Science Technician

4 weeks ago

Brisbane, Australia Osborne Richardson Australia Full time

**Salary**:
$50-60 per hour

**Location**:
QLD - Brisbane

**Ref**:
OM/ScienceTech

**Description**:
Osborne Richardson love to work alongside our great friends at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in Brisbane, and we have an absolute Christmas cracker of a role on offer at present.
We are seeking a Science Technician to join the Plant Pathology team on a long-term contract until 30th June 2025. If this isn't ideal, then the location in inner-Brisbane is simply the cherry on top of the cake with this opportunity. You will also sit at T03 level, with an hourly rate of $54.34 + Super.
In this role, you will join the team and use your knowledge and specialist skills in high throughput sequencing (HTS) and bioinformatics to support development and implementation of new HTS-based diagnostic workflows to facilitate the rapid and accurate identification of plant pests and diseases. Specifically, this will include:

- Preparing library and performing HTS on Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ MinION sequencing devices.
- Analysing HTS data using appropriate bioinformatics tools, software and platforms;
- Validating and verifying diagnostic workflows with the view to accredit to ISO/IEC 17025;
- Undertaking a variety of plant pathology diagnostics as part of a team.
- Accurately performing scientific tasks in accordance with relevant standard operating procedures (SOPs), protocols or methodologies;
- Maintaining, calibrating and using moderately complex/specialised testing equipment
- Preparing reagents, mixtures and media
- Monitoring and managing the supply of consumable resources
- Undertaking specialised observations such as recognising relevant species and identifying environmental conditions
- Preparing, collecting and managing specimens and samples
- Undertaking data collation and presentation including performing associated calculations and fundamental data analysis

Mandatory requirements
- It is a mandatory requirement for a professional officer to possess an Australian Bachelor degree (AQF level 7 or equivalent) or higher in Science or equivalent to the position from a recognised tertiary institution.
- For international qualifications, the applicant will need their qualification assessed, to determine comparability with the Australian Qualifications Framework. The Department of Employment, Small Business and Training can assist with these assessments for Queensland residents.
- Knowledge, skills and experience in high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics

You may also have
- Experience with Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION in plant health diagnostics is highly desirable.
- Experience with bioinformatics tools, software and platforms such as Geneious, Galaxy, CLC Genomics workbench, and Command Line Interface (CLI) bioinformatics is highly desirable.
- Experience operating within a Laboratory Quality Management System is highly desirable.
- Experience in plant pathology diagnostics will be highly regarded.

Technical
- Specialist skills in high throughput sequencing and use of MinION and Illumina platforms

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