Inventory and Lab Support Assistant

Life Scientific; Dublin; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Life Scientific in Dublin 4 is seeking a capable lab support person to calibrate equipment, stock consumables, and manage shipments in a fast-growing research environment.

The role covers inventory management, waste handling, and general lab housekeeping, with a focus on accuracy, safety, and initiative. This is a full-time, on-site position requiring commitment to a well-organised lab routine.

Qualifications

• Full-time, on-site, five days a week.
• Commutable to Clonskeagh, Dublin 4.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• A self-starter who works well on their own initiative.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.
• Someone who follows through - chasing outstanding queries until they're actually resolved.
• Pride in the work and a commitment to doing it well.

Responsibilities

• Routine calibration of lab equipment - electronic pipettes and the like.
• Keeping consumables stocked and equipment replaced as needed.
• Coordinating outbound shipments - including hazardous materials - to international shipping standards.
• Arranging and managing remote collections.
• Staying current on shipping compliance certifications, including IATA.
• Managing chemical, consumable, and equipment inventory - and keeping the records to match.
• Sub-sampling and repackaging chemical deliveries as required.
• Regular inventory checks, with storage areas kept clean and organised.
• Logging and processing incoming deliveries.
• Regular checks on safety equipment - safety showers, eyewash stations, safety filters.
• Arranging lab coat cleaning on a regular basis.
• Managing lab waste processes, liaising with disposal contractors, and keeping compliance documentation in order.
• General lab support and housekeeping.
• Pitching in on ad-hoc problem solving and process improvement across the lab.

Skills

Attention to detail

Fluent English

Self-starter

Manual handling

Job description

Great science needs a lab that runs like clockwork.

Every calibration, every shipment, every chemical logged and stored just right - it's the invisible infrastructure behind everything we do. Get it wrong, and the science stalls. Get it right, and nobody even notices, because everything just works.

Life Scientific operates in a $250 billion global crop protection market. We reverse‑engineer off‑patent products with real scientific rigour - and that rigour starts on the lab bench, with the people who keep it running.

Backed by InVivo, Europe's largest agricultural cooperative, we're scaling fast across Europe and North America. Our labs are growing with us - which means the standards, the safety, and the sheer organisation behind the science all have to scale too.

We're a business that combines the pace of a start‑up with the discipline of a scale‑up. No politics. No passengers. Just people who take pride in doing the unglamorous work properly.

At Life Scientific, our lab depends on someone who takes ownership of the unglamorous work and does it brilliantly. Someone who notices the eyewash station hasn't been checked this month. Who chases the courier until the collection actually happens. Who'd rather fix a problem than mention it and move on.

What you'll be doing

• Routine calibration of lab equipment - electronic pipettes and the like
• Keeping consumables stocked and equipment replaced as needed

Logistics

• Coordinating outbound shipments - including hazardous materials - to international shipping standards
• Arranging and managing remote collections
• Staying current on shipping compliance certifications, including IATA

Inventory Management

• Managing chemical, consumable, and equipment inventory - and keeping the records to match
• Sub-sampling and repackaging chemical deliveries as required
• Regular inventory checks, with storage areas kept clean and organised
• Logging and processing incoming deliveries
• Regular checks on safety equipment - safety showers, eyewash stations, safety filters
• Arranging lab coat cleaning on a regular basis

Laboratory Waste

• Managing lab waste processes, liaising with disposal contractors, and keeping compliance documentation in order

General

• General lab support and housekeeping
• Pitching in on ad‑hoc problem solving and process improvement across the lab

What we're looking for

• Full‑time, on‑site, five days a week - commutable to Clonskeagh, Dublin 4
• A good level of physical fitness - this role involves manual handling
• Excellent attention to detail
• A self‑starter who works well on their own initiative
• Fluent English, written and spoken
• Someone who follows through - chasing outstanding queries until they're actually resolved
• Pride in the work and a commitment to doing it well