Contractor, Loading Dock Manager

About the role

The Contract Loading Dock Manager role at Lila Sciences is essential for managing the dock operations at the Alewife campus as the company expands lab capacity. The role involves coordinating inbound deliveries, inspecting and routing shipments, maintaining an organized dock area, and serving as the point of contact between carriers, vendors, and onsite lab teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily inbound deliveries from carriers, vendors, and couriers at the Alewife dock
• Inspect shipments for damage, quantity accuracy, and documentation before routing
• Maintain packing slips and invoices, and submit them for record-keeping as needed
• Communicate delivery arrivals and exceptions to lab and operations teams in real time
• Cookordination large or scheduled deliveries with vendors, Facilities, and lab leads in advance
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe dock area in line with EH&S standards
• Track received goods and resolve discrepancies with vendors and internal teams
• Support onboarding of dock operations at new Alewife buildings as they come online

Requirements

• 3+ years managing receiving, shipping, or loading dock operations in a lab, manufacturing, or large commercial setting
• Experience coordinating high-volume deliveries with carriers, vendors, and internal stakeholders
• Strong communication skills with the ability to relay delivery status clearly across teams
• Working knowledge of safe material handling and dock equipment
• Ability to safely operate a pallet jack
• Able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds and perform sustained physical activity on the dock floor
• Ability to use inventory or receiving tracking systems and basic spreadsheets
• Flexibility to work onsite at Alewife, 40 hours per week, during standard receiving hours
• Flexibility to work across multiple Alewife buildings, and at other Lila campuses as needed

Qualifications

• Prior experience in a life sciences, biotech, or pharma receiving environment
• Familiarity with handling temperature-sensitive or hazardous shipments (cold chain, dry ice, chemicals)
• IATA or DOT certification for handling hazardous materials shipments
• Forklift certification or willingness to obtain one
• Experience standing up dock operations in a new building or facility
• Comfort working in a fast-moving, growth-stage company

Skills

• Effective communication skills
• Organizational skills
• Physical stamina and strength
• Attention to detail
• Problem-solving abilities

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

40 hours per week, based onsite at Alewife

Company Info

Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves. LILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery at unprecedented speed, scale, and impact across medicine, materials, and energy.