Associate Laboratory Operations

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Company Overview: Beam Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to establishing the leading, fully integrated platform for precision genetic medicines. To achieve this vision, Beam has assembled a platform with integrated gene editing, delivery and internal manufacturing capabilities. Beam’s suite of gene editing technologies is anchored by base editing, a proprietary technology that is designed to enable precise, predictable and efficient single base changes, at targeted genomic sequences, without making double-stranded breaks in the DNA. This has the potential to enable a wide range of therapeutic editing strategies that Beam is using to advance a diversified portfolio of base editing programs. Beam is a values-driven organization committed to its people, cutting-edge science, and a vision of providing life-long cures to patients suffering from serious diseases. Position Overview: Beam is seeking a highly talented and motivated Associate-level operations professional to join our growing Laboratory Operations team. This role will be responsible for contributing to all aspects of lab operations and facility support for both R&D and GMP environments. As this is a cGMP-facing role: the successful candidate will have direct, hands-on experience working within a regulated cGMP manufacturing or GMP laboratory environment and will be expected to execute all activities in accordance with cGMP, Good Documentation Practices (GDP), and ALCOA+ data integrity principles. The Associate will serve as a day-to-day user and data steward of the site Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS, Blue Mountain RAM), ensuring asset records, preventive maintenance, calibration, and work order documentation remain accurate and inspection-ready. Responsibilities: • Support Operations and Facility management for both R&D and GMP environments.  • Provide on-the-floor support to GMP lab users. • Execute all assigned activities in a cGMP-compliant manner in accordance with site SOPs, Good Documentation Practices, and ALCOA+ data integrity expectations, including right-first-time completion of GMP records and timely escalation of discrepancies. • Support Lab Operations computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) functions included, but not limited to:  • Manage or support onsite assets including inventory, enrollment, and validation.  • Coordinate and support 3rd party contracted services to repair, calibrate, PM and qualify equipment.  • Review and ensure accuracy of all calibration, service and repair documentation and records.  • Review CMMS master data accuracy, including asset records, equipment hierarchy and location, criticality and GxP designation, PM and calibration job plans, recurrence patterns, calibration loop criticality assessments (LCAs), and spare parts linkage. • Execute the full work order lifecycle in the CMMS – service request intake, scheduled and on-demand work order creation, routing, status control, failure and coding accuracy, and closeout review – in compliance with site procedures. • Support KPI tracking through monitoring and reporting of CMMS metrics including PM compliance, overdue calibrations, work order backlog, and out-of-tolerance (OOT) events; escalate risks to Lab Operations and Engineering & Facilities leadership. • Provide CMMS data, documentation, and transaction history in support of audits, regulatory inspections, deviations, and CAPA investigations; • Support management of Engineering Turnover Packages through creation, review, and approval of documents; ensuring they are loaded and current in CMMS and the Engineering Document Management System (EDMS). • Authoring, reviewing, and updating SOPs and WIs as assigned.  • Completion of quality events such as CAPAs, change actions, ch

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