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Lab Support Coordinator

Roxbury, MA 02120

Posted: 04/09/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Scientific Job Number: 602221 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description


Target Pay Rate: 23.31/hr **salary will be commensurate with experience 

Job Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated Lab Coordinator to provide critical lab support as part of a dynamic lab service team. The goal is to enable smooth facilitation and effective function of the working environment by providing a single point of contact to ensure the smooth running of the laboratory environment. The Lab Support Coordinator will typically lead the coordination of services for a designated building or location.

Key Responsibilities:

Enhance the Customer Experience
  • To be the first line of support for the scientific community, reporting any concerns and ensuring these are closed out in a timely fashion, i.e., acting as a single point of contact and helping ensure minimal disruption.
  • Meet regularly with laboratory service providers to ensure open lines of communication.
  • Support needs of filing, auditing, and reviewing documentation in compliance with Customer procedures
  • Meet regularly with key stakeholders (lab staff, service providers, management) to identify, review and resolve issues in a timely manner and/or escalate as necessary.
  • To be the point of contact for equipment maintenance in liaison with team and customer lab staff, facilitating scheduling and hosting of engineering visits for maintenance and/or repair.
  • Support decommissioning of old instruments and related documentation
  • Assist in the onboarding of new instruments, coordinating with applicable parties to ensure timely installation
  • Be involved in improvement work linked to the assignment.
  • Perform other tasks as needed.
  • Execution of regular inventory activities utilizing asset management tracking tools

Support your Team
  • To work with Customer and staff to ensure quality and compliance within the laboratory.
  • To work with client and customer staff to help maintain lab documentation and coordinate archiving.
  • To provide timely communication to lab users on impact of any site service work.
  • This role will work closely with other teams to deliver lab support services seamlessly.
  • May be required to cross-train and back-up other lab support areas.

Basic Qualifications:
  • High School Diploma Required

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Associates degree is required and pharma or chemical industry experience.
  • Working understanding of GLP/GxP (desirable).
  • Understanding of 5S principles (desirable).
  • Experience within the pharmaceutical industry is desirable but not required.
  • Understanding of chemicals and safe handling (desirable).
  • A valid US drivers license.

Other Requirements
  • Ability to improve processes and drive continuous improvement.
  • Strong verbal communication skills.
  • Self-motivated and ability to work under pressure to balance conflicting deadlines.
  • Aptitude for technical and practical matters.
  • Experience working in a compliance driven environment.
  • Service-orientateded attitude combined with innovative thinking.
  • Strong team player with experience in a high-quality customer service operation.
  • Able to complete relevant paperwork according to principles of Good Documentation Practice.

Physical Demands
  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position more than 25% of the time.
  • The person needs to occasionally move between labs, corridors, adjoining rooms, and buildings onsite.
  • Frequently use objects, tools or controls, which will require regularly bending, squatting, stretching and reaching in order to perform in a service function.
  • Occasionally move or lift up to 25 pounds (potential for occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds).
  • Specific vision abilities required by this position include without limitation, the ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the instrument/equipment), distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus in order to perform the essential service functions of this position.
  • Occasionally operates a computer and other office machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
  • Use of personal protective equipment (e.g., lab coat, safety glasses, etc.) in laboratory.

Working Environment
  • Must be able to work in a laboratory, controlled environments requiring personal protective equipment.
  • Job pace may be fast and job completion demands may be high.
  • Employee maybe required to manage hazardous wastes in compliance with company procedures & State/Federal/Local hazardous waste regulations. Duties may include: Identifying, handling, generating, accumulating, storing, labeling.
  • Ensure safety, security, and the environment in all aspect of the daily activities, and any potential safety hazards are addressed and corrected immediately.
  • Understand ergonomic relationship between people, equipment and working environment.

The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.

Planet Pharma and The Planet Group of Companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.