Lab Logistics Operative

Avantor; Slough; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Training provided

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Avantor is seeking a Lab and Logistics Operative to join our on-site team at Bath Road, Slough. This role focuses on day-to-day lab operations, inventory control, PPE management, and safety compliance to minimise interruptions in a pharmaceutical client’s workflow.

You will assist with chemical storage, media and reagent prep, and routine equipment upkeep in a fast-paced environment while coordinating with external service providers and internal stakeholders. Monday to Friday, 8:00am–16:30pm.

Qualifications

• Experience in laboratory support environments.
• Strong organisational and record-keeping abilities.
• Customer service oriented with good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support glassware, consumables, and PPE stock levels.
• Manage laboratory coat, PPE, and visitor access items.
• Prepare media, buffers, and general reagents as needed.
• Maintain laboratory equipment and cleanliness of work areas.
• Process chemical returns and safe storage in chemical stores.
• Coordinate autoclaving services and quality control activities.
• Assist with on-site exhibitions and logistics support as required.
• Support equipment moves and handling tasks with approved equipment.
• Track service delivery metrics and maintain service records.

Skills

Lab support

Inventory management

Communication

Independent work

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Opportunity:

Executes day-to-day lab operations & support objectives at customer facilities, following a defined standard output or set of procedures, focused on minimizing laboratory workflow interruptions. Problems and issues faced are generally recurring and solutions are typically known and/or prescribed. More complex problems are solved by applying methods learned through experience and/or using available support. Activities may include PPE and/or safety station checks and maintenance, reviewing defibrillators, extinguishers and dispensing areas to confirm working order, storage, tracking and distribution of chemicals/materials ensuring accurate inventory control, and hazardous waste collection and recycling. Collects, documents, and organizes data and observations. Communicates activity records, service level metrics and other information requiring some explanation or interpretation to team members, supervisors or customers.

VWR Services delivers a broad range of on-site laboratory services to a major pharmaceutical client. We are seeking a Lab and Logistics Operative to join our team in Sough. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong inventory skills, a problem-solving mindset, and a passion for supporting scientific innovation.

Location: Bath Road, Slough, SL1 3WE, United Kingdom

Company: VWR Services

Working hours: Monday to Friday. Typically 8:00am – 16:30 pm

Laboratory waste management, including collection and disposal of clinical waste, Winchester bottles and tip boxes.

Responsibilities:

• Glassware, plasticware and laboratory consumables support, including collection, washing, drying, autoclaving and redistribution of laboratory glassware and plasticware, whilst maintaining adequate stock levels across laboratory areas.
• Laboratory coat and PPE management, including coordinating laundry services, maintaining clean lab coat inventory, preparing visitor lab coats for site visits, managing name badges and locker/peg allocation, and overseeing the laboratory coat supplier relationship.
• Media, buffer and reagent preparation, including monitoring point-of-use stock levels and preparing media, buffers and general laboratory reagents to support scientific activities.
• Laboratory equipment and facility maintenance, including cleaning and upkeep of incubators, biological safety cabinets, water baths and UPLC systems, coordinating cold unit inspections and defrost programmes, and performing routine de-icing of liquid nitrogen dewars, lids and seals.
• Chemical and inventory management, including collection and processing of chemistry returns, receipting materials on internal inventory systems and ensuring safe storage within chemical stores.
• Specialist laboratory services coordination, including provision of autoclaving services, delivery of a mycoplasma testing clinic with timely reporting of results, and organisation of biannual pipette calibration clinics in partnership with external service providers.
• Scientific community and customer support, including coordinating on-site exhibitions, supporting exhibitors with logistics and stand set-up, and acting as a key point of contact for laboratory users and internal stakeholders.
• Operational and laboratory support activities, including assisting laboratory managers with equipment moves and manual handling tasks using approved handling equipment, while maintaining high standards of laboratory housekeeping, safety and regulatory compliance.
• Performance monitoring and record management, including maintaining laboratory service records, tracking service delivery metrics, and recording inspections performed.

Required skills included:

Experience in laboratory support, laboratory operations, facilities management or scientific services environments. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities. Excellent attention to detail and record-keeping capabilities. Customer service focused approach with strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a wider laboratory services team. Basic IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications and laboratory management systems.

What we offer:

Here at Avantor, we focus on you. Along with a competitive salary and package, we will provide you with an environment where you will have viable opportunities to develop and progress in your role.

All required trainings will be provided

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.

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