Job Description

Description

Job Title: Laboratory Operations Scientist
Location: Sandwich
Working Hours: 37 hours per week (flexible schedule between 07:00 - 19:00)
Salary: Competitive (disclosed upon conversation with consultant)
Fantastic opportunity to work for a leading contract research organisation providing services on-site to a multinational FTSE 100 pharmaceutical manufacturing organisation on their Sandwich site. We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Laboratory Operations Scientist to join our team. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting logistics, systems, and consumables within our laboratory environment.
Roles and responsibility:

• Act as a key liaison between Operations, Sourcing, Laboratory Service Technicians, Business Technologies, Laboratory Coordinators, and Engineering to ensure the smooth functioning of facilities, equipment maintenance, and calibration programs.
• Prioritize and coordinate laboratory support activities to maintain optimal functionality and provide regular status updates during group meetings.
• Maintain a comprehensive list of equipment requiring routine maintenance and PAT testing, working closely with Operations, Engineering, and Laboratory Coordinators to schedule and monitor these activities.
• Support laboratory inspections and audit outcomes.
• Serve as the initial point of contact for equipment and facility-related issues requiring engineer intervention, ensuring timely resolution and adherence to standards.
• Assist Lab Coordinators and equipment owners with change control, equipment removal, log book creation, and archiving as necessary.
• Coordinate routine maintenance activities and provide training to technicians in essential laboratory repair and maintenance procedures.

The candidate:

• Bachelor\'s degree in a scientific discipline such as Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Life Sciences, or Biology.
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant industrial experience.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills, including interactions with external vendors.
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritize a high-volume customer service and administration workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in tracking instrumentation breakdowns and presenting metrics related to equipment maintenance and calibration.
• Experience with organizational 5S activities or similar Lean improvement tools is advantageous.
• Previous experience working in a Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) environment is essential.

Keywords: Laboratory Operations Coordinator, Full-Time, Permanent, Flexible schedule, Drug product development (DPD), Logistics, Systems, Consumables, Equipment maintenance, Calibration programs, Organizational skills, 5S activities, Interface, Facilities support, Prioritize, Lab support activities, Metrics, Laboratory inspections, Audit outcomes, Equipment and facility-related problems, Change control, Vendor visits, Routine maintenance, Training, Chemical excipients, Solvent supplies, Personal protective equipment, Inventory, Stock supply requirements, Shipping support, Qualifications, Scientific discipline, Industrial experience, Cross-functional communication, Administrative skills, Organizational skills, Equipment breakdowns, Lean improvement tools, Good Laboratory Practice (GLP).

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