Lab Coordinator Job Description
Lab coordinator
provides diligent and responsible animal care, feeds and waters animals, changes and cleans cages, sanitizes equipment and animal care facilities.
Lab Coordinator Duties & Responsibilities
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Under the direction of the Operations Manager, work with the research and game teams to configure and organize lab space for playtest/research studies
Manage the installation of prototypes and game builds ensuring the smooth execution of research studies
Administer the configuration and resource tracking of all testing hardware such as Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation test kits
Adhere to SRM guideline to ensure build and prototype security
On-call support as required to complete projects and solve problems on a timely basis
Provide problem resolution, configuration, and installation of PC hardware and peripherals, to include, but not limited to desktop PCs, laptops, and printers
Install, support, and trouble-shoot a variety of software packages, including, but not limited to game builds, Windows 7/8 and Mac OSX, MS Office Suite, Internet Browsers, Outlook
Evaluate and recommend PC hardware and software solutions
Provide documentation as needed for software instructions and projects
Responsible for ongoing maintenance and update of the product database, including addition of new products (gather product details/images/copy) and continually monitoring/changing outdated information
Lab Coordinator Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Lab Coordinator
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, CPR, ASCP, AED, ACLS, MLS, WHMIS, HIPAA, CISA, CISM
Education for Lab Coordinator
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the lab coordinator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Education, Science, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology, Associates, Medical Technology, Technical, Biological Science, Engineering
Skills for Lab Coordinator
Desired skills for lab coordinator include:
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Statistics and data collection
Uniformity
Agricultural crop and animal production and research
Agricultural equipment and techniques
Animal production
Animal waste management
Animal welfare
Biological sciences
Desired experience for lab coordinator includes:
Active merchandizing of the site to ensure a best-in-class customer experience - removing sold out items, moving down older products, removing seasonal copy that is outdated
Ensure that the Lab is set up for Daily Open House sessions
Analyze test data and prepare test reports for distribution to Materials teams
Tests textile materials, trims and related materials in accordance with established test methods in order to facilitate acceptance decisions against TNF Standards and Design intent
Manages sample receipts, sample log in process and assigning the samples for testing to appropriate lab technician based on work load
Assures compliance with all safety requirements and operational safety processes within the assigned area
Lab Coordinator Examples
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Lab Coordinator Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of lab coordinator. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for lab coordinator
- Train and mentor Lab Tech, Lab Assistant and Temp help when hired to become proficient in test performance and provide daily operational supervision and guidance to these associates
- Tracks lab supplies inventory and maintain updated records on status to meet OSHA requirements
- Under general direction, coordinate instructional support for three mechanical engineering laboratories and a machine shop, controlling all equipment and use of space
- Participate, alongside faculty, in the ABET accreditation process for mechanical engineering
- Assist faculty with developing new courses to support the growing mechanical engineering degree
- Develop and propose new lab exercises from a general idea or fundamental engineering concept
- Review and redesign existing experiments to be more efficient and effective based on searches of current literature
- Inspect, test, adjust, and do major repair of mechanical engineering equipment, including mechanical, thermodynamic-fluids, and materials testing instruments, machine shop industrial equipment, and 3D printers
- Design, construct, modify, and test equipment for use in mechanical engineering lab experiments
- Write standard operating procedures for new experiments and equipment
Qualifications for lab coordinator
- Train students, faculty, and staff in the safe and effective operation of mechanical engineering laboratory and machine shop equipment
- Provide in-lab teaching assistance to faculty and direct assistance to students working on independent projects
- Independently supervise and assist students during weekly open machine shop hours
- Independently search for, evaluate, purchase and set up lab equipment while monitoring expenditures
- Maintain stocks of consumable supplies in mechanical engineering labs
- Oversee lab safety compliance in all mechanical engineering labs and shops
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Lab Coordinator Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a lab coordinator. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for lab coordinator
- Manage hazardous waste generated in mechanical engineering labs
- Support faculty research by purchasing equipment and supplies, advising faculty on safety regulations, and doing instrumentation setup, calibration, and repairs
- Assign, organize, and schedule work for student lab assistants
- Create quarterly schedules for mechanical engineering lab sections and machine shop hours
- Carry out additional science support activities as needed within STEM research and instructional laboratories
- Coordinate and prep equipment for the chemistry undergraduate labs
- Under general direction, coordinate instructional support for three chemistry lab spaces controlling all equipment, chemicals, and use of space
- Work with faculty to develop and propose new lab exercises and lecture demonstrations from a general idea or fundamental chemistry concept
