Position: Laboratory Scientist – Biological, Chemical and Global Health Sciences - School of Sciences and Engineering
Reports to: Laboratory Manager
Purpose:
The Laboratory Scientist provides professional scientific, analytical, and technical support for departmental teaching and research laboratories, shared instrumentation facilities, and research project workflows. The position ensures daily laboratory readiness, operates and maintains advanced analytical instrumentation, enforces chemical safety and biosafety compliance, prepares experimental materials, and supports faculty, researchers, and students across scientific disciplines.
Responsibilities:
- Laboratory Operations and Experimental Support: Coordinate daily preparation, workflow scheduling, chemical reagent setup, and technical execution for teaching and research laboratories, while ensuring experimental validity, optimal resource allocation, and timely delivery of practical academic sessions
- Scientific Equipment Management and Analytical Services: Operate, calibrate, troubleshoot, and validate advanced scientific instrumentation, e.g., XRD, UPLC-MS/MS, GC, HPLC and Spectroscopy, while performing sample measurements, data interpretation, preventive maintenance, and vendor servicing to ensure continuous equipment uptime and precision
- Safety Governance, Compliance and Risk Management: Enforce internal lab safety protocols, biosafety rules, standard operating procedures (SOPs), good laboratory practice (GLP), and statutory requirements, e.g., Ministry of Health radiation or blood-handling licenses, while conducting safety inspections, managing emergency equipment, and tracking corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
- Technical Training and Competency Guidance: Deliver technical demonstrations, equipment user training, and safety orientation to students, teaching assistants, research assistants, and faculty, while evaluating user competency to ensure safe, independent, and accurate instrument operation
- Inventory Control and Procurement Administration: Manage chemical inventories, material safety data sheets (MSDS), glassware, consumable supplies, and vendor quotes, while processing purchase requisitions, tracking shipments, and maintaining departmental petty cash to ensure supply chain continuity
- Method Development and Research Collaboration: Assist faculty and researchers in designing, pre-testing, validating, and optimizing experimental methods and analytical procedures, while driving continuous improvement in laboratory quality assurance and sample analysis performance
- General Laboratory Support: Perform other related duties as assigned
Requirements:
Minimum Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, pharmacy, or a related scientific discipline
- Master’s degree in the relevant field is an asset
- Minimum of three to five years of relevant laboratory, analytical instrumentation, or research environment experience
Skills:
- Hands-on experience with standard laboratory equipment, chemical preparation, basic instrument calibration, SOP compliance, and inventory management
- Proficiency in MS Office and scientific software
- Good command of English and Arabic
This position is open until November 15th, 2026
Placement is based on the candidate’s experience and skills. Only candidates who make it to the shortlist will be contacted
"The American University in Cairo is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply."
“We thank all individuals who have expressed interest in working at The American University in Cairo.”
