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Lab Manager & Research Seminars Coordinator
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, USA
Full-time
Manager · 3–4 years experience
Onsite
Discovered 6 days ago
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Qualifications
- Required: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline.
- Preferred: Master’s or doctoral degree in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline.
- Required: Three to four years of relevant professional or research experience in a laboratory setting.
- Required: Hands-on experience troubleshooting gas chromatography–isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-IRMS) systems.
- Required: Experience working with organic solvents and laboratory instrumentation.
- Preferred: Experience with organic geochemical analytical techniques.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, maintain, and support the operation of complex analytical instrumentation, particularly GC-IRMS systems.
- Strong fine motor skills and manual dexterity for precise laboratory procedures, sample preparation, and instrument maintenance.
- Creative and analytical problem-solving skills to diagnose instrumentation issues, improve laboratory workflows, and address unexpected technical challenges.
- Knowledge of laboratory safety practices and the safe handling of organic solvents.
- Ability to maintain accurate laboratory records, support data quality assurance and quality control, and manage laboratory supplies and equipment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate student researchers, faculty, and departmental colleagues.
- Ability to train, mentor, and provide day-to-day guidance to student researchers in laboratory techniques, instrumentation use, and safe laboratory practices.
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills to coordinate laboratory operations, procurement activities, and departmental seminar programming.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, balance multiple projects, and meet deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.
- Ability to work collaboratively with and provide effective support to the principal investigator (PI), faculty, students, and departmental leadership.
- Strong planning and coordination skills to support laboratory operations, shared resources, and departmental events.
- Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and adapt to changing laboratory and departmental needs.
Responsibilities
- Berke Lab Operations & Research Support — 50%
- Instrumentation Maintenance and Troubleshooting: Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair laboratory instrumentation; coordinate the replacement of instrument components and ensure equipment remains operational.
- Sample Analysis and Data Quality: Conduct sample analyses, process data, maintain analytical standards, and implement quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) procedures to ensure a continuous supply of high-quality geochemical data.
- Analytical Methods and Data Management: Develop new analytical methods as needed and promote effective data management practices, documentation, and recordkeeping.
- Graduate Student Training and Support: Train and assist graduate student researchers in the operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of laboratory instrumentation, developing technical skills relevant to future careers in chemical analysis and related fields.
- Laboratory Safety and Compliance: Serve as the primary laboratory safety resource, oversee appropriate waste disposal, and support compliance with applicable EPA safety standards and other relevant laboratory safety requirements.
- Inventory and Procurement: Monitor laboratory inventory, maintain adequate supplies and analytical standards, and order necessary consumables, equipment, and replacement parts.
- Undergraduate Research Support & Shared Laboratory Resources — 30%
- Undergraduate Research Training and Supervision: Train and assist in supervising undergraduate student researchers working in CEEES faculty laboratories in McCourtney Hall East, helping expand opportunities for undergraduate participation in departmental research.
- Shared Equipment and Supplies Management: Oversee the use and availability of shared laboratory equipment and supplies, monitor inventory and usage, and replenish materials as needed.
- Procurement and Vendor Coordination: Serve as the primary procurement contact for participating laboratories, coordinate orders for supplies and equipment, and communicate directly with designated vendors.
- Laboratory Coordination and Support: Provide general operational support for Environmental Engineering laboratories in McCourtney Hall East and assist with additional laboratory needs as they arise.
- Departmental Research Seminar Coordination — 20%
- Seminar Planning and Administration: Coordinate the department’s co-curricular research seminar series, including Structures, Environmental Engineering, Earth Sciences, McCourtney East early-career lunchtime seminars, and CEEES-sponsored Edison Lectures held during the academic year.
- Speaker and Faculty Coordination: Work with faculty hosts to coordinate seminar arrangements and communicate with invited speakers and guests before, during, and after their visits.
- Travel and Hospitality Arrangements: Arrange travel, lodging, meals, and other logistical needs for invited speakers and visitors.
- Seminar Communications and Publicity: Publicize seminars through appropriate departmental communication channels and ensure event information is distributed in a timely manner.
- Guest Visit Planning: Develop and manage itineraries for invited speakers, coordinating seminar schedules, meetings, meals, and other planned activities.
- Independent Research Opportunities
- As time and interest permit, the individual in this position is encouraged to pursue independent research within the Berke Lab under faculty guidance.
- Education
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