Lab Technician (Lab Management Service)

PerkinElmer; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading laboratory service provider in Stevenage is looking for a Laboratory Technician to provide critical on-site support. The role involves performing routine checks, maintaining lab equipment, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Successful candidates will have strong attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and a high school qualification with 5 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in a laboratory or customer service environment.
• Basic understanding of laboratory equipment and procedures.
• Ability to follow oral and written directions.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine calibration checks on laboratory equipment.
• Upkeep and clean lab equipment for quality assurance.
• Maintain compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Customer service skills

Education

High School Qualifications

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Lab Technician (Lab Management Service) – Stevenage, United Kingdom

Job Description Summary: We are looking for a highly motivated Laboratory Technician to provide critical, on-site support as part of a dynamic PerkinElmer lab service team. The role is mainly responsible for routine task completion to ensure the efficient operations within the customer lab space, to give time back to the scientists. These responsibilities require high level of attention to detail to provide a quality service.

Location: Stevenage, GB

Job ID: REQ-055819

Responsibilities

• Perform routine calibration/verification checks on a range of laboratory equipment.

• Upkeep and cleaning of lab equipment to ensure the scientific quality of customer projects.

• General laboratory tasks, including maintenance of equipment, stocking of consumables/ chemicals/ reagents, and overall lab upkeep.

• Specific tasks tailored to the customers’ requirements.

• Follow SOPs, protocols, and other guidelines as it relates to the required tasks.

• Interact with colleagues in other functions to solve technical problems.

• Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment.

• Provide and escalate continuous improvement initiatives to benefit ways of working.

Skills and Experience

• Attention to detail and understanding of the basic laboratory environment.

• Excellent organizational skills: ability to troubleshoot and solve problems independently.

• Ability to follow oral and written directions.

• Basic experience with MS Office: Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

• Excellent customer service and customer relations skills.

• Ability to critically review ways of working to effectively.

• High School Qualifications with 5 years' experience in a laboratory environment or customer service environment.

• Experience within a laboratory environment will be beneficial.

Working Environment

• Must be able to work in a laboratory, controlled environments requiring personal protective equipment (e.g., lab coat, safety glasses, etc.).

• 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 operate on instruments, objects, tools, or controls, which will require regularly bending, squatting, stretching, and reaching to perform in a service function.

• Occasionally move or lift to 25 pounds (potential for occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds).

• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus to perform essential service functions.

• Employee may be required to handle hazardous waste according to local, state, and federal regulations. Duties may include identifying, handling, generating, accumulating, storing, and labeling hazardous waste.

• Potential risk to lab-based hazards including extreme temperature, biological materials, and hazardous chemicals.

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