Laboratory Equipment Manager

Overview

Element Concord has a current opening for a Laboratory Equipment Manager to join our growing team. The position is responsible for overseeing the maintenance, calibration, qualification and operation of laboratory equipment, utilities, and facility systems to ensure compliance with GMP, regulatory, quality and business requirements. This role manages preventive maintenance programs, equipment lifecycle activities, facility infrastructure, and vendor services while ensuring systems remain reliable, compliant and inspection ready. 

$90k-$110k DOE

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with safety, GMP and company requirements.
• Manage facility systems including HVAC, purified water, clean rooms and laboratory equipment.
• Oversee equipment calibration, preventative maintenance, repair, qualification activities and lifecycle management activities.
• Coordinate contractors, service providers, and calibration  and validation vendors.
• Support investigations, deviations, CAPAs, change controls, and audit activities related to facilities and equipment.
• Ensure compliance with FDA regulations, ISO 17025 requirements, and internal quality standards.
• Lead facility and equipment improvement projects to enhance reliability, compliance and operational efficiency.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, facilities management or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in facilities, maintenance, engineering, or equipment management within a regulated environment.
• Preferably 2+ years’ experience supporting GMP laboratory operations.
• Knowledge of GMP regulations, equipment qualification, calibration, and preventive maintenance programs.
• Experience working with laboratory equipment, cleanrooms and utility systems.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

PHYSICAL AND WORK ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work in laboratory and controlled cleanroom environments as required
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Ability to stand, walk, and move between laboratory, cleanroom, and office areas as business needs require
• Other duties may be assigned as needed

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Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) 

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