Lab Services Coordinator

In this role, you will report to the Onsite Supervisor and will work closely with the Avantor's Lab and Production Services professionals to serve our customers by performing customized, mission-based lab work and research protocols that help return time back to science.

Location: Malvern, PA

Shift: Monday-Friday (7:30 AM - 4:00 PM)

Benefits:

• Health and Wellness: Medical, Dental, Vision and Wellness programs

• Time Off: Paid Time Off (PTO), Company paid holidays, Choice holidays etc.

• Financial Well Being: Spending Accounts: Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Accounts (HSA), commuter benefits, 401(k), tuition assistance, employee stock purchase plan discount

• Added Protection Coverage: To include critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident, legal, identity theft protection, pet, auto and home insurance

• Recognition: Celebrate your peers and earn points to redeem on gifts and products

What we're looking for

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent; relevant experience in laboratory settings preferred.

• Experience:

• Familiarity with sample management systems and laboratory safety protocols.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to communicate effectively with team members and researchers.

• Collaboration Tool: Microsoft Teams experience preferred

• Documentation and Compliance

• Quality Control

• Sample Request Management

• OSHA Right to Know (Hazard Communications) training

• Site-specific safety orientation, including lockout/tagout and PPE protocols

• This position requires working in a laboratory setting where adherence to safety protocols is essential.

• Work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high standards of safety and quality.

How you will thrive and create an impact

Avantor's Lab and Production Services team is a crucial part of the Avantor Services group serving over 500 customers in biopharma, pharmaceutical, educational, industrial, and high-tech industries with customizable, flexible solutions and end-to-end laboratory operations support.

In this role you will:

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the main point of contact for all research personnel regarding lab operations.

• Perform daily equipment checks to ensure all instruments are functioning properly.

• Monitor lab supplies and chemicals, including expiration dates and inventory levels.

• Conduct routine safety inspections and coordinate waste removal to maintain a clean, hazard-free environment.

• Liaise with external service vendors for equipment maintenance and service needs.

• Support laboratory testing, experiments, and analyses in accordance with established protocols.

• Conduct routine assays, stability studies, sterility testing, and product evaluations.

• Assist in the operation of manufacturing equipment and systems, particularly in product purification processes.

• Participate in the assembly or sub-assembly of life science products and devices.

• Maintain strict adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Additional Support Duties:

• Under moderate supervision, provide direct benchtop support at customer facilities.

• Execute routine laboratory support tasks such as media and buffer preparation, solvent and reagent mixtures, material weighing, and physical testing.

• Maintain lab inventory, ensuring proper labeling and tracking of materials like chemical reagents, glassware, and gas cylinders.

• Verify and maintain laboratory equipment, including balances, pH meters, sonicator, and cleaning glassware.

Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

EEO Statement:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at recruiting@avantorsciences.comand let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

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By submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.