Lab Technician - Biological Indicators

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference? At Mesa Labs, we're passionate about protecting the vulnerable by enabling scientific breakthroughs, ensuring product integrity, increasing patient and worker safety, and improving quality of life around the world.

At Mesa Labs we offer competitive wages, including annual bonus opportunity and a comprehensive benefits package.

Base Hourly Rate: $22/hour

This position is eligible for an annual 10% bonus opportunity in addition to the base salary

Outstanding Benefits and Perks

We are proud to offer a variety of benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees:

• Eligible for benefits the first day of the month following date of hire
• Medical, dental and vision Insurance options
• Health savings (HSA), healthcare & dependent care flexible spending (FSA) accounts
• Company paid life, accident and short/long-term disability insurance
• Three (3) weeks' PTO that begins to accrue on Day 1
• Paid sick leave up to 48 hours per year
• Nine (9) paid company holidays per year
• 401(k) plan with 4% company match on a 4% employee contribution that begins on Day 1
• Employee Wellness and Financial Assistance Resources through Cigna and NY Life
• Four (4) weeks paid Caregiver Leave available to care for your loved ones after 12 months of employment or in accordance with state leave laws
• On-site gym (Bozeman facility)
• Overtime opportunities

This positions supports our SDC business unit. Our Sterilization and Disinfection Control division manufactures and sells biological and chemical indicators that assess the effectiveness of sterilization and disinfection processes for pharmaceutical, healthcare, and dental industries.

Job Summary

In this Lab Technician - Biological Indicators role, you will be working on products that improve quality of life for patients, workers and consumers worldwide. Our products include sterilization and cleaning monitoring, mail in spore testing, and continuous monitoring products to name a few. Our services include validation and calibration services, sterilization cycle development and validation, and contract laboratory testing. Your work can have a direct impact on your life and the lives of those you love.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Model personal Lean Philosophy 5S behaviors in creating a continuously improving, clean, well-organized and self-maintaining work environment.
• Work closely with team members and others to motivate and improve 5S knowledge and implementation.
• Follow a continuous improvement approach for team accountability for achieving high performance SQDCM (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, & Morale) targets through a visual work environment.
• Complies with company ethics, code of conduct, policies, and best practices, with a commitment to safety in the workplace, valuing of diversity, and promotion of a harassment-free environment.
• Aseptically manufacture and sterilize growth media in accordance with production scheduling.
• Adherence to SOPs and participation in modification of SOPs to maintain compliance to standards.
• Operation of sterilizers and labware washers.
• Excellent practice of aseptic technique.
• Meet good documentation practices per the quality system.
• Comply with safety and lab cleanliness standards.
• Timely delivery of materials and reagents to meet inventory stocking levels.
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience/Education

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 1-2 years of experience in a Federal Drug Administration (FDA) regulated industry preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) preferred.
• Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge and Skillsets Required

• Basic arithmetic skills.
• Intermediate computer skills and knowledge working with Microsoft Suite products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Qualitative and quantitative reasoning.
• Self-Management - use time efficiently, use professionalism by accepting responsibility for own actions.
• Time Management- adherence to production schedules and additional scheduling of independent tasks.
• Effective communication skills.
• Teamwork.
• Quality - demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness; look for ways to improve and promote quality.
• Safety and Security - observe safety and secure procedures, report potential unsafe conditions and use equipment and materials properly.

Mesa Labs is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Mesa Labs prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment against applicants or employees based on age, race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, disability, military status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.