Lab Services Coordinator

Major Responsibilities

- Create an exceptional user experience for assigned area, by ensuring smooth service delivery and functioning as a single point of contact for operational needs

- Raise tickets for broken assets, contact relevant vendors, follow-up on timely execution and complete administration. Inform users on timelines and status

- Regularly verify lab asset inventory database accuracy and submit updates when needed. Maintain asset labelling.

- Coordinate with centralized lab services such as waste service, facility and site security

- Introducing new J&J staff to Avantor scope on site

- Support instrument installs and moves together with LabOps colleagues

- Support lab safety checks and audits

- Raise awareness of safety hazards and eliminate where applicable and appropriate

- Ordering of non-capex items forming a permanent lab addition

- Corridor and lab walks, overall awareness

- Point of contact for and escorting of external engineers. Verifying of required legal documents

- Update lab community on changing policies, point of use consumables and upcoming service or downtime (e.g. newsletter)

- Organize regular operational meetings with lab community

- Keeping an overview of and ordering of maintenance and repair contracts. Handling of related invoices.

- Organizing and execution of lab equipment decommissioning

- Support internal lab (equipment) relocations

Other tasks:

• Organize or assist with reagent or repository inventory checks

• Monitor efficient equipment utilization and remove redundant items

• Collect pipettes from the lab for calibration

• Maintain overview of equipment ownership in shared lab environments

QUALIFICATIONS (Education/Training, Experience and Certifications)

• Education:

Basic degree – or equivalent through experience – in Chemistry, Engineering, Laboratory Technician, Pharmaceutics or similar.

• Experience:

Minimum of 2 years of experience in the chemical sector, or

At least 1 year of experience, preferably in a laboratory environment or similar

• Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.).

• Experience with or training on database systems (e.g. SAP)

• Language Skills: English level B1 (Intermediate).

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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