Lab Operations Coordinator

At Electrogenos, we're building technology to make green hydrogen competitive  focus on reducing the cost and complexity of hydrogen production so it can replace fossil-based alternatives across real-world applications. We're an early-stage team working at the intersection of electrochemistry, manufacturing, and deployment.

We are looking for a Lab Operations Coordinator to keep our Milton Park lab, workshop, and office running day to day.

Most of your time goes on the lab: making sure it is clean, safe, and stocked with what the team needs, and that orders are placed and chased through to delivery. The rest is the general running of a small site — records, trackers, meeting and travel booking, deliveries and post, and the administration that comes with new starters.

This is a hands-on, practical role. You will be based on-site alongside our scientists and engineers, and you will be the person they rely on to make sure nothing the lab needs gets forgotten. You do not need a scientific background and you do not need to have done all of this before. If you have never raised a purchase order or maintained safety records, we will teach you.

What we need is someone organised and reliable who follows things through without being chased.

• Support the day-to-day running of the lab, workshop, and office so the environment is clean, safe, and ready to work in
• Coordinate routine maintenance, servicing, and repairs, and act as the point of contact for equipment engineers and contractors
• Keep housekeeping and waste management on track, including consumables disposal and the tidiness of shared areas
• Maintain basic equipment records — what we own, where it is, and when it was last serviced or calibrated

• Raise purchase orders and process them through to delivery
• Monitor stock levels of lab and office consumables with the technical team, set reorder points, and place routine orders before things run out
• Track supplier lead times and delivery dates, and chase late orders until they arrive
• Check incoming deliveries against orders, and resolve shortages, wrong items, and damaged goods with the supplier
• Get quotes and set up new suppliers when the team needs something we do not currently buy

• Keep shared trackers and task lists up to date, send reminders, chase outstanding actions, and flag clearly when something is at risk of slipping
• Maintain filing and document templates on the shared drive
• Help maintain health and safety records, with guidance from the technical team
• Collect receipts, invoices, timesheets, and figures when the team is preparing grant claims or project reports

• Monitor the shared inbox, handle post and couriers, and receive visitors
• Book meetings and travel for the UK team, take notes, and circulate actions
• Handle basic HR administration for new starters — paperwork, equipment, and first-day setup

• Organised and reliable — several things running at once, nothing forgotten
• You notice when something is not right and take responsibility for getting it sorted, rather than waiting to be asked
• Clear communicator — straightforward in writing, and comfortable telling a colleague at any level that something is overdue
• Confident with everyday business tools: email, spreadsheets, shared drives, calendars, and a task tracker
• Comfortable moving between physical, hands-on work and computer-based work through the day
• At ease in and around a laboratory and workshop environment — you do not need to be a scientist, but you should not be put off by a lab
• Happy in a role that is varied and practical, where the days are not identical
• Right to work in the UK

• Some experience placing orders, raising purchase orders, or dealing…