Associate Scientist II

On-Board Scientific is hiring a Scientist II Protein Purification in South San Francisco, CA!

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About Us

On-Board Services, Incorporated is an on-site contract service provider for a local manufacturing entity providing full time positions to our employees. We offer benefits as well as 401k.

Position Details

Position Type: 1 year contract with additional opportunity contingent upon performance and continued business need

Job Location: South San Francisco, CA

Shift: 1st shift

Compensation: $43.75 per hour

Please note that this is at least a 12-month contract opportunity working onsite within the lab with the possibility of extension

Must Haves

AKTA purification System

Protein purification experience

Protein A antibody purification preferred.

Protein characterization experience with HPLC

Responsibilities

Participate and assist in the daily activities of the purification group such as antibody and antigen purification, and characterization by various techniques including protein concentration determination, CE-SDS, SDS-PAGE, various HPLC methods, and endotoxin measurement.

Prepare formulation and analytical buffers for scientists and help scientists in the laboratory to maintain laboratory equipment (AKTA, Waters, Agilent, Thermo, Caliper, and more).

Assist lab manager for submitting work orders for lab equipment/computer repair and oversee the technician during the repair visit.

Sample vialing, including labeling tubes and aliquoting either manually or with automation.

Assist inventory personnel in sub-aliquoting any existing purified proteins for requestors.

Support the protein expression group in activities such as basic cell culture, transfection, harvest, titer check, and general maintenance of the cell culture lab such as filling incubators and water baths, monitoring temperature and CO2, and checking DNA inventory.

Perform daily priming for Caliper (CE-SDS) instrument for all scientists in the laboratory to use.

Document data as needed in an electronic lab notebook (ELN) and Dotmatics.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or PhD in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, life sciences or in related scientific field with minimum 4 years of relevant experience in wet lab work

Experience with basic protein purification and characterization techniques (i.e., protein A and nickel capture, HPLC, SDS-PAGE, Endotoxin testing, etc.) is highly preferred.

Ability to calculate protein concentrations and dilutions.

Experience with single- and multi-channel manual pipettes.

Proficient with MS Office Suite products

Effective communication and organizational skills

Apply Today!

On-Board was founded in 1976 by Robert L. Wilson to provide Engineering and Design services to the chemical manufacturing industry. Today, On-Board is a thriving privately held family of companies with services including: Consulting, Professional Engineering, Industrial Maintenance and Facility Management, Contracted Manufacturing and Production Services, as well as Temporary Staffing and Recruiting throughout North America.

The On-Board Family of Companies conducts operations through its Corporate Headquarters located in East Windsor, NJ along with Regional Offices in New Castle, DE and Wake Forest, NC. On-Board’s Mission is to provide “Flexible Service by applying the talents of our people, work processes and technology to meet our clients’ expectations in a Safe, Responsible and Dependable manner.”

On-Board Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

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