Contractor, Loading Dock Manager

Your Impact at LILALila Sciences is opening a Loading Dock Manager (Contract) role to run the dock operations at our Alewife campus. As the company expands lab capacity across multiple buildings, the volume of incoming reagents, equipment, lab consumables, and capital deliveries has grown significantly, and lab teams depend on reliable, well-communicated dock operations to keep experiments on schedule.The Loading Dock Manager owns day-to-day receiving operations: 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. The role works closely with Facilities Management, Lab Operations, and EH&S to ensure deliveries are handled safely and communicated promptly to the right people.This is a hands-on contract position, 40 hours per week, based onsite at Alewife. It is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment, takes ownership of operational details, and enjoys working alongside scientific and engineering teams.What You'll Be BuildingManage daily inbound deliveries from carriers, vendors, and couriers at the Alewife dockInspect shipments for damage, quantity accuracy, and documentation before routingMaintain packing slips and invoices, and submit them for record-keeping as neededCommunicate delivery arrivals and exceptions to lab and operations teams in real timeCoordinate large or scheduled deliveries with vendors, Facilities, and lab leads in advanceMaintain a clean, organized, and safe dock area in line with EH&S standardsTrack received goods and resolve discrepancies with vendors and internal teamsSupport onboarding of dock operations at new Alewife buildings as they come onlineWhat You'll Need To Succeed3+ years managing receiving, shipping, or loading dock operations in a lab, manufacturing, or large commercial settingExperience coordinating high-volume deliveries with carriers, vendors, and internal stakeholdersStrong communication skills with the ability to relay delivery status clearly across teamsWorking knowledge of safe material handling and dock equipmentMust be able to safely operate a pallet jackAbility to lift a minimum of 50 pounds and perform sustained physical activity on the dock floorComfort using inventory or receiving tracking systems and basic spreadsheetsAbility to work onsite at Alewife, 40 hours per week, during standard receiving hoursFlexibility to work across multiple Alewife buildings, and at other Lila campuses as neededBonus Points ForPrior experience in a life sciences, biotech, or pharma receiving environmentFamiliarity with handling temperature-sensitive or hazardous shipments (cold chain, dry ice, chemicals)IATA or DOT certification for handling hazardous materials shipmentsForklift certification or willingness to obtain oneExperience standing up dock operations in a new building or facilityComfort working in a fast-moving, growth-stage companyAbout LILALila 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. Learn more at www.lila.ai.Guided by our core values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, we move with startup speed while tackling problems of historic importance. If this sounds like an environment you'd love to work in, even if you don't meet every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply.We’re All InLila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.Information you provide during your application process will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy.A Note to AgenciesLila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.