Company Overview:
Prime Medicine is a leading biotechnology company dedicated to creating and delivering the next generation of gene editing therapies to patients. The Company is leveraging its proprietary Prime Editing platform, a versatile, precise and efficient gene editing technology, to develop a new class of differentiated, one-time, potentially curative genetic therapies. Designed to make only the right edit at the right position within a gene while minimizing unwanted DNA modifications, Prime Editors have the potential to repair almost all types of genetic mutations and work in many different tissues, organs and cell types.
Prime Medicine is currently progressing a diversified portfolio of eighteen programs initially focused on genetic diseases with a fast, direct path to treating patients or with a high unmet need because they cannot be treated using other gene-editing approaches. Over time, the Company intends to maximize Prime Editing's therapeutic potential and advance potentially curative therapeutic options to patients for a broad spectrum of diseases. For more information, please visit www.primemedicine.com.
Prime Medicine is seeking an enthusiastic Lab Operations Lead to join the Lab Ops team. The candidate will manage many of the day-to-day functions required to support a 25,000SF Research and Development lab. The right person can triage and coordinate GxP equipment validation/maintenance, hazardous material management, laboratory facilities projects, EHS, shipping and receiving, consumables, and new equipment prep. The ideal candidate has a can-do customer service attitude backed by excellent communication and time management skills.
Responsibilities

• Consult with team members, scientists, and external consultants to develop, implement, and manage lab operations for research and development activities, ensuring a safe, efficient, and compliant laboratory environment.
• Manage the inventory of solvents, consumables, and EHS supplies in the main storage area and various satellite stock locations.
• Oversee the management and disposal of hazardous waste.
• Collaborate closely with the Facilities team to coordinate the installation of lab utilities and minimize the impact of scheduled maintenance and shutdowns.
• Maintain the schedule for the calibration, maintenance, and qualification of GMP and non-GMP equipment and instruments. Ensure that contracted service providers are proactively scheduled for these activities and that local equipment owners are notified in advance.
• Maintains up-to-date equipment identification and other metadata within the computerized calibration and maintenance management system.
• Review and approve calibration and preventive maintenance records, storing them after approval in a manner that ensures their ready retrievability from electronic systems.
• Ensure calibration, preventive maintenance, and qualification activities are captured in available logbook entries.
• Provide monthly status reports to Quality Assurance (QA), working with the QA team to close performance gaps and implement preventive actions.
• Ensure all equipment is properly labeled and identified.
• Schedule installation of new instruments, and operational qualification of GMP equipment.
• Assist equipment owners with the creation of Standard Operating Procedures for the operation, cleaning, and maintenance of GMP equipment.
• Identifies revisions, deletions, or additions of equipment or instruments to the calibration and maintenance inventory.
• Remove and rectify equipment that is overdue for service, out of tolerance or otherwise unfit for use.

Qualifications

• 3 years of work in laboratory operations or GMP.
• Ability to quickly learn industry and quality concepts and standards such as ISO 17025 and GMP.
• Associate's Degree from a two-year college or technical institution minimum.
• Ideal candidate is highly responsible, dependable, and works exceptionally well in a team environment.
• Ability to lift 50lbs.
• Ability to work on your feet >50% of the day.
• Studies in biology, engineering, chemistry, or facilities management a plus.

Prime Medicine is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.