Lab & H&S Coordinator

Science Creates Services Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Weekly community socials

Annual team days

Flexible hours: core 9am-4pm

Free on-site parking

Cycle to work

Job summary

Science Creates Services Ltd. is seeking a Lab & H&S Coordinator to support day-to-day operations of our biotech labs, ensuring safety, compliance and smooth site functioning. The role involves liaising with users, suppliers and colleagues to keep equipment running and procedures up to date.

You’ll contribute to risk assessments, SOPs, and health and safety processes, while managing multiple tasks in a busy, hands-on environment across our three locations.

Qualifications

• Experience in a biotech laboratory environment.
• Experience drafting risk assessments and SOPs.
• Awareness of health and safety legislation (COSHH, GMO regulations).
• Computer literacy with G Suite and spreadsheets.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operation of shared biotech labs and assist with inductions and equipment training.
• Coordinate and document lab inspections; follow up actions.
• Ensure lab services (water, gas, electricity, waste) are maintained and compliant.
• Support H&S and Biosafety committees; contribute to risk assessments.
• Monitor compliance with lab processes; report issues as needed.
• Assist with risk assessments and health and safety processes.
• Maintain waste, gas inventories, PPE and equipment records; handle admin duties.
• Support sustainability initiatives and external service calibrations.
• Liaise with tenant companies to review high-level risk assessments and licenses.
• Contribute to SOPs and risk assessment rollouts; support building operations.

Skills

Biotech lab experience

RA & SOP drafting

COSHH/GMO regs knowledge

G Suite & Excel

Education

Life science background

Job description

About Us

Founded in 2015, Science Creates is a Deep Tech ecosystem supporting scientists and engineers to turn breakthrough discoveries into successful businesses improving the health of people and the planet. Science Creates provides specialised lab space, investment, training and community support for startups from early-stage through to scale-up. Through its independent charity and public events, it inspires the next generation of scientists and entrepreneurs. Since 2015, the ecosystem has supported more than 150 startups, which have raised over £350 million.

The Role

We are looking for a highly organised, practical and proactive individual to join the team as our Lab & H&S Coordinator. This role will support the day-to-day running of our laboratory spaces, whilst helping to ensure that our sites remain safe, compliant and well maintained.

As a Lab & H&S Coordinator, you will play an important role in supporting our members and wider team with laboratory operations, health & safety, risk assessments, compliance and general site requirements. You will work closely with colleagues across the business, as well as our members and external suppliers, to help keep everything running smoothly.

This is a varied, hands‑on, primarily in-person role that would suit someone who enjoys being organised, solving problems and getting stuck in. You will have good communication skills, a thorough approach and the ability to manage a range of tasks and priorities.

At Science Creates, we provide specialist laboratory and office space to innovative science and technology companies, helping them grow and develop their businesses. This is a great opportunity to play a key role in supporting the safe and effective operation of our spaces and contributing to the environment in which our members can do their best work.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring the smooth day to day running of shared biotech lab spaces, liaising with end users, fixing or arranging repairs to equipment issues as they arise, provide lab induction and equipment training to users.
• Coordinating & documenting lab inspections across all sites, following up on actions arising
• Ensuring all lab services are maintained, in full working order and compliant e.g. water, gas, electricity, waste by closely working with the maintenance team.
• Coordinating & inputting as required into H&S committee and Biosafety committee.
• Monitor compliance with laboratory processes and procedures, reporting any issues where needed.
• Assist with risk assessments and health and safety processes, ensuring a safe working environment for Science Creates staff and the shared lab users.
• Maintaining up to date waste documentation, gas cylinder inventories, liquid nitrogen usage, nitrogen gas piping, oxygen depletion monitors, PPE, shared equipment details & other lab related administrative duties.
• Coordinating established sustainability initiatives e.g. lab glove recycling scheme, and investigating new opportunities as they arise.
• Coordinating community wide services e.g. pipette calibration, PAT, Safety cabinet service
• Liaising with tenant companies to collect and review their high level risk assessments, and where appropriate statutory licenses e.g. CU1, CU2, CBA1.
• Contributing to the production and roll out of risk assessments and SOPs as appropriate e.g. for the shared equipment but also for general health and safety and compliance.
• Working with the wider team, getting stuck in and contributing to the smooth running of the buildings as a whole.

Skills & experience

What skills & experience will you need to have as a Lab & H&S Coordinator?

Skills

• Experience working in a biotech lab
• Experience drafting RAs and working to SOPs
• Some awareness of relevant pieces of health and safety legislation & permissions eg COSHH, GMO Contained Use Regs
• Computer literate, G suite, email, spreadsheets etc

Attributes

• Organised and able to manage competing priorities
• Personable, approachable and friendly
• A practical and proactive problem solver
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Thorough and detail-oriented
• Keen to get stuck in and take initiative

Essential experience

• A background in a Life Science-related subject, or suitable laboratory experience

Desirable experience

• Knowledge of laboratory hazardous waste management
• Experience drafting SOPs
• Previous laboratory experience working in a CL2 environment
• A genuine interest in Health and Safety

What you’ll get in return

• A role with purpose: support startups solving real-world problems
• A welcoming, collaborative team culture where your personal and professional development is encouraged
• A stylish, modern workspace with the flexibility to hot-desk across our three locations
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by an extra day per year (up to 30 days), in addition to bank holidays
• Weekly community socials and bar events
• Annual team days
• Flexible working hours: flexibility around start and finish times, with core hours of 9am-4pm covered
• Free on-site parking
• Cycle to work