Lab Operations Specialist / Pharma Industry (JK360)

Position Details:

Our client, a world-leading Pharmaceutical Company in Malvern, PA is currently looking for a Lab Operations Specialist to join their expanding team.

Job Title: Lab Operations Specialist / Pharma Industry

Duration: 12 months contract, extendable up to 24 months

Location: Malvern, PA

Note:

The client has the right-to-hire you as a permanent employee at any time during or after the end of the contract.

You may participate in the company group medical insurance plan

Description:

Title: Laboratory Operations Analyst

Notes:

Role will sit Onsite in Malvern, PA

The title of this role is truly a Lab Operations Analyst

Bachelors degree is required

Industry experience is required

This role will be more of an "Operations Role ", not a Scientist standing at a desk

Candidates must have excellent "people skills "

Must be flexible and able to multi-task

This role "hosts the field of service people "

Required to have understanding in Compliance

Will be responsible for getting service reports back from field service people

Must have Laboratory skills, at least 3 skills from the job description

Job Description:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent, in Chemistry, Biochemistry or related subject area, with a minimum of 2 or more years of related industry laboratory experience is required, or a Master's degree with 1 or more years of related industry laboratory experience is required.

Strong verbal communication skills are required. Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills (written and oral) and the ability to work in a cross-functional customer-focused environment is required. Must have demonstrated ability to drive completion of activities in a timely manner.

Experience working in a GXP environment is required.

Experience with a minimum of three lab operation activities is required (listed below).

Lab Operation activities include but are not limited to:

Instrument management which includes but not limited to scheduling preventive maintenance/calibration/IQ/OQ activities, new equipment onboarding, moves, documentation maintenance, etc.

Chamber management which includes but is not limited to cleanouts, defrosts, and equipment and reagent moves.

Lab safety, housekeeping, and organization

Laboratory audits and quality assurance

Scheduling, communicating, and hosting vendors.

Ability to multi-task, coordinate activities with internal and external operations and service teams, service providers, site quality, and analysts to ensure lab operation activities are completed and compliant is required.

Experience with electronic laboratory notebook, Microsoft Office products, SmartSheets, Power BI or Tableau is preferred.

Ability to work with limited guidance to plan, execute, and follow through with work assignments is expected

Top Three Skills:

1) Candidate must meet degree and industry experience requirement

2) must have three of the lab ops skills noted

3) must be able to multi-task and work with vendors and team members