Our client, a Biopharmaceutical company, is looking for a Lab Operations Specialist - I for their Philadelphia, PA location.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain equipment inventory, ensuring the information is accurate and updated promptly.
- Regularly evaluate fixed lab equipment (fume hoods, exhaust fans, biosafety cabinet, etc) are functioning properly.
- Manage all laboratory vendor service contracts ensuring that preventative maintenance visits are executed on schedule
- Manage and coordinate timelines across laboratories for certifications and calibrations on critical equipment
- Help resolve and/or coordinate equipment repair visit between the service provider and the laboratory team.
- Review cold storage monitoring software to minimize the risk of freezer failure. Escalate issues internally and troubleshoot as needed.
- Participate in laboratory emergency planning/management - e.g. power outages and infrastructure projects
- Work with all parties involved (technicians, users, IT, and leadership) to ensure that both the equipment and operational needs are met.
- Chaperone technicians from external suppliers and ensure they are adhering to company policies while onsite.
- Oversee delivery logistics by coordinating the receipt of packages, gas deliveries, or installation of laboratory equipment.
- Support the procurement of laboratory consumables and supplies as needed.
- Perform general troubleshooting of laboratory operation issues as they arise.
- Support the development and maintenance of procedures to ensure compliant lab operations.
- Work with lab safety officer to manage the safety systems/compliance and ensure the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is current and available.
- Provide miscellaneous laboratory maintenance tasks as needed e.g. supply stocking, eye wash/safety shower flushing, removal of waste, etc
Requirements:
- A.S. or B.S. in Life Sciences or Facilities Management with management/technical emphasis.
- Minimum 1 year of pharmaceutical, life sciences, or biotech experience in an academic or industry setting.
- Minimum 2 years of experience implementing maintenance and repair programs in a Research & Development (R&D) facility.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with member of cross-functional team
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to solve problems while anticipating the downstream impacts
- Highly organized with a strong attention to detail, clarity, accuracy, and conciseness.
- Can lift up to 50 pounds (may need to move consumables/equipment)
- Experience with project management activities and vendor management preferred
- Experience working within an R&D team while establishing and enforcing best practices in laboratory operations preferred
- Experience training/teaching new employees specific relevant technical and conceptual skills is a plus
- Experience with lab supplies procurement
- The role is based in lab operations side, we are here to support science/laboratory equipment's. This is a knowledge-based lad, lab management skills will be plus.
- General procedures related to lab protocols, will be also responsible for bigger service agreements.
- All the way to hazardous waste, OSHA standards or working with good lab practices.
- Able to track completion of project in terms of legal, operations, and other aspects with high sense of attention to detail.
- Working on main purchasing platform system with SAP, Knowledge with MS Office Suite.
- On Kite Site, we have 5 departments, we have process upstream, downstream manufacturing, all are into R&D.
- We only have laboratory operations main focus, troubleshooting might look like, if there is a peace of equipment which is causing problem, the Lab Ops team can come in and escalate the issue to the OEM/Vendor who is associated with that part/equipment.
- Someone who is eager to learn, able to solve issues at a more basic level.
- Anybody with operations experience will be considered.
- Someone coming from the bench/research lab experience can also be successful
- Someone who can document the process, knowledge of asset management
- Ability to work in Excel, MS Office Suite
- Policy Writing/Technical Writing, able to articulate themselves well.
- Masters will be considered, anything above Masters will be overqualified
Why Should You Apply?
- Health Benefits
- Referral Program
Excellent growth and advancement opportunities