Avantor: Sample Management Technician (f/m/d)

Avantor is looking for a Sample Management Technician (f/m/d)

Avantor is seeking a motivated Sample Management Technician (f/m/d) in Langkampfen, Austria. In this role, you will handle our customer’s samples and ensure their proper administration and storage.

This role is a permanent, full-time position, based at our pharma customer’s sites in Kundl (primarily) and Langkampfen (secondarily). Next to the base salary, we offer regulated working hours, an annual bonus, 25 2 days holidays, training opportunities, and a company pension scheme. Interested? Let’s talk!

Working hours: Monday-Friday, 08:00-16:00 (38,5 hours/week)

How you will thrive and create an impact

• Annotate, register, receive, handover, and ship all samples using tracking systems.


• Provide analytical teams with regular updates on sample status.


• Order cool/frozen transports and providers; give samples and documents to courier; prepare shipment documents.


• Take over samples from the lab; check for completeness of shipped materials and documents.


• Store samples in appropriate conditions in fridges and freezers (<-60°C, <-20°C, 2-8°C)


• Document the storage & transfer of samples in the inventory system.


• Label incoming or outgoing samples.


• Sample aliquoting as needed.


• Review qualification documentation; coordinate maintenance activities if needed; perform temperature monitoring at least every three months.


• Prepare formal invoices for customs activities.


• Help create work instructions / SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for the various laboratory service activities.

What we’re looking for

Education: Completed vocational training as a chemistry or biology laboratory technician

Experience: First hands-on laboratory experience in a comparable area but we are happy to receive your application if you are freshly graduated!

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of GxP and rules of conduct in a chemical laboratory


• Good IT user knowledge of Excel and SAP is an advantage


• Fluency in English is a must, German proficiency is an advantage


• Quality-oriented personality with an understanding of good customer service


• Always have an open ear for customer concerns and actively think about how laboratory support processes can be improved in close cooperation with your Colleagues and Team Leader.

The intended gross annual salary for this position is at least €38,000. Depending on qualifications and professional suitability, payment above this sum is possible.