Bio Labs Facility Manager

Tribaja•Philadelphia, PA

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About The Position

The Pennovation Center powered by 76 Forward currently has an exciting opportunity for a motivated Bio Labs Facility Manager to join our team. The Bio Labs Facility Manager will be the primary management and coordination lead for the second floor of the Pennovation Center. The Bio Labs Facility Manager will report directly to the Pennovation Center director and the Bio Lab Advisor, to coordinate with the internal/external staff and vendors to maintain and meet lab members’ needs. The Bio Labs Facility Manager ensures that safety requirements are met, procedures are outlined and followed, and training is up to date. This position is ideal for someone with experience in facilities or operations management. The Bio Labs Facility Manager will be trained to conduct the required lab procedures. The goal of this position is to manage daily activities, such as: enforcing compliance -related issues covering up to bio -safety level 2 laboratories, updating the shared labs standard operating protocols (SOP), and archiving SOP from each bio labs at The Pennovation Center, satisfying the OSHA and EPA requirements and determining the scheduling and usage for shared instruments and space. The Bio Labs Facility Manager will also support and foster relationships with the bio lab members comprising of researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry partners.

Responsibilities

Wipe down non -dedicated shared lab benches and common area benches/ sink areas
Keep equipment clean, organized, and trouble free.
Keep all shared areas and resources organized and clean.
Serve as a knowledge contact for Pennovation Center Bio Lab member questions.
Enforce and archive tissue culture hood sign -up sheets.
Document and archive equipment sign -up sheets and user records.
Maintain old and new equipment inventory and update their conditions.
Update shared lab protocol.
Monitor and test periodically for potential contamination in the tissue culture room, such as the CO2 tissue incubators and tissue culture hoods.
Support Pennovation Center on evaluating membership applicants.
Disposal of shared biohazard and hazardous waste.
Using 3M ATTEST sterilization tests to certify the effectiveness of autoclave sterilization. Make the results available to all bio -lab members to see.
Coordinating with tenants to properly dispose of their biohazard and hazardous waste.
Replace autoclave/glasswash disposables, such as sheets.
Monitor shared chemicals and reagents, replace when needed in the water processing.
Monitor CO2 gas tanks level in the tissue culture room and replace whenever necessary.
Compile and share safety data sheet (SDS) forms. Store in a centralized and accessible location, on cloud and/or in a physical file cabinet.
Re -certification for fume hoods and tissue culture hoods.
Replacement of H20 processing consumables
First aid training
Stericycle safety training and mock audit
Schedule Preventative Maintenance (PM) work done for major equipment (centrifuge, glasswashers, autoclave, gel fluorescent imager, cellular imager, and etc.)
Replace Labor Laws poster and post it where visible to all members to see.
Shared Pipettes are to be calibrated twice a year.
Send new companies Fisher startup and “Biolabs” marketplace program
Enforce members participation of Stericycle and Chemtron for hazardous waste disposal and OSHA storage area.
Conduct new bio lab member orientation, including distribution and communication of the shared bio lab standard operating protocol.
Serves as a knowledge source for the bio lab members.
Weekly monitoring, coordinating maintenance / repairs, record keeping, and enforcing an orderly usage of the autoclave machine and glass washers.
Monthly using 3M ATTEST sterilization tests to certify the effectiveness of autoclave sterilization. Make the results available to all occupants to see.
Monthly replace autoclave / glass wash disposables, such as sheets and replace glass wash chemicals (Labklenz acid and alkaline).