Description:
- Primary role is to support the administration and laboratory operations of the conservation science section as follows:
- Manage purchases according to organization. procurement guidelines.
- Track spendings and cashflow matters.
- Manage all scientific equipment preventive maintenance and calibration, including problem-solving on equipment repair, part modification or troubleshoot during breakdowns.
- Manage lab inventory such as stocktake of assets, consumables, chemicals, and reference materials.
- Manage scientific journal subscriptions for the lab.
- Carry out backing up of files in drives, archive analytical data and lab housekeeping.
- Manage equipment booking system, updates lab user guidelines, carries out lab induction for new equipment users.
- Update or draft equipment SOPs, lab safety guidelines and admin procedures
- Carry out lab routine maintenance and housekeeping (e.g. change gas cylinders and handle nitrogen liquid refills, replenishing consumables)
- Handle chemical Occupational Health & Safety (OH&SS) (i.e. Safety Datasheet (SDS), inventory, chemical store, disposal)
- Handle all equipment shut down and power on procedures.
- Assist scientists in sample preparation for ongoing analysis and research.
- May assist scientists in analysis of batch samples using instrumentation like microscopy, Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS).
Requirement:
- Minimum qualification of Polytechnic Diploma or ‘A’ levels, which covered science subjects and use of laboratory with at least 3 years of working experience in an analytical science lab, or fresh degree graduates of science-related subjects.
- Experience with procurement using Workday is advantageous.
- Be proficient in MS Office and MS Teams.
- Willingness to learn and adaptable.
- Able to display good manual dexterity, technical aptitude, and problem-solving skills in previous work.
- Experience working with chemicals or operating instrumentation like light microscopes, grinder, SEM-EDS, Raman, FTIR and GC/MS is advantageous.
