Laboratory Manager/Coordinator

4 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Yourgene Health Full time

About the Role:

Yourgene Health is seeking a highly skilled Laboratory Manager/Coordinator to join our team at Manchester Science Park. The successful candidate will provide support to product development teams by coordinating the day-to-day running of the research and development laboratories.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work collaboratively with other scientists to create and implement processes designed to maintain/improve laboratory productivity
  • Review of existing laboratory processes with a view to improvement
  • Implementation of LEAN processes
  • Liaise with R&D scientists to ensure laboratory areas are maintained to a high standard
  • Coordination of processes designed to maintain/improve the condition of the product development laboratory spaces
  • Organisation of required laboratory maintenance
  • Liaise with Facilities to coordinate repairs to laboratory areas as needed
  • Liaise with Health and Safety to ensure safe working practices are adhered to/ meet Health and Safety requirements
  • Preparation of COSHH and risk assessments
  • Implementation/monitoring of effective waste disposal processes
  • Work with other team members in administration of temperature monitoring systems
  • Ownership of equipment management in the product development laboratories
  • Equipment procurement
  • Work with Quality Assurance in the regular review and maintenance of internal equipment/asset database to ensure continued availability of key equipment
  • Liaising with external contractors/contacts to organise equipment installation, maintenance and repair
  • Timely review of equipment maintenance records
  • Assist R&D team members with equipment validation when needed
  • Reagent and consumable inventory management and procurement
  • Create, maintain and improve laboratory SOPs
  • Ensure adequate record keeping

Requirements:

  • Degree or further degree (or equivalent) in a life science such as molecular biology, biochemistry or genetics
  • Typically 5+ years of relevant experience working in an ISO accredited laboratory (experience of laboratory management is preferable)
  • Knowledge of laboratory health and safety procedures
  • Experience preparing COSHH forms and process risk assessments
  • Capable of reviewing/analysing data
  • Enthusiasm, drive, thoroughness, diligence and a willingness to take personal responsibility to ensure that projects are successful
  • Good organisational and record keeping skills
  • Ability to multitask
  • Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office suite

About Yourgene Health:

Yourgene Health is a leading integrated technologies and services business, enabling the delivery of genomic medicine. The group works in partnership with global leaders in DNA technology to advance diagnostic science.

Yourgene primarily develops, manufactures, and commercialises simple and accurate molecular diagnostic solutions, for reproductive health, precision medicine and infectious diseases. The Group's flagship in vitro diagnostic products include non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPT) for Down's Syndrome and other genetic disorders, Cystic Fibrosis screening tests, invasive rapid aneuploidy tests and DPYD genotyping.

Yourgene has a range of innovative DNA sample preparation platforms, powered by Ranger Technology, the Yourgene LightBench and Yourgene QS250, ideal for cell free DNA applications in NIPT and oncology including liquid biopsy.

Yourgene also has a global laboratory service network equipped to be a full life-cycle partner for clinical, research and pharmaceutical organisations to support partners at the preclinical, clinical, and post market stage to develop, manufacture, obtain regulatory approval and commercialise new products and services. In addition, Yourgene offers and NIPT and high throughput Covid testing service.

Yourgene Health is headquartered in Manchester, UK with facilities in Taipei, Singapore, the US and Canada.

Our Culture:

Yourgene is a growing, vibrant and exciting place to work, we are looking for committed driven individuals to be part of our next growth journey. Our culture is described by our employee's as collegiate, friendly, professional, innovative, open and fast paced. We have many social and well-being initiatives run by our Social Huddle that keep our sense of community alive during challenging times that the pandemic has thrown our way. At Yourgene we focus on putting values led programmes in place to ensure that we can attract, retain and develop our people. We want our people to have a career with Yourgene and we ensure that they are recognised and rewarded for their achievements and commitment, everyone plays a critical role in our growth journey.

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