What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lab Scheduler - Lenexa, KS position at Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc?
Overview
Do you want to watch clinical development change, or do you want to be the one to shape it?
Because we’re hoping you’re here for the latter.
Who are we?
We Are PRA Bioanalytical Labs, with locations in Lenexa, KS USA and Assen, Netherlands, EU.We are part of the 17,000+ employees strong for PRA Health Sciences, operating in more than 90 countries. We are committed to saving lives and we are constantly striving to be the best at what we do. Our impact is real and we see it every single day. We help get life-saving drugs into the hands of those who need them most.
Responsibilities
What will you be doing?
Plans, schedules, and manages resources and machines/equipment (e.g. studies, beds, LC-MS and employees) to ensure an efficient and executable planning in accordance with study protocol, contract, and clients’ expectations.
- Responsible for (short/mid-term) staff or machine planning.
- Creating the work schedule for specific jobs.
- Maintaining a database of staff availability and work preferences.
- Ensuring that sufficiently qualified staff is scheduled for execution of study procedures.
- Ensuring that staff is scheduled within budgets for each of the trials.
- Developing weekly planning updates to maintain capacity planning tools.
- Working with other staff to ensure that sufficiently qualified staff is available for execution of study procedures.
- Contacting employees for extra shifts or changed shifts.
Qualifications
What do you need to have?
- High school/Community college degree/ Vocational Education (MBO)
- Minimum of 3 years of bioanalytical laboratory experience or 2 years of interdepartmental (cross-functional) planning, preferred
- Routine weekly, monthly, and annual financial reporting, preferred
- Intermediate to Advance Microsoft Excel skills (e.g. vlookup, arrays, match, address, indirect, pivot tables), preferred
- Read, write and speak fluent English; fluent in host country language required
PRA is an EEO/AA employer and is committed to providing opportunities to minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities.
