ARI - Laboratory Coordinator/Manager

Job Details

Provides functional supervision of day-to-day activities of a laboratory or field research enterprise, including directing the activities of graduate and undergraduate students, staff researchers and research support staff. Develops guidelines and protocols for lab operations. Assures quality control; maintains budget; and operates, tests, and repairs electronic and/or scientific test equipment used. Assists with the construction and modification of new and prototype scientific devices.

Duties May Include
 

• Providing consulting services to department management, public and private sector entities
• Providing final review of policies and procedures; recommending changes based on prevailing scientific evidence
• Supervising scientific/technical staff
• Directing and/or planning and implementing a component of the scientific program
• Directing and/or developing and monitoring research projects in conjunction with other agencies
• Directing and/or preparing reports assessing use, distribution, fate, exposure, and probability of adverse effects of chemicals and/or radiological constituents or other hazardous substances in specific use situations
• Directing and/or developing and /or providing final detailed review of risk assessments and making recommendations for improvement where risk level is unacceptable
• Establishing work priorities and performance standards; may be involved in hiring, training, evaluating staff, assigning and reviewing work
• Making managerial decisions that directly affect the efficiency, cost, reputation and service quality of the laboratory
• Developing budgets, distributing budgeted funds, and exercising the primary control over a relatively small budget

Requirements

• Two years of post-Bachelor's research work to include technical/administrative experience in research operations
   

Required Education
 

• Bachelor's Degree in Aquaculture or a closely related field
   

Required Other
 

• Must possess a valid driver's license and be able to meet policy requirements for driving university-owned vehicles
   

Additional Preferred
 

• Masters degree in aquaculture or a closely related field
• Three or more years experience in and responsibility for fish culture, staff training and supervision, husbandry of live research animals
• Experience recognizing abnormal behavior and disease symptoms of various fish and their control; identifying and determining nutritional and growth requirements of fish and calculating their feeding rates; spawning and stocking fish
• Experience performing minor repair and maintenance on buildings, hatchery systems and mechanical equipment
• Experience operating fish transport-type equipment
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with faculty, students, industry representatives, government agency personnel and the public
• Experience supervising and evaluating staff engaged in a fish rearing operation
• Experience training others in various aspects of a fish hatchery operation
• Experience developing and managing a budget
• Experience instructing and mentoring K-12 students and teachers
• Good verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to use various spreadsheet and statistical software applications

Contact Information

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