Research Operations Manager

Position/Classification Title

Research Operations Mgr

SHRA

N
- Not Mandatory

Bachelor’s degree and two years of general research experience; oran equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accreditedinstitutions.

• BS or MS in Mechanical or Aerospace
• 2-5 years of experience managing research labs

The Lab Manager for Mechanical Engineering oversees the daily operations and long-term planning of the Mechanical Engineeringlaboratories within the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering. This role includes maintaining lab equipment, ensuring safety protocols, managing lab schedules,supporting faculty and students in lab classes and research activities, and coordinating with external vendors. The Lab Manager will play a crucial role in fostering a productive and safe learning environment for Mechanical Engineering students.

The position reports to the department chair.

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is apublic land-grant, high research activity university enrollingapproximately 13,560 students. The College of Engineering, withover 2,800 students, offers EAC ABET
-accredited undergraduate programs, 9 Master’s programs, and 6 Doctoral programs. The COE’s 5core research clusters are Autonomous Systems, Cybersecurity and Resilience, Energy and Sustainability, Healthcare Applications, and Complex Systems and Networks. Additional information about the College and the University can be found at www.ncat.edu/coe.

The Mechanical Engineering ( MEEN ) department produces graduatesat the BS, MS, and PhD degree levels. The department enrolls over
300 undergraduate students and nearly 50 graduate students at themasters and doctoral levels. The faculty members are engaged in teaching, research, and services to the University as well as the community. The department’s quality educational programs, excellentfaculty, and world class research attract students from all overthe nation and the world.

8AM-5PM, Monday-Friday;
Occasional weekend work, as needed.

On-site (Employees are primarily in the office and/or have acritical job requirement that requires dedicated office spaceon-site)

Knowledge
- Professional/Scientific

• Responsible for a number of professional/scientific activities including but not limited to calibrating and reading instruments,conducting preventive and corrective maintenance on equipment, and operating associated instrumentation.
• Provides engineering knowledge to direct, research, and develop innovative approaches to mechanical engineering laboratories.

Planning and Organizing Work

• In consultation with Principal Investigator (PI), organizes andplans experiments ensuring project objectives are attained.
• Also responsible for environmental, health and safety regulations, standards, and guidelines related to research and teaching laboratories, as well as the functionality and appearance of lab and teaching spaces.
• Coordinate and conduct safety- and health-related awareness activities for faculty, staff, and students.
• Oversees and manages collection, maintenance, analysis,evaluation, and management of data that will be used in grant submissions, presentations and publications.
• Ensures that information is entered correctly into databases.
• Assists PI in reviewing, analyzing, interpreting, summarizing,formatting, editing, and preparing tables, charts, graphs, progress and final reports, etc.
• Coordinates between sponsoring agencies, collaborationorganizations and/or other research and/or educational institutions.
• Plans work operations and priorities daily and weekly to meeteducational and research objectives.
• Sets short-range deadlines.
• Operates within assigned budget.
• Identifies potential cost savings.

Laboratory Management

• Assists the department chair with developing long-term strategic plans for laboratory and facility development in alignment with the College of Engineering’s vision.
• Collaborates with and supports the activities of the College of Engineering facility staff.
• Provides…