Job Summary: The Laboratory Technician ensures laboratory efficiency and safety, supporting teaching, research, and development through sample collection and infrastructure maintenance. Key Highlights: 1. Support teaching, research, and development activities 2. Collect, prepare, and analyze samples 3. Ensure compliance with biosafety regulations The Laboratory Technician’s objective is to ensure the efficient and safe operation of a laboratory by collecting and handling samples, managing inventories, maintaining equipment and infrastructure, and ensuring compliance with biosafety regulations and institutional standards. Their primary challenge is to support teaching, research, and development activities, thereby contributing to activity quality. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Collect, prepare, and analyze samples, and generate and organize data for teaching, research, and specialized services; * Manage inventories, budgets, and procurement, ensuring appropriate use of materials and equipment; * Ensure laboratory organization, maintenance, and compliance with biosafety regulations and institutional standards; * Develop and update protocols, and support external and academic activities related to the field. **Requirements and Qualifications** **Prerequisites:** * Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Pharmacy, or related fields; * Postgraduate degree in Molecular Biology or related fields is a plus; * Knowledge of molecular biology. **Desirable:** * Prior experience in molecular analysis; * Inventory management; * Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite. **Additional Information** **Our Benefits Package:** * Health insurance; * Dental insurance; * Daycare reimbursement; * Education assistance covering up to 80% of undergraduate tuition fees and 50% of postgraduate, language, and extension course tuition fees; * Free parking; * Complementary private pension plan; * Life insurance; * Year-end recess. *If you believe in meaningful work that creates value and generates positive impact for society and the University,* ***JOIN PUCRS!*** At PUCRS, we believe every person can transform the world—and this belief drives us daily to become all that we can be. Here, tradition and innovation walk hand in hand to create a unique ecosystem integrating **education, health, research, culture, and innovation**. More than seven thousand employees bring to life a plural and creative community guided by solidarity, family spirit, and the conviction that knowledge transforms realities. Because of all that we can become, we open pathways to new learning opportunities, meaningful connections, and positive societal impact. **Explore the diverse areas of activity that embody who we are:** * 7 Schools (Undergraduate, Graduate, Research, and Continuing Education); * 5 Institutes (PUCRS Brain Institute, Institute of Culture, Institute of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Pró-Mata Environmental Institute, Institute of Petroleum and Natural Resources); * São Lucas Hospital – PUCRS; * Museum of Science and Technology; * Central Library; * Events Center; * Sports Park; * Scientific and Technological Park (Tecnopuc); * Labelo – PUCRS Specialized Laboratories in Electroelectronics; * And much more...