- Operate existing CBCMT equipment for external/industrial samples, following standard operating procedures for sample preparation, data acquisition, and reporting.

- Explain and demonstrate how to operate instruments to students, faculty, and external users.

- Maintain records on instrument usage, service repairs, AMC schedules, and maintenance manuals.

- Own the AMC calendar for all CBCMT equipment, coordinating with vendors for preventive maintenance, calibration, repairs, and service visits.

- Track AMC renewals, service reports, warranty timelines, and equipment downtime.

- Monitor daily lab safety compliance (PPE, waste segregation, chemical handling, biosafety) and enforce lab discipline among students and researchers.

- Conduct safety inductions for current students and researchers, and report violations to the Centre Director.

- Maintain safety records, MSDS files, and incident reports.

- Maintain equipment logbooks, calibration records, and service history.

- Support laboratory operations, inventory management,



and procurement requests by providing technical specifications and consumption data to the Scientific Officer.

- Assist in routine laboratory techniques only as directed by the Centre Director and where hands-on support is needed.

- Overall responsibility to maintain and service equipment to operational standards, and to escalate unresolved issues to the Centre Director and faculty members.

Required Qualifications

Essential

- Master's degree in one of the following disciplines:

- Biotechnology

- Biomedical Science

- Biochemistry

- Microbiology

- Molecular Biology

- Life Sciences

- Biomedical Sciences

- Nanotechnology

- Tissue Engineering or related fields.

Preferred

- M. Sc./ M. Tech with 1–3 years of research laboratory experience.

Experience of mammalian cell culture.

- Experience working in academic, biomedical, pharmaceutical, or translational research laboratories.

📌 Scientific / Technical Assistant - CBCMT (Vellore)
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