Laboratory Technician - Chemical and Beamline Support; PA

Laboratory Technician - Chemical and Beamline Support

MAX IV is a Swedish national large-scale research infrastructure hosted by Lund University.

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 46 000 students and 8 500 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

The Support Labs team is part of the Beamline Office group and manages MAX IV’s user support laboratories, including the Biology Lab, Chemical Labs, Sample Environment Labs, Detector Support Lab, and specialized workshops. These facilities provide visiting scientists and staff with access to specialized equipment and expert assistance for sample preparation, characterization, and sample handling. As a user facility, MAX IV welcomes a wide range of external researchers.

The Support Labs therefore play an essential role in enabling users to carry out their experiments safely, efficiently, and in accordance with established procedures and laboratory standards.

A key focus of the role is to ensure that chemicals and laboratory supplies required for experiments are available, correctly registered, safely stored, and appropriately prepared and delivered.

You will support the daily operations of the Support Labs and work closely with group managers, laboratory staff, beamline teams, and users on chemical management, laboratory safety, and risk assessments. This is a hands‑on technical role with a strong focus on chemical management, laboratory operations, user support, and training.

The needs and priorities of our laboratories can vary depending on ongoing experiments and user activities. We are therefore looking for someone who is flexible, service‑mindful, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment, while maintaining a structured approach and consistently following established laboratory and safety practices.

Would you like to work at one of the brightest lightsources in the world?

MAX IV is looking for an experienced Laboratory Technician to join the Support Labs team.

• Manage/support ordering, receiving, stocking, and availability of chemicals, PPE, and laboratory consumables.
• Register incoming chemicals in KLARA or equivalent systems.
• Prepare chemicals, solutions, and materials for staff and user experiments.
• Organise and maintain safe, compliant chemical storage and laboratory environments.
• Conduct annual chemical inventories for support laboratories and beamlines.
• Provide practical chemical handling support and laboratory onboarding for staff and users.
• Support risk assessments, laboratory safety, and systematic work environment activities.
• Support the science division management in chemical management and safety responsibilities.
• Maintain and improve laboratory procedures, documentation, routines, and workflows.
• Support beamline operations, including mail‑in experiments, sample logistics, and 3D printing activities.

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as chemistry, chemical engineering, life science or equivalent
• Experience working in a laboratory environment, preferably at a large‑scale research or user facility.
• Hands‑on experience as a laboratory technician working simultaneously across shared and multi‑user laboratories, with at least one year of experience in user support.
• Practical experience providing guidance, supervision, and training in bio or chemical laboratory environments.
• Proven experience in safe chemical handling, storage, and day‑to‑day laboratory practices.
• Practical experience organising chemical storage, including appropriate segregation and storage of different types of chemicals.
• Strong ability to follow, apply, and enforce standard operating procedures and safety instructions.
• Experience in maintaining chemical inventories, including registration, stock control, storage locations, and removal of outdated or unwanted chemicals.
• Strong ability to work independently in daily operations while coordinating closely…