Laboratory Technician

Laboratory Technician Stevenage, England

PerkinElmer
Full Time Stevenage, England 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description

PerkinElmer has been named a Top 10 company on Newsweek’s UK The Most Loved Workplaces®. This recognition shows our commitment to our employees and our aspiration to create a culture and place of work where everyone feels valued.

We are looking for Junior Laboratory Technician to support the PerkinElmer OneSource Scientific Services on the customer’s Stevenage site.

The successful candidate will have responsibility for:

  • Providing operational support, including QC verification checks, for a range of Analytical and Preparative Systems

  • Troubleshooting and day-to-day maintenance of specialist Analytical Systems

  • Basic repairs of Agilent and Waters Systems

  • Assisting in the day-to-day operational management of a defined set of laboratories

  • Providing support in areas such as health and safety and quality compliance, monitoring and maintenance of equipment and laboratory resources

Job Responsibilities:

  • Perform a range of tasks required to actively maintain specialist Analytical Systems within a dedicated laboratory space

  • Provide support for a range of Analytical and Preparative Systems

  • Prepare, aliquot and label a large variety of buffers and reagents

  • Prepare materials and equipment for use and maintain lab stocks such as solvents and consumables

  • Perform basic troubleshooting of specialist Analytical Systems

  • Operate to quality approved standards (GLP/GMP)

  • Maintain QA systems by keeping accurate records of work undertaken, methods used, and results achieved

  • Ensure safe operation of any equipment used (pH meters, balances, fume cupboards etc.)

  • Ensure compliance with all relevant work instructions, SOPs and safety instructions

  • Be responsible for maintaining a tidy and efficient laboratory environment and ensuring health, safety and compliance standards are maintained

  • Proactively identify and implement efficiency and process improvements

  • Build relationships with customer and service provider organization to provide a collaborative approach to the operational management of the lab space

  • Timely and accurate reporting of data including performance metrics, KPIs, relevant metrics, SLAs and weekly tasks

  • Support management where needed

Requirements:

  • Knowledge and understanding of COSHH, GMP and GLP principles

  • Excellent customer service focus and ability to work collaboratively

  • Clear and concise written and spoken communication skills

  • Ability to work on own initiative and unsupervised to deadlines, planning, organizing, and setting priorities for own work, demonstrating organizational and time management skills

  • Ability to collaborate with other teams

  • Experience working in a laboratory environment ideally

  • Experience working with health and safety procedures

  • Educated to A-level or laboratory experience in a relevant scientific discipline

  • Be a good team worker demonstrating loyalty and commitment to the team members. Ability to work independently

  • Self-motivated, energetic, dependable with and a clear attention to detail

  • Computer literacy and able to communicate using various platforms

Physical/Mental Demands

  • The overall physical exertion of this position requires:

  • Sit or stand 5-6 hours a day in laboratory areas

  • Sit or stand 1-2 hours a day in office area at provided PC/Laptop

  • Work around moving laboratory equipment and machinery and in modern office areas, undertaking a number of different problems and tasks

  • Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in laboratory

  • Work with laboratory chemicals and samples

Laboratory Technician
PerkinElmer

www.perkinelmer.com
Waltham, United States
Prahlad Singh
$5 to $10 billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Company - Public
Biotech & Pharmaceuticals
1937
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