Bio Labs Facility Manager

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.

About 76 Forward & The Pennovation Center

76fwd fosters the growth of regional entrepreneurial ecosystems by providing individualized attention through focused programming, community engagement and access to a dynamic network of stakeholders. As a national leader in business incubation, we exist to create a world where anyone with the entrepreneurial drive can gain equal access to the resources needed to foster innovation and solve real world problems.

For the past 5 years, 76FWD has partnered with the University of Pennsylvania to plan, manage and operate the Pennovation Center. The Pennovation Center is a business incubator that provides wet/dry lab space and acts as a hub for collaboration and the exchange of ideas for innovators from all disciplines. The Center is part of the 23-acre Pennovation Works campus, which is a distinctive blend of offices, labs, and production space developed by The University of Pennsylvania to support entrepreneurs and industry partners who are engaged in solving real-world problems and translating inventiveness into viable ventures.

Since its founding 5 years ago, the Pennovation Works campus has grown into a vibrant community of innovators with over 70 private companies, 11 Penn research entities, several corporate collaborators and a wide range of University-supported incubation programs. With the addition of the Inventor Office Building, the Pennovation Lab, and planned new development, the Center’s role as the Pennovation Works community hub continues to evolve.

Requirements

Daily Duties

• 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.
  

Weekly Duties

• 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.
  

Monthly Duties

• 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.
  

Quarterly Duties

• 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.
  

Annually Duties

• 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.
  

Membership Onboarding

• 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.
  

Pennovation Works Lab Building Duties

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).

Benefits

• Salary is commensurate with experience
  
• Quality health benefits package for full time employees
  
• Generous holiday and PTO schedule