2025 Summer Intern - ImmunologyWork with Purpose

Responsible for routine laboratory procedures (e.g., animal care, facility cleaning, labeling, lab support basic procedures, etc.), facility/groundskeeping, and/or other administrative/IT functions, as assigned.

This is an onsite role in Ashland, OH. The pay range for this position is $15.00 - $17.00 per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

Position is open to anyone, regardless of age, who meets the educational and experience requirements as posted

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• May perform area support cleaning, study set up, laboratory administrative functions, and/or basic animal husbandry.
• May clean rooms and/or facility to include possible handling of biohazard materials.
• May assist with use of balances and other laboratory equipment.
• May perform basic facility/groundskeeping functions.
• May perform administrative functions in various departments, including IT.
• Use Good Laboratory Practice Regulations (GLP), SOP's and company policies when performing all job functions.

•    Perform all other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education:  Currently enrolled in a degree program
• Experience: Pipette experience, scientific knowledge, Prior ELISA, flow cytometry, multiplex, or genetic toxicology experience. 
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
• Certification/Licensure: None

•    Other: Ability to handle common laboratory species in selected departments.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Employees must be able to lift, move, manipulate, and/or hold heavy objects up to and including 50 pounds; this includes work materials, equipment, and/or animals for the departments requiring such functions.
• Must be able to perform procedures, which require, talking, hearing, standing or sitting for long periods of time, entering data into a computer, using appropriate instruments, reaching with hands and arms, working in narrow spaces, and wearing safety equipment (PPE) according to OSHA regulations and company standards.
• May be required to frequently firmly hold species while utilizing fine motor skills.
• Specific vision abilities may be required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

•    While performing the duties of any administrative-type functions, the employee may be assigned to regularly talk, hear and work/type at a computer.

Work Environment:

 

• If assigned to works in a research environment, it may require use of sharp objects, working around mechanical parts, working with or near known or unknown toxic or caustic chemicals and/or biological hazards, exposure to fumes and airborne particles, working at noise levels ranging from moderate to loud.
• The employee may be required to work with live animals with risk of exposure to allergens, zoonotic disease, and biohazards.

•    The noise level in the work environment ranges from low to high depending upon the species housed and department assigned, if applies.