Lab Administrator

CordenPharma is a leading full-service Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) specializing in active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), excipients, drug products (DPs), and packaging. With around 3,000 employees worldwide, we help pharmaceutical and biotech companies manufacture medicines with the ultimate goal of improving people’s lives. Our network, spanning Europe and the U.S., provides flexible and specialized solutions across six technology platforms: Peptides, Lipids & Carbohydrates, Injectables, Highly Potent & Oncology, Small Molecules, and Oligonucleotides.

About the role

Serves as the non-GMP inventory clerk in the pharmaceutical manufacturing laboratories and warehouse. Assists facilities support technician with developmental lab tasks, including ordering and stocking consumables, disposing of waste drums, and general organization of the developmental labs. Assists with duties as assigned by the facilities team.

Responsibilities

• Disposing lab generated waste: disposes liquid waste and returns waste cans back to the labs; brings waste to waste management and delivers new blue drums to the labs; repairs HPLC waste containers as needed.
• Consumable orders/stocker: restocks needed consumables to all labs and plants as needed; helps with inventory control and determination of needed quantities in labs and plants; changes gas cylinders when depleted.
• Storage and organization of idle equipment.
• Chemical inventory: helps with tracking of chemical inventory for labs and is in charge of restocking or triggering orders as needed.
• Assists facilities department with development lab tasks.
• Non-GMP warehouse delivery: delivers non-GMP solvents, chemicals, and packages from the warehouse to the labs.
• Eyewash/safety shower signoff and safety items: checks and signs off the eyewash and safety shower stations in the development labs; ensures enough PPE and other safety-related items are available in labs and plants.
• Helps with MRO, housekeeping, and overall upkeep of the lab spaces as well as consumables areas.
• Breakdown of cardboard boxes to facilitate recycling.
• Disposes of unusable glassware and orders new glassware as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Inventory, warehouse, and electric forklift experience preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Certified in driving a forklift, handling pallet jacks, and other similar equipment.
• Must be DOT/IATA certified.

Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Organized, flexible, responsive, and proactive.
• Ability to understand and implement company policies and practices, including regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated work organization and time management skills.
• Good computer skills, math skills, reading, and comprehension skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment; handle various priorities, utilizing strong independent work habits that require a minimum of supervision.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to stand, sit, and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to walk; work with hands; reach above shoulder height; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Frequently uses toxic and/or caustic chemicals and there is a risk of exposure.
• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits

• 401(k) matching: Corden Pharma will contribute 100% of the first 6% (100% vested after 2 years of service).
• Accident Plan
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Insurance PPO/HSA
• Hospital Indemnity Plan
• ID Theft Protection
• Life Insurance
• Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Wellness Program
• Vacation – Three Weeks 1st Year
• Vision Insurance