Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Provides day to day oversight of the Chemical Media Associates, including coordination and responsibility for delivery of the support services outlined below:

• Maintaining inventory of common media, reagents and chemicals
• Incubator distilled water replenishment
• Buffer/Solution preparation and distribution
• Distilled water delivery, Media preparation and distribution, Assist during water shut downs
• Flow Cytometer (FACS) maintenance, Genetic Analyzer maintenance.
• Overseeing ChemShare program with aliquoting, storing and tracking high valued chemicals for sharing amongst the facility scientists. 

• Responsible for performing all tasks that the Chemical Media Associates provide, based on client demand.
• Ensure staff is compliant with all contractual, safety and job-specific regulations & requirements.
• Ensure staff delivers services per contract PA, incorporating input from the client.
• Communicate and delegate service requests as they are received.
• Act as liaison between PerkinElmer and client contacts.
• Organize, analyze and present metrics and KPI data to the Technical Laboratory Services Manager with reportable performance data and level of service.
• Provide input regarding training and standard workflow documentation.
• Update SOPs as necessary.
• Apply the necessary troubleshooting techniques to resolve discrepancies.
• After hours on-call team management
• May be asked to provide on-call service (primary and secondary) for specific research units in the lab areas.  Hours are between 5:00pm-7:30am Monday thru Sunday.  Tasks include but are not limited to transfer of contents from failing freezers, fridges and incubators to designated back up units, photograph original items, properly document failure, provide a work order of failing unit to facilities team and inform respective end-users about the transfer via email based on the SOP instructions.
• Follow proper safety precautions related to identify job hazards.
• Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment for self and the team

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job at any time

Critical Skills:

• Background in a laboratory setting with a Chemistry focus preferred
• Deep understanding of the basic chemistry of buffer preparation including titrations and reactions
• Strong communication and training skills
• Excellent organizational skills; ability to troubleshoot and solve problems independently

• Ability to follow oral and written directions
• Basic experience with MS Office: Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a chemistry, biology, or other relevant discipline with 2+ years of laboratory experience related to above responsibilities OR
• Associate’s Degree in a chemistry, biology, or other relevant discipline with 4+ years of laboratory experience related to above responsibilities OR
• High School Degree/GED with 7+ years of laboratory experience related to above responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid understanding of how R&D laboratories function and has a proven track record of supporting those activities at various complexity levels    
• Minimum 2 – 3 years coordinating resource activity in a service role in a chemistry application

Working Environment:

• Must be able to work in a laboratory, controlled environments requiring personal protective equipment (e.g., lab coat, safety glasses, etc.) in laboratory. 
• Job pace may be fast and job completion demands may be high. 
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position more than 25% of the time 

• The person needs to occasionally move between labs, corridors, adjoining rooms, and buildings onsite.
• Frequently operate on instruments, objects, tools or controls, which will require regularly bending, squatting, stretching and reaching in order to perform in a service function.   
• Occasionally move or lift up to 25 pounds (potential for occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds). 
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include without limitation, the ability to observe details at close range distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus in order to perform the essential service functions of this position.   
• Occasionally operates a computer and other office machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer. 
• Employee may be required to handle hazardous waste according to local, state, and federal regulations.  Duties may include identifying, handling, generating, accumulating, storing and labeling hazardous waste.