- Inspect, test, adjust, and do major repair of chemistry instruments, including pH meters, GC (with FID, ECD, MS, ), FT-IR and UV-Vis spectrometers, atomic absorption/emission spectrometers, NMR and other instrumentation as assigned
- Train students, faculty, and staff in the safe and effective operation of chemistry lab equipment and instrumentation
Qualifications for lab coordinator
- A Bachelor's Degree with major study in a basic applied science AND two years of full-time experience as a Scientific Instructional Technician or equivalent OR equivalent education/experience
- Visual acuity to study specimens under a microscope as required
- May require frequent standing or lifting up to 25 pounds
- Work with a large group of researchers outside partner groups and vendors to ensure optimal use of laboratory facilities
- Provide in-lab assistance to faculty and students working on independent projects
- Maintain stocks of consumable supplies in chemistry labs
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Lab Coordinator Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of lab coordinator. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for lab coordinator
- Manage hazardous waste generated in chemistry labs
- Create quarterly schedules for chemistry lab sections
- Coordinate shared resources with Cascadia College lab staff
- Monitoring lab intellectual property and health-and-safety compliance
- Regularly communicating with faculty and lab members
- Maintain medical laboratory supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level
- Develop, update, implement and maintain awareness of Standard Operating Procedures
- Performs routine repairs of equipment
- Maintaining a well-stocked, clean, and organized pharmacy and in-house lab area
- Maintaining the laboratory equipment in regards to maintenance and supplies
Qualifications for lab coordinator
- Third Level Degree is Science or equivalent?
- Technical experience with Cell Culturing / Animal Models, Immunophenotyping
- Formal or informal teaching experience
- Experience managing laboratory inventory
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent and three years’ relevant experience
- Lift/carry packages up to 20 pounds
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Lab Coordinator Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of lab coordinator. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for lab coordinator
- Accurately running all in-house lab work throughout the day
- Inventory management for all in-house medications and lab supplies
- Prepare, label, store, pack and dispatch samples to external laboratories in accordance with federal regulations
- Learn and apply correct shipping procedures according to international regulations for biohazardous and dangerous goods
- Complete all related documentation
- Organize and communicate sample dispatch dates
- Formulates specimen codes from protocol and prints labels
- Labels and sets up specimen containers
- Obtains body substances for testing in the approved manner
- Uses universal precautions when handling specimens
Qualifications for lab coordinator
- General knowledge of commonly used medications
- General knowledge of basic laboratory procedures including blood sample handling, slide preparation for blood smears and cytology, and running in-house lab equipment
- Assist with the maintenance, testing, calibration and cleaning of clinical equipment within the Clinical Operations department
- Monitor temperature and organize refrigerator and freezer space
- Operates and maintains centrifuges, as required
- Perform basic laboratory procedures as appropriate
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Lab Coordinator Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of lab coordinator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for lab coordinator
- Maintain compliance of all SHS faculty, staff, and students in all relevant areas as they pertain to SHS research and educational activities including but not limited to research ethics, first aid/CPR/AED, bloodborne pathogen/phlebotomy, radiation safety, and laboratory safety
- Develop and offer ongoing educational workshops on research testing and all aspects of the research process, assist with preparing IRB, organization of files, preparation of scientific reports, and data management to foster new research, mentor students and faculty, and contribute to an overall culture of conducting human research
- Assist with teaching laboratory-based classroom experiences on an as-needed basis, or potentially as part of job responsibilities
- When needed, this role will assist the team in preparing for and executing major meetings or events
- Projects assignments will vary with the needs of the company
- Answers incoming phone calls with the expectation that questions would be answered without transferring the phone calls to another section of the laboratory
- This will require coordination with all sections of the laboratory and may require a phone call back to the caller after resolution
- Call/page all critical values to the provider, and complete the documentation of all calls in the electronic health record
- Utilization of the electronic health record and the laboratory information system to efficiently complete add-on test requests, or to confer with the ordering provider if the add-on tests cannot be completed
- Call all specimen rejection problems to the provider, including all affected specimens for that collection period
Qualifications for lab coordinator
- Detail Oriented, Analytical and Proactive
- Collaboration with the “customers” (researchers) to understand the what’s and why’s behind the testing performing regular quality checks all to ensure the highest quality product (plant material) for testing
- Monitors the core lab pending logs and communicates to the technical staff to ensure testing is not delayed
- Operating laboratory equipment as assigned by management after proper training
- Associate degree in Arts or Science or equivalent
- Completion of a Laboratory Technician training program approved by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)