[Biology-U-L] DAKO North America: R&D Assistant Position (permanent), 20 hours per week.

[Biology Undergraduate List]

  R&D Assistant Position (permanent), 20 hours per week.
 
Dako North America in Carpinteria develop, produce and sell diagnostic 
reagents, kits and instruments for human cancer diagnostics. The company 
is international, with approximately 250 staff in Carpinteria. The R&D 
group has 40 staff, distributed on 7 departments.
R&D has a position open as R&D Assistant.
 
The R&D Assistant is the central service function in R&D, this person 
will order and arrange all chemicals and reagents, will monitor all 
equipment and arrange for external service or repairs when needed, will 
do the automatied glass washing and autoclaving and buffer preparation.
This is a self-paced position where a list of tasks are outlined, but 
the person will additionally work with the associate and scientist group 
as hoc.
 
All training will be offered on the job, any pre-knowledge of lab work 
will be a benefit, wherefore lab classes like biology will be interesting.
 
We are interested in a person that can stay for minimally 12 month, 
preferably more. This is a re-hire into a permanent position. The 
previous assistant, like many before him, has moved to an associate 
position in R&D. This is therefore an entry level position that has 
often resulted in permanent full time job upon graduation (this is 
pending open positions at the time of graduation or thereafter).
 
The job has for other students offered a good combination of practical 
work to go along their studies, giving real life experience and helping 
focus the studying on later career and industrial application of the 
acquired skills. Combine with the possibility for staying in the company 
after graduation.
 
The 20 hours can be distributed over the 5 weekdays in any way matching 
the class activities, but it is necessary to come to work each morning 
to do the equipment monitoring. The work hours may therefore be more 
some days than other summing up to 20 hours per week.
At periods of increased workload the hours may be increase upon 
agreement with the Assistant and provided the Assistant can offer the 
extra hours.
 
Please submit your resume with a short description of yourself and why 
you are interested in the position plus your availability to :
 
Uffe Lovborg PhD
Director R&D
Dako North America
6392 Via Real
Carpinteria
 
Email : uffe.lovborg at dako.com <mailto:uffe.lovborg at dako.com>
Phone : 805 566 3029
 
 
 

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