LIMS Administrator — Hybrid (Baseline Clearance)

IT Alliance Australia; Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

National Measurement Institute is seeking a proactive LIMS Administrator (APS6 equivalent) to support and enhance the LIMS environment across Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. The role involves configuring, testing, and documenting changes while collaborating with ICT and business teams.

The candidate should have practical LIMS experience, strong SQL skills, and be capable of learning new systems quickly in a dynamic, government lab setting.

Qualifications

• Practical knowledge of, or experience in LIMS administration such as Sample Manager or a similar system relevant to the functioning of a commercial analytical/scientific laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with business areas to gather requirements to develop enhancements and new functionality in the LIMS system.
• Address enquiries from staff and senior management regarding LIMS data and system with the aim of contributing towards the business objectives.
• Provide technical support to staff, including troubleshooting, bug fixing and managing LIMS user accounts and access.
• Undertake training of NMI staff in the use of the LIMS.
• Specify requirements and prepare specifications for amendments and undertake testing of the programs developed.
• Carry out system enhancements under the direction of the LIMS Technical Manager, ensuring appropriate change control and associated procedures are adhered to.
• Develop and maintain interfaces to facilitate data exchange between LIMS and other systems.
• Develop and maintain documentation SOPs, procedures, and test plans.
• Perform routine maintenance tasks such as committing or archiving of the LIMS data, backups, review and update users and their access under the direction of NMI managers.
• Liaise with LIMS vendor to troubleshoot core system issues.
• Generate Financial, Management and statistical reports for senior management.

Skills

LIMS Administration

SQL

C#

Java

HTML

VB

VGL

LIMS Basics

Job description

National Measurement Institute is seeking a proactive LIMS Administrator (APS6 equivalent) to support and enhance the LIMS environment across Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. The role involves configuring, testing, and documenting changes while collaborating with ICT and business teams.

The candidate should have practical LIMS experience, strong SQL skills, and be capable of learning new systems quickly in a dynamic, government lab setting.