Laboratory Coordinator

Job Description

Job Title: Laboratory Coordinator

Requisition ID:

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $25 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.

Location/Division Specific Information

Saint Louis, MO/BioProduction

How will you make an impact?

The respective personnel will help the BioProcess Collaboration Center (BCC) with general lab upkeep and allow the lab to function more efficiently. This will enable the broader team to achieve their goals. They will also have a significant impact on day-to-day lab maintenance activities, as well as bring improvements to the lab upkeep and organization.

What will you do?             

• Maintain all lab equipment, work with facilities, engineering, and outside vendors on preventive maintenance schedule, commissioning new equipment, vendor appointment as and when required and maintain calibration status of all equipment (10%)
• Maintain accurate lab inventory of chemicals, common reagents, assay kits, assay standards, non-stock items, and other general lab consumables. Coordinate stocking needs with local procurement group on site (25%)
• Champion general lab organization and lead 5S for lab workspaces (10%)
• Assist in routine lab tasks, including but not limiting to glassware cleaning, stocking supplies, freezer cleanup, periodic defrosting, etc (15%)
• Work with receiving department to organize shipping and receipt of materials between sites and with client/vendors (10%)
• Work with Finance to track expenses against budget and ensure invoices are paid, in addition to assisting in the annual budget planning process (5%)
• Work with facilities and safety for chemical waste management and tracking site safety metrics (5%)
• May assist in the preparation of buffers and media according to buffer sheets with quality and consistency as requested (20%)
• Assistance in sample aliquoting/preparation as needed
• Maintenance of weighing balance, pH meter, and DI water systems as needed

Education

• Associates degree or equivalent experience with good communication and organizational skills

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Good communication and organizational skills
• Strong MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills
• Experience with SAP, SmartSheet, MS Project preferred
• Ability to adhere to standard procedures and protocols which are put in place
• Ability to prioritize between tasks in a changing environment
• Ability to write and document relevant tasks in a timely manner
• Ability to work effectively with a wide variety of functional groups
• Ability to organize tasks and work independently