Lab and Building Support Specialist

Summary:

The position of Lab and Facilities Support Specialist is to be the point of contact for all activities related to the building and supporting laboratory staff with building, equipment and facilities activities. This person will coordinate facility aspects of a GLP laboratory building, be the equipment owner for incubators and freezers, manage on-call procedures for building equipment, coordinate equipment maintenance, coordinate inventory of required supplies, and be an active member of the Safety team for the building.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate facilities aspects of the laboratory building
• Submit and follow up on Facilities Service requests
• Point of contact for equipment moves, laboratory building maintenance issues, site-wide maintenance initiatives, and transport of material between sites/transfer to study sites/assist in short term storage
• Equipment owner – Incubators/freezers/coldrooms - submit Service requests for maintenance of (non-GMP) laboratory freezers/coldrooms/incubators
• Create work orders for inspections/assessments
• Initiate and maintain documents for new freezers/incubators
• Manage On-call lists for freezers/coldrooms/incubators
• Coordinate defrost/purge/shut down procedures
• Manage On-call procedures for building equipment/personnel and assign new On-call personnel on an annual rotation
• Provide training to new personnel
• Maintain training on related GMP procedures
• Manage laboratory coat inventory for building with 3rd party launderer
• Work with laboratory services to schedule and ensure annual on-site equipment preventative maintenance with 3rd party vendors
• Monthly sanitation of biological safety cabinets to maintain (non-GMP) aseptic environment for scientists to perform low-bioburden studies
• Coordination of pipette calibration with 3rd party vendors
• Submit online request forms for shipping material through Biological Shipping and Receiving; coordinate and deliver Biological Shipping and Receiving samples to lab colleagues
• Create customs invoices for international shipments/coordinate on review and approval.
• Coordinate reusable-controlled-temperature-carton returns between requestor and World Courier
• Coordinate Inventory of required supplies through Managed Inventory Program (MIP) and other vendors as needed
• Initiate annual Purchase Order with 3rd party o Submit “new” item request to 3rd party
• Monthly 5S status updates
• Organized lab clean outs and freezer/incubator/coldroom purges
• Coordinate floor waxing in the labs
• Participate as a My Green Lab representative for environmental sustainability
• Be an active member of building environmental health and safety team

Qualifications:

• High school diploma with a minimum of 2 years of related lab experience OR;
• Associate's degree with a minimum of 2 years of related lab experience
• Lab and industry experience required
• Great communication skills

Rate/Location:

• $24 - $26 per hour
• This is a fully onsite role located in Andover, MA

Please note contractors are engaged to provide services to Pfizer on a temporary basis in connection with a specific assignment. Contractors are hired and employed through Atrium, our third-party payrolling partner.

This job posting is for a temporary role as an employee of Atrium on assignment at Pfizer. The individual selected for this role will be offered the role as an employee of Atrium; compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by Atrium upon offer. The pay rate range provided is a reasonable estimate of the anticipated compensation range for this job at the time of posting. The actual pay rate will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, location and/or being pursued, and other job-related factors permitted by law. In addition, this role will be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements.