Lab Operations Specialist, Fast Trak Process Development Services (PDS)
Danaher Corporation
Summary
As a Laboratory Operations Specialist supporting Fast Trak Process Development Services (PDS), you will play a critical role enabling laboratory operations across process development, scale-up, analytical development, and advanced chromatography laboratories. This position serves as a key operational partner to scientific teams, ensuring facilities, equipment, materials, logistics, and operational processes are maintained and optimized to support successful project execution.
Job description
What you'll do
- Manage inventory systems for tracking inventory levels, coordinate procurement activities for capital equipment (CAPEX), support project-specific inventory planning, manage laboratory asset inventories and equipment databases, and partner with facility, engineering, and maintenance teams to ensure fully operational laboratory infrastructure.
- Collaborate with internal logistics, supply chain, external transportation providers, and laboratory vendors to develop and improve logistics workflows, coordinate domestic and international shipping activities, support chain-of-custody and material tracking process, and coordinate contractor activities.
- Develop metrics and dashboards to lead and sustain operational excellence initiatives utilizing lean principles, 5S/6S methodologies, visual project management, issue tracking/management, and standard work practices.
- Support cross-functional teams in the planning and execution of operational improvement projects by providing project coordination support, tracking project milestones, risks, and reporting operational performance and deliverables.
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or related discipline with minimum 10 years of experience in laboratory operations, laboratory coordination, manufacturing support, logistics, or a related operational role within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or related industries.
- Experience managing procurement, inventory control, logistics, and laboratory operational processes, coordinating equipment maintenance, service providers, and facility-related activities.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, inventory, procurement, or asset management systems.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Travel and Work Environment
- Ability and willingness to work in laboratory and pilot-scale environments, including BSL-2 laboratories when required.
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally to support up to 5% of the time.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or related discipline
- Minimum 10 years of experience in laboratory operations, laboratory coordination, manufacturing support, logistics, or a related operational role within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or related industries
- Experience managing procurement, inventory control, logistics, and laboratory operational processes
- Experience coordinating equipment maintenance, service providers, and facility-related activities
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, inventory, procurement, or asset management systems
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability and willingness to work in laboratory and pilot-scale environments, including BSL-2 laboratories when required
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally to support up to 5% of the time
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Bonus/Incentive Pay
Company overview
Danaher Corporation is a leading global science and technology innovator headquartered in Washington, D.C., specializing in biotechnology, life sciences, and diagnostics. Founded in 1984 by brothers Steven and Mitchell Rales, the company has evolved from its origins as a manufacturing conglomerate into a premier healthcare technology organization with approximately 63,000 employees worldwide. Danaher operates through three core divisions: biotechnology (28% of revenues), which develops products for therapeutic development; life sciences (31% of revenues), focused on disease identification, new therapies, and drug testing/manufacturing; and diagnostics (41% of revenues), providing instruments, consumables, and software for disease diagnosis. The company's portfolio includes renowned brands such as Beckman Coulter, Cytiva, Pall Corporation, Cepheid, Leica Microsystems, and Abcam, serving pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms, healthcare providers, and research institutions globally. Danaher is distinguished by its Danaher Business System (DBS), a continuous improvement methodology that drives innovation and operational excellence. With 2024 revenues of $23.9 billion, the company ranks 180th on the Fortune 500 and plays a critical role in advancing scientific research, improving diagnostic capabilities, and accelerating the development of life-saving therapies.