Our client, a leader in consumer healthcare and pharmaceuticals, is hiring for a contract Lab Operations Specialist. This is a hybrid position with 4 days onsite per week in Malvern, PA (and 1 day remote per week).
Contract Duration: 24 Months
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent, in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Engineering or related subject area.
- Minimum of 1-2 years of related industry laboratory experience is required.
- Familiar with various aspects of lab operation activities including instrument preventive maintenance, calibration and qualification; sample management, sample storage shipping logistics; freezer chamber management; lab safety and lab tidiness, etc.
- Great verbal communication skills are required. Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills, written and oral, and the ability to work in a cross-functional customer focused environment is required.
- Experience with a minimum of two of the following techniques is required ELISA, FRET, qPCR, cell culture and aseptic technique, cell-based potency assays, flow cytometry or plate based biochemical assays impurity, HCP.
- Ability to work and drive lab operation activities with limited guidance to plan and execute.
- Experience of working in a cGMP environment is required.
- Must know how a lab operates, will work with vendors to service equipment and to make sure activities are followed through completely
- Must be able to communicate with scientists all the time.
Desired Skills & Experience
- Experience with electronic laboratory notebook is preferred.
What You Will Be Doing
Daily Responsibilities
- Closely track multiple lab operation activities in an organized and timely manner to ensure excellent execution
- Coordinate with internal and external service teams, service providers, Quality, and scientists to ensure lab operation activities are followed through and completed well.
- Help monitor the temperatures in the labs.
- Role will not be doing testing.