Job Description
Target Pay Rate: 30-39.47/hr **salary will be commensurate with experience
Position Summary: This key role will perform light building, and equipment, maintenance, liaise with employees and vendors, prepare for on- and off-site events, support environmental, health, safety, shipping, receiving, and waste management efforts, among other varied tasks. The Facilities Lab Technician will be a Backup to the Facilities Manager for all key operating systems and will work to ensure that facility and laboratory operations run safely and smoothly while being efficient and cost-effective.
This is an hourly, overtime-eligible position. Typical working schedule will be Monday-Friday, however, occasional weekend/ after-hours work may be required as driven by business need. This position reports to the Facilities Supervisor and will be located at headquarters in New Haven, CT.
Responsibilities: - High level of computer skills
- Work order management systems
- Equipment monotoring
- Asset management systems
- Data entry
- Maintenance and repair of building and lab based equipment
- Conducts and/or assists in troubleshooting, repairs (corrective maintenance) and preventative maintenance of process equipment, building support systems, utility systems, automation systems, and laboratory systems
- Complete costumer work requests as assigned
- Perform general shipping and receiving duties when required
- Constructively, collaboratively, and professionally interact with peers, company leadership, vendors, and visitors.
- Manage and execute office/ laboratory moves, respond to employee requests, assist in space-planning efforts, and maintain accurate records
- Works to limit any interruptions, disruptions, or losses arising from unscheduled downtime of client services. Systems operations and maintenance must be safe, reliable, and cost-effective.
- Attends all mandatory safety training and maintains a safe work environment by following OSHA/ IACUC/ etc. guidelines, relevant GxP regulations, and all facility safety policies and procedures.
- May assist in designing and drafting facility-related SOPs. Takes prompt action to correct conditions found to be out of compliance or unsafe.
· General laboratory maintenance
- Cleaning water baths
- Defrosting freezers
- Refilling carboys
- Stocking consumables (flasks, pipette tips, tubes, etc.)
- Monitor and change out high pressure lab gases
- Emptying vacuum flasks
- Monitoring equipment
- Laboratory stock room management
- Organizing laboratory stock room
- Taking inventory and ordering items that are low
- Stocking ordered items
- Laboratory stock room management
- Organizing laboratory stock room
- Taking inventory and ordering items that are low
- Stocking ordered items
· Escalate risks and concerns throughout the organization appropriately
· Other duties as assigned
Qualifications: - Five (5) years of in a building services/operations role in a pharmaceutical envoirnmentis required
- Srong computer skilles are required, implementation and operation of computerized systems used by Facilities to perform their daily duties is essential
- Experience in Data entry and is required
- facility maintenance experience is preferable.
- lSelf Starter, work with minimal direction
- Pharmaceutical/ Biotech/ Laboratory/ Vivarium-related experience required; knowledge of GxP standards is a plus.
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills required, to facilitate interactions with diverse group of internal and external stakeholders (including employees, senior leadership, external vendors, etc.)
- Strong oral and written communication skills are required.
- Must be willing to work overtime to include starting work early or staying late past scheduled work hours based on business needs, if required.
- Must be willing to work some weekends/ company holidays based on a relevant busine ss need, if required.
- Must be able to lift 40 lbs
- Must be able to work using respirator
Education - High school diploma from an accredited school.
- Vocational/trade school training is a plus.
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Holiday work, Contract work, Temporary work, Monday to Friday,