Central Lab Ops Lead: Building & Readiness

A*STAR Research Entities (A*STAR); Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A*STAR's Integrated Central Operations & Research Enablers (iCORE) is expanding its Central Laboratory Operations to Geneo campus, establishing a Building Lead role to deliver end-to-end lab support. The role translates campus standards into reliable building-level delivery, leads the floor team, and ensures service performance, safety and readiness across the facility.

The Building Lead will coordinate with researchers, platform teams, logistics, safety and facilities to optimise resources,

Qualifications

• Typically at least 5 years of relevant experience in laboratory operations.
• Experience coordinating people, services or workstreams.
• Experience leading a small operational team preferred.
• Familiarity with safety compliance and lab safety programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coordinate and support the building Ops team, setting clear priorities and ensuring consistent coverage and responsive floor-level operations across the assigned building.
• Plan and coordinate workface planning to support operational requirements, ensure adequate duty and contingency coverage, monitor completion of scheduled activities and provide coaching, technical guidance and practical support to build team capability.
• Establish and oversee an effective operating framework for floor operations, requests, escalations, handovers and cross-building support, maintaining operational resilience, service continuity and readiness during leave periods, incidents or periods of increased demand.
• Act as the building-level escalation point for laboratory operational issues, coordinating timely containment, directing response and recovery actions and ensuring timely communication with stakeholders.
• Build team capability through structured onboarding, training plans, competency development and knowledge sharing, including unfamiliar research environments.

Skills

People leadership

Operational planning

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Education

Degree or diploma in Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology, Laboratory Technology, Engineering, Facilities or Operations Management

Job description

A*STAR's Integrated Central Operations & Research Enablers (iCORE) is expanding its Central Laboratory Operations to Geneo campus, establishing a Building Lead role to deliver end-to-end lab support. The role translates campus standards into reliable building-level delivery, leads the floor team, and ensures service performance, safety and readiness across the facility.

The Building Lead will coordinate with researchers, platform teams, logistics, safety and facilities to optimise resources,