Laboratory Equipment Engineer - Maintenance & Troubleshooting

PerkinElmer, Inc.; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Income protection insurance

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension contributions

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Job summary

Site-based Laboratory Engineer role in Cambridge on a 5-day, Monday to Friday schedule. You will work in controlled lab environments requiring PPE, performing maintenance, fault diagnosis and documentation for lab equipment across centrifuges, incubators, and other instruments. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential.

The role emphasizes safety, regulatory compliance and timely spare parts management, with opportunities to influence process improvements in a fast-paced facility.

Qualifications

• Experience within the Laboratory Instrument Support sector across a wide range of scientific equipment.
• Ideal candidate will be currently working as a laboratory engineer with any of centrifuges, incubators, balances, vacuum pumps, fridges, freezers, water purifiers, plate washers/readers.
• Strong relationship management and excellent communication/influencing skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative but remain team-oriented with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical skills with logical, structured problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Provide prompt, flexible, customer-focused equipment support while complying with statutory, regulatory and engineering standards.
• Diagnose faults on complex equipment using multidisciplinary support to reach satisfactory solutions.
• Plan and carry out maintenance and commissioning of scientific equipment safely and cost-effectively.
• Create and review service reports and supporting documentation.
• Support users in designing operating procedures, SOPs, Change Control and deviation handling.
• Manage availability of essential spares to support equipment and systems used in R&D facilities.
• Support contract management for set-up, renewal and budgeting of contracts.
• Monitor performance of equipment with KPIs and drive improvements.
• Support PKI Management Team to ensure completion of activities.
• Prepare risk assessments/method statements prior to work; adhere to health and safety policies.
• Follow health and safety duties and report incidents; wear PPE as required.
• Occasionally move between labs and facilities; may require medical clearance and PPE training.

Skills

Lab equipment support

Centrifuges

Incubators

Balances

Vacuum pumps

W fridges/freezers

Water purifiers

Plate washers/readers

Strong communication

Team work

Analytical thinking

EHS procedures

Microsoft Office

Education

Technical Engineering Qualification or Apprenticeship

L3 Engineering discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Site-based Laboratory Engineer role in Cambridge on a 5-day, Monday to Friday schedule. You will work in controlled lab environments requiring PPE, performing maintenance, fault diagnosis and documentation for lab equipment across centrifuges, incubators, and other instruments. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential.

The role emphasizes safety, regulatory compliance and timely spare parts management, with opportunities to influence process improvements in a fast-paced facility.