Study Material inventory To conduct all work in compliance with SOPs, GLPs, GCPs and observe all company guidelines and policies. Perform any other task as required. Reception Team is responsible for: Document in the appropriate form the accomplished task with minimum supervision Assist the Coaching of Technician I, Sample Management Be autonomous in all primary reception tasks (inventory, check-in, report generation, Watson transaction...) Service Team is responsible for: Management of complex Requests/Studies physically and in Watson LIMS. Discard of Analytical Samples. Management of Cryogenic Study Material Service request for Analytical, Study Samples & Biological Matrices. Inventory of new Analytical Material. Request Preparation. Storage & Service of Reference Standard Material. Destruction/Shipment Team is responsible for: Conduct sample disposal for complex studies. Planning shipment to Montreal Clinic Storage facility. Forms and report preparation for sample shipment to sponsor. What You'll Need to Succeed Diploma of College Studies or BSc. with at least 3 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered. Knowledge of FDA-GLP, GCP and TPD regulation is an asset. Experience in the medical or pharmaceutical field is an asset. Knowledge of Watson LIMS will be an asset Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Word. Knowledge in SharePoint Office 365 and PowerBI will be an asset Good organizational skills and interpersonal skills Attentive to details. Customer-focused. Good communication Works well within a team Software: MS Office, Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Watson LIMS. Altasciences strives to provide a French work environment for its employees in Quebec. Altasciences has taken all reasonable measures to avoid imposing the above language requirement. This requirement is essential for the position of Senior Technician, Sample Management , in particular, but without limitation, for the following reason(s): The requirement to have study protocols, designs and clinical research documents written and documented in English as required by industry regulatory agencies.