Operations Coordinator
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Job summary
Merck seeks an Clinical Services Operations Coordinator to oversee Laboratory Animal Resources, ensuring high-quality animal care for drug development and human health.
The role supports training, safety, and coordination of hourly staff, while maintaining SOPs and compliance with USDA, NIH and GLP guidelines. The successful candidate will contribute to cross-department collaboration and documentation of animal care activities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Biology, Chemistry, or related field by June 2027.
- This is a full time position with a start date of June 2027.
- Experience in a Research / in vivo field; internship / job shadow experience will be considered.
- Preferred: MS in Biology or related in vivo field; 5 years experience in a Research Laboratory in vivo management.
- ALAT, AAALAS certification
Responsibilities
- Oversee animal care and related activities within Laboratory Animal Resources.
- Assist training, development, assignment coordination and safety of hourly personnel.
- Develop and implement SOPs for daily activities and ensure compliance.
- Manage husbandry equipment and train employees in their operation.
- Collaborate across projects and communicate work-related information to teams.
- Contribute to validating equipment and processes (sanitation, water testing, air particulates, temperature and light).
- Maintain source and transaction records in compliance with regulations; support SOP development.
- Participate in rotational weekend and holiday duty.
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Job description
The Clinical Services Operations Coordinator, under the guidance of a West Point laboratory animal resources husbandry operations, works to provide world class animal care to impact drug development and discovery and improve human health.
With minimal direction and in compliance with departmental Standard Operating Procedures, our Research & Development division study requirements, as well as applicable regulations and guidelines to include USDA regs, NIH Guide and, Good Laboratory Practices, this position oversees the details of animal care and related activities of Laboratory Animal Resources, to include indirect guidance of animal care workers. Has responsibility to assist with the training, development, assignment coordination and safety of hourly personnel. Contributes to making work assignments, ensuring completion and quality, and administers personnel policies. Ensures that quality support of research laboratory animal programs is a team effort between LAR, research staff and other support organizations. Collaborates across projects; communicates work related information to project teams: some contacts outside the department / company; may represent functional group on department teams or committees. Independently carries out minor technical duties related to laboratory practices, supplies organization, and laboratory records management.
- Contributes to interdepartmental collaborations with other members of our Research & Development division community.
- Assists with managerial reports as required (census, facility records)
- Communicates effectively, both verbal and written, with departmental and research staff.
- Assumes an assistant role in training of departmental staff in specific activities.
- Provides guidance to husbandry staff in conjunction with line management.
- Assists with the processing of orders of animals to meet research needs.
- In collaboration with other LAR personnel assists with the development and implementation of equipment and process validation programs. This includes but is not limited to, the validation of sanitation procedures, water testing, airborne particulate analysis, and temperature and light level testing and validation.
- Maintains animal source and transaction records in compliance with our Company, state and federal requirements. Assists with development, implementation, and monitoring of SOPs for daily activities.
- Manages husbandry equipment including rack washers, bottle washers, Tunnels washers, automated bedding systems and bulk sterilizers, and trains employees in their operation.
- Is included in rotational weekend and holiday duty.
- Required:candidate must have completed a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Biology, Chemistry, or a related field by June 2027
- This is a full time position with a start date of June 2027
- Experience in a Research / in vivo field; functional in-person internship / job shadow experience will be considered.
- Preferred: MS in Biology or related in vivo field
- 5year experienceina Research Laboratory in vivo management
- ALAT, AAALAS certification
- Animal Handling
- Animal Husbandry
- Biology
- Biotechnology Research
- Blood Specimen Collection
- Data Recording
- Equipment Validations
- Good Lab Practices
- In Vivo Studies
- Laboratory Documentation
- Laboratory Operations
- Registered Laboratory Animal Technologist (RLATG)
- Researching
- Resource Utilization
- Technical Knowledge
- Use of Laboratory Equipment
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit: EEOC Know Your Rights EEOC GINA Supplement
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits
The salary range for this role is $87,300.00 - $137,400.00
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
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