Repository Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Repository Technician

This position is responsible for the receipt, inventory, storage, and shipping of clinical agents or biological specimens to various clinical sites and laboratories. These materials are stored at temperatures ranging from ambient to -196&degree;C with potentially hazardous properties. The role requires the use of database applications and standard precautionary procedures to work independently, communicate effectively, and use good judgment when making decisions. Interaction with internal or external clients occurs under the guidance of experienced professional or technical staff. The position may involve travel to Rockville or Germantown, MD sites up to 25%. This opportunity offers a chance to join a dedicated team ensuring customers receive the products they need quickly, successfully, and safely.

Responsibilities

• Provide shipping, receiving, storage, and order fulfillment services for clinical sites and laboratories.
• Pick, pack, sort, arrange, count, store, and accurately process items for storage and/or shipment following established procedures and customer requirements.
• Maintain a high level of quality to ensure customers receive accurate products within the requested time frame.
• Assist in receiving biological specimens, chemical compounds, clinical agents, and investigational products.
• Verify the quality, type, and quantity of materials received are accurate with appropriate documentation present.
• Weigh dry chemical compounds and aliquot liquid biological samples or products.
• Perform general documentation management tasks, including generating, reviewing, archiving, or destroying documents.
• Work in a warehouse environment under various temperatures ranging from ambient to -196&degree;C.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP parts 210 and 211 and company quality systems.
• Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs), facility safety guidelines, and FDA requirements, including cGMP CFR parts 210 and 211 where applicable.

Essential Skills

• Experience with repository operations, cold chain, dry ice, and -80 freezers.
• Basic digital literacy to navigate inventory systems, Microsoft Office, and shipping software.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively verbally and in written form.
• Ability to recognize deviations from accepted practice.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Certified Pharmacy Technician preferred.
• Prefer experience with data entry, shipping/receiving.
• Knowledge of Universal Precautions, general laboratory, and quality assurance/control preferred.
• Good social and customer service skills required.

Work Environment

The work environment includes cold environments ranging from ambient to -196&degree;C with exposure to dry ice, liquid nitrogen cryogenics, and hazardous and infectious agents. The role involves performing highly repetitive tasks and requires walking, standing, reaching, and lifting up to 50lbs continuously. There may be occasional sitting, kneeling, crouching, and crawling. Flexibility to work varying schedules, hours, and overtime as needed is required.

This is a Contract position based out of Frederick, MD.

The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $20.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Frederick,MD.

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 24, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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