Laboratory Technician

Job Description

Job Summary:

• The Laboratory Operations Specialist is responsible for end to end laboratory management and operational excellence supporting process development activities within the New Brunswick Biologics Development laboratories.
• This role provides independent oversight of laboratory operations, including consumables and chemical inventory, instrument maintenance and calibration, lab compliance, and routine facility readiness.
• The individual interfaces with cross functional teams, vendors, lab services, and quality systems to ensure laboratories remain inspection ready, efficient, safe, and compliant with GMP and site requirements.
• In addition to lab operations leadership, the role contributes to continuous improvement initiatives and provides limited assay or analytical support as needed.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Laboratory Operations & Inventory Management:

• Places and tracks on demand lab supply orders in response to analyst and project needs; monitors order status and receipt.
• Assists in sample preparations to migrate between sites.
• Co-ordinate consumable needs based on inventory amounts with lab services.
• Assists in day-to-day lab operations, such as, but not limited to: calibrating probes, ensuring equipment is sanitized, lab computers are updated, move samples, etc.

Instrumentation Maintenance, Calibration & Vendor Coordination:

• Coordinates pipette calibration services and documentation control.
• Serves as primary liaison with instrument management group, Client system owners, vendors and service engineers (e.g., Waters, Sciex, ProteinSimple).
• Manages instrument calibration and maintenance documentation.
• Coordinates repairs and new equipment installation for analytical instrumentation, including (not limited to): HPLC /UPLC systems, Mass Spec, and Capillary Electrophoresis.

Laboratory Readiness, Compliance & Housekeeping:

• Conducts weekly laboratory safety walkthroughs and documents observations, risks, and action items.
• Maintains scheduled weekly, monthly, and quarterly lab maintenance activities
• Provides metrics on Instrument Usage records accordingly.
• Organizes freezer and cold room supply reviews and expired material cleanouts / defrosts.
• Creates lab related work orders, move requests, and equipment decommissioning activities.

Knowledge/ Skills/ Education:

• Required minimum Associate Degree with (1) year of lab technician/operation experience, or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Able to communicate with lab services, facilities, engineers, vendors, and scientists.
• Knowledge in general lab instrumentations, safety, and activities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel).
• Ability to familiarize quickly with new computer software.
• Self-starter with strong organizational skills.