LARC Facility Building and Operations Manager

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Key Responsibilities

(To be completed by Supervisor)

Facility Operations & Maintenance- Coordinates maintenance and repair of equipment and systems with managers and supervisors for all LARC facilities, including cages and pen systems for housing animals, heating; ventilation and air conditioning; automatic watering systems; high vacuum autoclaves, tunnel and rack washers; bio clean and ventilated caging systems and laminar flow changing stations. Responsible for assigned maintenance activities in such a manner that maximum effectiveness is obtained for the proper maintenance of machinery within projected costs/budgets. LARC’s facilities include 14 separate campus locations, with an approcimate square footage of 182,673 ft. Coordinates renovation/construction process with internal/external resources, including architects, engineers, electrical and HVAC specialists. Reviews and analyses technical information including drawings, specifications, technical reports, and engineering data.

• Assess and oversees the repair of damaged areas within the facilities
• Manages environmental control systems within the facilities
• Coordinates with Finance to verify and approve invoices related to facility maintenance
• Coordinates and recommends to LARC Director on the purchasing of equipment, supplies, and maintenance matters
• Serves as department interface with Facilities and Capital Projects departments. Works with organization occupants to plan space that accomodates nonroutine systems and/or research or specialized equipment, and hazardous materials storage and disposal.
• Establishes and maintains record-keeping
• Maintain facility data in an organized datavase
• Provide consultation and project planning to a variety of stakeholders (engineers, architects, researchts, LARC management) and on all new facility renovation and contruction projects, including hight specialized BSL 3 rooms, new species housing requirements, and casewash/tunnel wash areas
• Provides input and data for AAALAC program description and similar doucments
• Ensures that sanitation and environmental quality control testing is done appropately
• Coordinate projects with multiple units throught the enterprise to provide a safe and secure facilities environment
• Oversses department key access and secutiy programs
• Other equipment and facilities projects as assigned

Capital Assets, Equipment Inventory, and Procurement Management – LARC has over $27 Million in capital equipment inventory

Assists Husbandry Managers & Supervisors with quality control assurance monitoring standards and recordkeeping for essential equipment. Develops plans for equipment maintenance schedules through optimum utilization of facilities and personnel

• Ensure that all equipment is fully functional
• Maintains equality control review and inventory of all facility maintenance data
• Actively coordinates and manages preventative maintenance for all facility equipment systems
• Conduct, oversee and monitor sanitation, water, and similar quality control testing and assessment techniques (such as ATP or RODAC) testing. Includes monitoring the testing results for all locations, including lab based tests
• Shceules, implements, and oversees the repair of broken equipment, faulty systems
• Responsible for proper storage of equipment off-site. Establishes processes and procedures for retrieval of equipment
• Establishes and maintains relationships with vendors
• Coordinates with vendors on the ordering and installation of new equipment
• Ensures facility equipment is appropriately calibrated and maintained, including oversight for Department’s vehicles and transport program

Supervision

• As directed, provide oversight or back-up supervision of specific animal care staff
• Provide direct supervision to supervisor for the weekend staff at all facilities
• Perform occasional husbandry duties as directed
• Review and develop SOP’s as needed and as directed
• Demonstrate knowledge of animal care practices and associated regulations and guidance documents. 
• Supervise those who maintain department vehicles

Other duties as assigned – such as 

• Presentations to staff and stakeholders
• Educating staff on assigned topics from LARC Director
• Gathering data and drafting responses for documents or requests such as AAALAC, USDA, NIH, and Public Records