Lab Automation Technician

PerkinElmer; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

PerkinElmer seeks a Lab Automation Technician for their Cambridge site. This full-time evening role requires troubleshooting and maintaining automated systems to support scientific operations. Candidates should possess a technical engineering qualification and have experience in laboratory support. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential to meet the demands of the fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have technical qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience in laboratory environment preferred.
• Strong customer focus and high attention to detail required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and troubleshoot automated systems to minimize downtime.
• Provide engineering support to ensure compliance with standards.
• Create supporting documentation and manage spare availability.

Skills

Relationship management

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Technical Engineering Qualification or Apprenticeship

HNC/HND or equivalent in relevant engineering discipline

5+ years’ experience in the Laboratory Instrument Support sector

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

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We are looking for an Automation Technician to join the team located at one of our client sites in Cambridge. This is a full-time hours role working an evening shift; Monday to Friday 16:00 to 00:00. The Automation Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and enhancing automated systems, with a view to provide minimal downtime and increased time for science. The successful candidate will provide first line engineering support to identified automation platforms outside of the normal working patterns to enable a broader use of equipment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure prompt, flexible, customer focused engineering support whilst maintaining compliance with statutory, regulatory and engineering standards.
• Support Automation Engineers to diagnose faults on complex equipment and systems utilizing the multi-disciplinary support internal and external to the team to produce a satisfactory solution.
• Carry out engineering maintenance and commissioning work associated with scientific equipment and systems in a safe, cost-effective manner to ensure minimum business disruption, as instructed.
• Adhere to company risk assessments and methods developed in line with engineering standards and health & safety requirements.
• Ensure compliance with standard operating procedures, offering suggestions on improvements, where identified
• Assist the Automation Engineering team to identify and source components and services.
• Assist in creating supporting documentation e.g. service reports, SOP’s and Risk Assessments.
• Assist in managing the availability of essential spares to support the range of equipment and systems used within the R&D facilities in a cost-effective manner.
• Support the Automation Team Supervisor to ensure efficient performance of the scientific equipment and systems using Key Performance Indicators to instigate improvements and influence changes.
• Support the PerkinElmer Management Team to ensure all activities are completed.
• Act as an ambassador to PerkinElmer, ensuring a first-class service is always delivered.
• Participate in training activities in order to gain a better understanding of Automation, via Vendor or in house cross training.
• Develop knowledge of equipment assets and science, to enable understanding of current and new technologies utilized by customer.
• Interface with other supply partners as required.
  
  

Critical Skills:

• Very Strong relationship management and excellent communication skills/influencing skills.
• Experience within the Laboratory Instrument Support sector across a wide range of scientific and/or automated systems
• Ability to work to own initiative but team orientated and able to work with minimal supervision
• Strong analytical skills with proven ability to break down and solve complex problems in a logical and structured approach.
• Knowledge and understanding of EHS procedures
• Experience of working in a fast paced, operational environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• High customer focus.
  
  

Basic Qualifications:

• Technical Engineering Qualification or Apprenticeship
• HNC/HND or equivalent in relevant engineering discipline OR
• 5+ years’ experience within the Laboratory Instrument Support sector.
• PC literate in Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc).
  
  

Working Environment:

• Role is site based on a customer site in Cambridge, UK.
• Full time hours, evening shift, Monday to Friday 16:00 to 00:00
• Must be able to work in a laboratory, controlled environments requiring personal protective equipment (e.g., lab coat, safety glasses, etc.) in the laboratory.
• Job pace may be fast and job completion demands may be high.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position more than 25% of the time
• The person needs to occasionally move between labs, corridors, adjoining rooms, and buildings onsite
• Frequently operating around instruments, objects, tools or controls, which will require regularly bending, squatting, stretching and reaching in order to perform in a service function.
• May be required to complete Medical Clearance, Respiratory Protection Training, and Fit Testing to wear a respirator as protection against hazards present in the laboratory environment.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Biotechnology Research, Research Services, and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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