What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lab Manager position at Marine Biological Laboratory?
Job Details
Description
Position Overview:
The Ecosystems Center is seeking a part-time Laboratory Manager (20 hours per week, ½ time). The Lab Manager must be on-site at least two days per week to oversee operations, and participate in the weekly zoom meeting on Friday AM.
Key Responsibilities
Laboratory Maintenance:
Start: The ideal start date would be June 2, 2025 to overlap with the current laboratory manager but there is some flexibility.
Review of applications will begin May 1, but applications will be accepted until the position if filled.
Description
Position Overview:
The Ecosystems Center is seeking a part-time Laboratory Manager (20 hours per week, ½ time). The Lab Manager must be on-site at least two days per week to oversee operations, and participate in the weekly zoom meeting on Friday AM.
Key Responsibilities
Laboratory Maintenance:
- Conduct daily assessments to ensure lab safety, including monitoring workspace conditions, checking freezer/refrigerator temperatures, inspecting growth chambers, and responding to alarms.
- Order supplies for the general-use laboratory and maintain a chemical inventory.
- Works with the MBL safety office to assure chemical safety compliance.
- Maintain general-use laboratory equipment, including coordinating repairs and calibrations.
- Ensure that common lab spaces, including freezers, refrigerators, and the loading dock, remain organized and clean; coordinate clean-up efforts as needed.
- Oversee vehicle usage and maintenance, including managing reservations, addressing reported maintenance issues, an coordinating necessary repairs and state inspections.
- Train new personnel on laboratory equipment and safety protocols.
- Assist new users with advanced equipment in collaboration with in-house experts.
- Represent the Ecosystems Center on the MBL Laboratory Safety Representative Committee and collaborate with the MBL Safety Office on lab inspections.
- Serve as a liaison with MBL’s Plant Operations and Maintenance Office, communicating updates and issues to Ecosystems Center staff.
- Maintain an inventory of capital equipment including tagging new equipment and updating records in the MBL database.
- Assist departing faculty and staff in ensuring proper handling, transfer, or disposal of samples, supplies, and equipment.
Start: The ideal start date would be June 2, 2025 to overlap with the current laboratory manager but there is some flexibility.
Review of applications will begin May 1, but applications will be accepted until the position if filled.
