Lead Lab Support Specialist - 1st Shift
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Summary
Join our dedicated team in Unity Lab Services as a Lab Support Specialist, where we provide seamless support tailored to our customers' unique needs. We're seeking an organized individual to handle lab support operations, including glasswash, garment management, and gas/dry ice management. You'll be the primary point of contact for lab personnel, ensuring compliance and efficiency in all support activities.
Job description
A day in the Life:
- Perform labware operations, including precision cleaning, inventory management, quality control, and autoclave sterilization.
- Handle gas cylinder orders, manage gas meters, and safely handle HAZMAT materials.
- Collect and restock labware/materials, ensuring consistent supply and safe storage of dry ice, garments, and gas.
- Partner with clients to understand and meet their labware and material needs.
- Follow procedures outlined by Best Practices, SOPs, and Work Instructions.
- Maintain accurate inventory records, fulfill contractual obligations, and assist in supervising business metrics.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.
Keys to Success:
Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.
Experience: 3+ years' experience with material handling or related experience required. Good manufacturing (GMP) environment or laboratory setting experience required. Proven record of leading and mentoring teams, formally or informally.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications (Excel, Outlook, Teams). Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and a safety-first approach. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Ability to work independently and delegate tasks to others.
Physical Requirements / Work Environment: The role primarily involves working independently at customer sites, which may include areas with chemical-based allergens like penicillin and tetracycline. Personal protective equipment, such as lab coats, coveralls, facemasks, and steel-toe shoes, is often required. The position requires regular lifting of 30-40 lbs (up to 50 lbs occasionally) and using equipment like pushcarts and forklifts to move up to 100 lbs. Standing, walking, reaching, and bending are frequent activities, sometimes in varied temperature environments. Overtime work may also be necessary.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- 3+ years' experience with material handling or related experience required
- Good manufacturing (GMP) environment or laboratory setting experience required
- Proven record of leading and mentoring teams, formally or informally
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications (Excel, Outlook, Teams)
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and a safety-first approach
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Ability to work independently and delegate tasks to others
- Ability to lift 30-40 lbs regularly, up to 50 lbs occasionally
Benefits
- Healthcare
- Dental plan
- Vision plan
- Paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- Accident insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Employee stock purchase plan
Company overview
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. The company's mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. With over 100,000 employees globally, Thermo Fisher provides an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience, and pharmaceutical services through its industry-leading brands including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD. The company serves customers across healthcare, life sciences, applied markets, and pharmaceutical sectors, offering solutions that accelerate research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, and increase laboratory productivity. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Thermo Fisher operates globally, delivering critical scientific products, services, and workflow solutions that support researchers, organizations, and companies in addressing some of the world's most pressing issues.