Lead Lab Coordinator

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Laboratory Setting, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

How Will You Make an Impact?:

Unity Lab Services provides a single source for integrated lab service, support and supply managment. Our customized service offerings and world-class service experts have the flexibility and experience to uniquely address our customer's Laboratory business needs.

A Day in the Life:

Support Managed Services operations by coordinating staff and workloads to meet productivity goals. Provide site coverage, assist in training new and current team members, and lead internal/client meetings.

Coordinate lab equipment repair, maintenance, and calibration, including database management and vendor coordination. Proactively address equipment issues and handle asset tagging and tracking per client protocols.

Collaborate closely with onsite teams and other departments (Facilities, EHS, Supply Chain, etc.) to prioritize and resolve maintenance needs, plan lab infrastructure projects, and lead preventive maintenance and contamination control.

Ensure professional relationships with internal teams, external vendors, and building occupants. Escort service vendors and provide necessary site-specific training.

Track inventory of consumables, chemicals, media, and material managed through offsite storage. Handle ordering, reviewing expiration dates, and coordinating deliveries. Support large or custom orders by obtaining quotes.

Ensure smooth lab operations by overseeing logistics, supply chain coordination, and maintaining company assets in good condition.

Contribute to the efficient operations of a lab engaged in rapid, continuously evolving, large scale experiments.

Education:

Bachelors degree in a related field preferred, or a combination of education and experience that demonstrates the required skills.

Experience:

• Required: Minimum of 4 years of work experience in a manufacturing, operations, production or lab setting or related field
• GxP Experience and IATA/DOT certification, knowledge of OSHA General Industry requirements are also a plus.
• Strategic Sourcing: Identifying and evaluating potential suppliers globally, conducting market research, and developing sourcing strategies.
• Materials planning experience with ability to analyze and pro actively manage Material Requirement Planning (MRP) data and systems.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Leadership abilities and interpersonal skills are required to lead and enhance team culture
• Capability to adapt and manage the successful operations in a fast-paced, ever-changing lab with large-scale experiments.
• Possess strong analytical abilities to problem solve, make timely decisions, re-balance staff workload and coordinate multiple overlapping priorities, while functioning in a fast-paced work environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail and capability to work autonomously and in a team setting with minimal supervision.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

• Requires the ability to lift, push and pull 30-40lbs consistently; lift 50 pounds occasionally, including operation and use of pushcarts, pallet jacks, forklifts, etc.
• Regularly required to stand or walk for prolonged periods.
• Work areas may include spaces where chemical-based allergens are in use (penicillin, tetracycline, etc.). Depending on the area of the building, personal protective equipment may be required.
• Ability to work overtime, as needed.

What We Offer

Compensation

• Competitive Hourly Pay Rate
• Additional shift differential for 2nd shift and 3rd shift positions
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Annual merit performance-based increase

Excellent Benefits

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• Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1
• Paid Time Off & Designated Paid Holidays
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Career Advancement Opportunities

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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