Description

Job Summary

The Laboratory and Facilities Support Coordinator plays a vital role in ensuring the safe and efficient operation of teaching and research labs across multiple RIT facilities, including the Center for Bioscience Education and Technology (CBT), the Clinical Health Sciences Center (CHSC), Institute Hall (INS), and Booth (BOO). This hands-on position directly supports faculty and students by managing laboratory preparation, maintaining facilities, and ensuring strict compliance with all safety protocols.

Job Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
Laboratory Operations

• Laboratory Preparation: Collaborate with faculty to prepare and manage teaching laboratories. This includes setting up and tearing down lab materials, preparing reagents and media, and restocking essential supplies.
• Inventory & Maintenance: Oversee the maintenance and cleanliness of lab spaces, including cleaning equipment and glassware, and managing stockroom inventory, databases, and chargebacks.
• Live Cultures: Maintain live prokaryotic and eukaryotic cultures used in teaching labs.
• Autoclave & Glassware: Supervise the operation of autoclaves and glassware washers for both teaching and research labs.

Safety & Compliance

• Regulatory Management: Ensure all labs comply with safety regulations. This includes conducting safety inspections with EH&S personnel, maintaining chemical and safety equipment inventories, and managing safety documentation (e.g., MSDS).
• Waste Management: Manage the proper handling, decontamination, and disposal of all lab waste, including chemical, biological, and medical waste, in compliance with university and regulatory standards.
• Cadaver Facility: Maintain the daily condition of the cadaver facility, act as the liaison with the University of Rochester for donor acquisition and disposal, and maintain all related records.

Facilities & General Support

• Student Team Leadership: Assist in hiring, mentoring, and training student employees and co-op students, providing daily guidance on stockroom and lab support operations.
• Equipment Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for equipment repair and maintenance, coordinating with vendors and RIT's Service Center.
• Access Control: Manage building, lab, and classroom access using the Lenel Access System and assist with key audits.
• Procurement & Logistics: Handle procurement procedures, including ordering supplies, and coordinate all shipping and receiving activities for the department.

Required Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience:

• Prior Laboratory Experience: Proven experience in a Life Sciences and Chemistry wet-lab environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Knowledge of the operation of scientific equipment, such as sterilizers, incubators, and biosafety cabinets.
• Safety Expertise: Experience with the handling of biological, medical, and chemical waste, as well as gas cylinders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively collaborate with faculty, students, and other staff members.
• Organizational Skills: excellent time management and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects.
• We are seeking a proactive, organized, and detail-oriented individual with a strong understanding of laboratory operations, safety protocols, and general facility maintenance.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with or a willingness to learn RIT's internal systems (e.g., Lenel, PNC, Oracle).

Department/College Description

We are at the forefront of the evolving health care landscape, preparing the next generation of practitioners and scientists to be leaders in their fields. The College of Health Sciences and Technology offers innovative, flexible programs that integrate health sciences with RIT's renowned technological expertise. We are a community committed to a student-centered approach, providing an environment where high-quality education prepares graduates to serve humanity.
This position is a key part of the team that supports RIT's renowned programs in bioscience, clinical health sciences, and biomedical engineering. You will be working in a dynamic, on-campus environment that fosters innovation and hands-on learning, contributing directly to the success of our students and faculty

How To Apply

Apply online at https://www.rit.edu/careers search Staff openings, then Keyword Search 9897

Additional Details

In compliance with NYS's Pay Transparency Act, the salary range for this position is listed above. Rochester Institute of Technology considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. The hiring process for this position may require a criminal background check and/or motor vehicle records check. Any verbal or written offer made is contingent on satisfactory results, as determined by Human Resources. RIT provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, age, marital status, sex, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in its hiring, admissions, educational programs and activities. RIT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities under the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New York Human Rights Law, or similar applicable law. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please contact the Human Resources office at 585-475-2424 or email your request to hr@rit.edu. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.