As a Laboratory Technician you will have a background in environmental science, biology, horticulture or microbiology or relevant work experience. The post holder must have the Right to Work in Australia, current drivers licence and be able to accommodate flexible working arrangements when working around field trips.

As part of our technical team, you will support various aspects of laboratory work, primarily centred on preparing culture media and substrates, maintaining solid and liquid fungal cultures, inoculations, and supporting horticultural experiments with mycorrhizal tree seedlings.

This position will be based at our Australia hub at the National Innovation Centre in Eveligh NSW, but will call for seasonal fieldwork assistance during the autumn months for sampling wild fungi across Australia, or in late winter/early spring to conduct tree planting field trials. Additional accountabilities include laboratory admin and housekeeping, databasing, and ensuring the highest level of laboratory practice and safety is followed in your work.

Essential ● Education to BSc or equivalent in biological and/or environmental sciences ● Ability to work in a productive team to meet short task deadlines ● Excellent organisation skills, time management and accuracy in planning work ● Previous work experience in a laboratory or production/manufacturing environment ● Experience operating laboratory equipment such as laminar flow hoods and autoclaves ● Demonstrable experience with aseptic technique and/or microbiology

Desirable ● Subject knowledge in mycology and/or horticulture ● Relevant practical experience in a similar line of work

Please send a resume to info@rhizocore.com with Lab Tech (Sydney) as the subject heading.

Applications close on Monday 17th June.