Senior Technician

2 weeks ago

Upper Hutt, New Zealand NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Full time

Role type:
Fixed-Term, Full-Time

Location:
Wallaceville, Upper Hutt

Salary range:
$ $64,331 to $ 85,624 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Bacteriology & Mycology team as a Technician or Senior Technician on a fixed-term basis.

Our Technicians play a key role in diagnostic testing in our Animal Health Laboratory (AHL), New Zealand's national diagnostic testing lab.

You'll work across our PC2 and PC3 laboratories, providing efficient, effective testing that contributes to New Zealand's biosecurity response.
You might be a Technician looking for your next move, or an experienced Senior Technician wanting to broaden your skill set - either way, we'd like to hear from you
Mōu - About You

  • BSc or equivalent in a biological science
  • Knowledge and experience of microbiological laboratories.
  • Ability to work within the constraints of, and follow the procedures used in a PC3+ containment laboratory
  • A track record of demonstrating initiative, technical aptitude, sound judgement
Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team
Our Diagnostic and Surveillance Services (DSS) directorate are the guardians of Aotearoa New Zealand's biosecurity.

We run a number of targeted and passive biosecurity surveillance programmes at any one time, identifying new pests and diseases that make it past our borders, providing research and analysis on their impact, and supporting eradication where we can.

Our surveillance programme aren't just national - we also work with international partners to monitor biosecurity threats.
One of our greatest assets is our people. We've got a team of highly qualified, passionate science professionals who get to work on projects they're interested in. With employees from over 20 different countries, DSS is one of the most diverse, welcoming spaces in MPI.
Then there's our facilities. We've got the highest post-entry quarantine level plant facility in NZ. Our design-award winning Wallaceville biocontainment laboratory is one of the newest, most advanced biocontainment labs in the world. Opened in 2021, it's the most complex building in New Zealand. All our labs are reference labs, so our team works on complex cases, not standard diagnostic lab activities. We have the best, highest qualified people - critical thinkers solving dynamic problems.

You'll work on challenging, interesting and unusual cases - often things that are so new to biosecurity that no one else is working on them.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI

Our role includes seizing export opportunities for our food and fibre sector, improving sector productivity, ensuring the food we produce is safe, increasing sustainable resource use, and protecting New Zealand from biological risk.

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI

  • Comprehensive 3day MPI Induction Programme
  • Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation
  • Work amongst some of the best scientific minds in the country
Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible WorkingWe support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.

Ngā Taki Whakahaumaru - Security checks
Low level Security Clearance
- most preferably a NZ citizen, who has resided continuously in NZ for at least the last five (5) years, OR
- is a citizen of, and/or has resided continuously in one or more of the following countries for the last five (5) years: either Australia, Canada, NZ, the United Kingdom (UK) or the United States of America (USA); and has a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed as appropriate by the NZ Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) towards a recommendation of suitability for a security clearance at this level.
- click here to find out more about the national security vetting process and access the eligibility self-check tool.

Whakamātau Whakapōauau me te Waipiro - Drug and Alcohol Screening


Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whanau and hāpori.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

Applications close at midnight on 17 September 2023
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