Scientific / Technical Assistant - CBCMT

Job Description

• Operate existing CBCMT equipment for external/industrial samples, following standard operating procedures for sample preparation, data acquisition, and reporting.
• Explain and demonstrate how to operate instruments to students, faculty, and external users.
• Maintain records on instrument usage, service repairs, AMC schedules, and maintenance manuals.
• Own the AMC calendar for all CBCMT equipment, coordinating with vendors for preventive maintenance, calibration, repairs, and service visits.
• Track AMC renewals, service reports, warranty timelines, and equipment downtime.
• Monitor daily lab safety compliance (PPE, waste segregation, chemical handling, biosafety) and enforce lab discipline among students and researchers.
• Conduct safety inductions for new students and researchers, and report violations to the Centre Director.
• Maintain safety records, MSDS files, and incident reports.
• Maintain equipment logbooks, calibration records, and service history.
• Support laboratory operations, inventory management, and procurement requests by providing technical specifications and consumption data to the Scientific Officer.
• Assist in routine laboratory techniques only as directed by the Centre Director and where hands-on support is needed.
• Overall responsibility to maintain and service equipment to operational standards, and to escalate unresolved issues to the Centre Director and faculty members.

Required Qualifications

Essential

• Master's degree in one of the following disciplines:
  • Biotechnology
  • Biomedical Science
  • Biochemistry
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Life Sciences
  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Nanotechnology
  • Tissue Engineering or related fields.

Preferred

• M. Sc./ M. Tech with 1–3 years of research laboratory experience. Experience of mammalian cell culture.
• Experience working in academic, biomedical, pharmaceutical, or translational research laboratories.