Director of Lab Operations

Job Title

Director of Lab Operations

Agency

Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Department

Medical Physiology

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

Bryan, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

Our Commitment    

Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & lived experiences.  Embracing varying opinions and perspectives strengthens our core values which are: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.   

  

Who we are   

As one of the fastest-growing academic health centers in the nation, Texas A&M Health encompasses five colleges and numerous centers and institutes working together to improve health through transformative education, innovative research and team-based health care delivery. 

  

What we want   

The Director of Lab Operations, under general direction, administers operational elements of activities associated with assigned department, including the in-vivo animal monitoring core research facility within the Department of Medical Physiology.  This role provides oversight of animal surgery and post-operative care facilities, designs and executes experiments involving radio telemetry instrumented animals along with analysis, storage, distribution, and security of acquired data. 

What you need to know

Salary: Compensation will be commensurate to the selected hire’s experience.  

Required Education and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in applicable field or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• 10 years of related lab administration or operations experience

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to supervise

Preferred Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in biological science

• Demonstrated expertise in performing whole animal physiological studies in conscious and anesthetized rats and mice

• Knowledge of transgenic mouse colony management is essential, including animal husbandry and genotype acquisition and preservation

• Knowledge of tissue micro-punch collection and performance of western blot analysis of isolated proteins is essential

• Knowledge of digital data acquisition and analysis, data management and security, data backup, storage and distribution/sharing is also required

• Knowledge of laboratory and animal safety regulations and policies

Responsibilities:

Leadership & Lab Management

• Provides primary daily operational leadership for activities of the lab.

• Assists in interview processes for employees prior to hiring.

• Directs, supervises, coordinates, and evaluates activities of laboratory personnel, including students and postdoctoral trainees in support of funded research projects and animal monitoring departmental core facility.

• Plans and coordinates meetings whereby administrative, technical, and participant team members can collaborate, present results, and receive constructive criticism on the overall program.

• Directs program participants in matters related to fiscal management to ensure resources are accounted for according to budgetary guidelines.

• Assists with directing, implementing and monitoring goals associated with the operations of all labs under Medical Physiology.

• Leads laboratory program integration in accordance with the scope and mission of the Medical Physiology department. 

Lab Operations

• Trains personnel to surgically instrument rats and mice with radio telemetry transmitters and indwelling arterial/venous catheters.

• Trains laboratory personnel in stereotaxic surgery for brain site-specific placement of nanoinjection/optical fiber cannulae.

• Oversees collection of brain site-specific injection of neuroanatomical tracers and adeno-associated viral particles.

• Supervises animal surgery and post-operative care facilities, designs and executes experiments involving radio telemetry instrumented animals along with analysis, storage, distribution, and security of acquired data. 

Compliance and Safety Policies

• Oversees scheduled research compliance and chemical/biosafety inspections.

• Maintains any applicable accreditations and lab equipment credentials/services.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to prepopulate the online application.  

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.