Lab Coordinator

Consider joining Lancaster Laboratories where people are the most important element in our chemistry. Celebrating 50 years of service, Lancaster Laboratories is a leading contract lab providing testing and research services in the environmental, pharmaceutical, and biopharmaceutical sciences to clients worldwide.

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  Perform periodic routine lab equipment maintenance, basic operations, and/or calibrations. Some instruments include:

• Beckman Coulter ViCell XR and BLU Cell Counters
• Nova Flex (and Flex2) Cell Culture Analyzer
• Siemens RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas Analyzer
• Advanced Instruments OsmoTECH Pro
• Cedex Bio HT
• AMBR15 and AMBR250

• Carry out pH and dissolved oxygen probe calibrations and maintenance in addition to other parts of benchtop bioreactors
• Ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety requirements
• Coordinate with site services to manage laboratory consumables and chemical inventory and raw material induction
• Coordinate with lab personnel to organize and conduct periodic lab cleaning activities, including but not limited to freezers, walk-in cold rooms, and biosafety cabinets
• Create and revise best practice documentation for lab equipment and basic

procedural activities

• Assist lab personnel in preparing cell culture media/solution, autoclaving equipment, and

maintaining incubators

• Coordinate all instrument induction, connectivity, maintenance, services, and contracts with various other functional groups
• Provide periodic laboratory updates through email communications, report writing, and presentations
• Evaluate lab management workflows to identify and implement efficiency improvements
• Coordinate and oversee lab equipment scheduling via lab asset management system and direct communication with support teams.
• Manage medium- and short-term inventory of raw materials by working closely with vendors and regularly remove expired items from storage

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience with BS degree in a relevant scientific discipline or 0+ years of experience with MS degree in a relevant scientific discipline.
• Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in lab inventory management, including vendor interactions
• Performing routine maintenance and calibrations on common bioprocessing analytical equipment, such as cell counters and metabolite analyzers
• Some experience passaging cells in shake flasks, preparing cell culture media, and building bench scale bioreactors is preferred
• Experience using basic functions of Microsoft Office and 365 suite tools (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Outlook)

What we offer:

• Excellent full time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Career Development and continuing education opportunitie
• Hourly Comp: $34.65 - $37.40

Position is full-time, 8am - 5pm with occasional overtime required.

Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Professional Scientific Services® (PSS) is a global, award-winning insourcing solution that places our people at our clients’ site dedicated to running and managing laboratory services while eliminating headcount, co-employment and project-management worries.

We infuse our 55-year track record of scientific and laboratory operations expertise, as well as HR and great place to work best practices, to recruit, hire, train and manage highly qualified scientists to perform laboratory services using our client’s quality systems and equipment.

Eurofins USA PSS Insourcing Solutions is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.