Facilities-Shipping & Receiving Technician Haven, CT

Facilities-Shipping & Receiving Technician job at Planet Group. New Haven, CT.

Target Pay Rate: /hr salary will be commensurate with experience

This key role will perform light building and equipment maintenance, liaise with employees and vendors, prepare for on- and off-site events, support environmental, health, safety, shipping, receiving, and waste management efforts, among other varied tasks. The Facilities Lab Technician will be a backup to the Facilities Manager for all key operating systems and will work to ensure that facility and lab operations run safely and smoothly while being efficient and cost‑effective.

• High level of computer skills
• Work order management systems
• Equipment monitoring
• Asset management systems
• Data entry
• Maintenance and repair of building and lab based equipment
• Conduct and/or assist in troubleshooting, repairs (corrective maintenance) and preventative maintenance of process equipment, building support systems, utility systems, automation systems, and laboratory systems
• Complete customer work requests as assigned
• Perform general shipping and receiving duties when required
• Constructively, collaboratively, and professionally interact with peers, company leadership, vendors, and visitors
• Manage and execute office/laboratory moves, respond to employee requests, assist in space-planning efforts, and maintain accurate records
• Work to limit any interruptions, disruptions, or losses arising from unscheduled downtime of client services; systems operations and maintenance must be safe, reliable, and cost-effective
• Attend all mandatory safety training and maintain a safe work environment by following OSHA/IACUC/etc. guidelines, relevant GxP regulations, and all facility safety policies and procedures
• May assist in designing and drafting facility-related SOPs; take prompt action to correct conditions found to be out of compliance or unsafe
• General laboratory maintenance
  • Cleaning water baths
  • Defrosting freezers
  • Refilling carboys
  • Stocking consumables (flasks, pipette tips, tubes, etc.)
  • Monitor and change out high pressure lab gases
  • Emptying vacuum flasks
  • Monitoring equipment
• Laboratory stock room management
• Organizing laboratory stock room
• Taking inventory and ordering items that are low
• Stocking ordered items
• Escalate risks and concerns throughout the organization appropriately
• Other duties as assigned

• Five (5) years of experience in a building services/operations role in pharmaceutical environments
• Strong computer skills; implementation and operation of computerized systems used by Facilities to perform daily duties is essential
• Experience in data entry is required
• Facility maintenance experience is preferable
• Self‑starter, work with minimal direction
• Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Laboratory/Vivarium‑related experience required; knowledge of GxP standards is a plus
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills to facilitate interactions with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders (including employees, senior leadership, external vendors, etc.)
• Strong oral and written communication skills are required
• Must be willing to work overtime (including starting early or staying late) and some weekends/company holidays based on business needs, if required
• Must be able to lift 40 lbs and work using a respirator

• High school diploma from an accredited school
• Vocational/trade school training is a plus