Lab Technician

Lab Technician (Includes weekend work) - Cell Expression & Engineering

United Kingdom, Cambridge

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

We are currently looking for a full-time Laboratory Technician to join our Cell Expression R&D team in Cambridge to support with ongoing lab operations and scientific research activities. This role involves hands-on support in maintaining and running experiments, preparing materials and assisting in data collection across various projects, ensuring the lab continues to operate effectively both within and outside of regular business hours (Saturdays & Sundays). You will be supporting projects to create novel CHO (Chinese hamster ovary) cell lines and gene expression platforms with enhanced performance characteristics.

This is a great opportunity to join an innovative and impactful team with a diverse range of skills and experience across a range of fields including cell and molecular biology, mammalian cell culture, recombinant protein expression, protein engineering, and cell engineering.

In line with Lonza’s procedures a training plan will be put in place and implemented when the candidate joins, with the expectation that the person will be able to begin to effectively support activities in cell culture and molecular biology within 2 months of arriving at Lonza.

Key responsibilities:

• Organise and manage the weekend lab work schedules, ensuring that all planned tasks are completed accurately and documented thoroughly with minimal supervision.
• Support with routine tissue culture work including cell revival, subculture and cryopreservation
• Support with operating the small-scale bioreactors (Ambr15) and perform analytical procedures as required by the project.
• Collate, analyse, evaluate and sign-off data to produce good quality information and traceable records under the direction of the project lead.
• Working as a team player and working with a high degree of flexibility

Key requirements:

• BSc/MSc Degree in Life Sciences / Science/ Molecular Biology
• Practical experience within R&D in an industrial/academic settings
• A good technical background in molecular biology, and mammalian cell culture techniques – experience with CHO suspension cultures is advantageous
• Key cell culture techniques desired include mammalian cell culture, stable transfection & Fed-Batch (Ambr15).
• A proactive attitude to working and solving challenging problems

Work Schedule:

• Saturday and Sunday (7.5hrs each)
• Weekdays (22.5hrs across 3-4 days)

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.