Description

The Leidos Corporation is seeking a Supervisor of Laboratory Operations for the Crary Science and Engineering Center (CSEC). The CSEC is a multi-purpose laboratory and office facility supporting a wide range of scientific disciplines at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. The laboratory facilities include analytical chemistry, microbiology, microscopy, molecular biology, radioisotope, seawater aquaria, and general use laboratories configured to support biology, chemistry, oceanography, limnology, atmospheric physics, geology, and glaciology projects.

The Supervisor will be responsible for laboratory science support provided at McMurdo Station including: Overseeing operations and ensuring safety at CSEC and across other science facilities at McMurdo. Ensures all staff, grantees, and customers have the resources and information needed. Provides guidance to all staff in the building requiring science support. Creates the major resource (laboratory, offices, lab equipment) usage schedules for grantee and USAP seasonal requirements. This individual is also considered the ASC subject matter expert for laboratory practice and equipment.

• Vision: Expanding our scientific reach in Antarctica through increased operational and logistical effectiveness.
• Mission: To provide the operational and logistical platform necessary for the U.S. to conduct world-class science in Antarctica and maintain its active and influential presence on the continent.

• Assists in review of research requirements, planning, and scheduling of laboratory support for science events and projects.
• Creates a safety culture as outlined in the NSF Code of Conduct and Chemical Hygiene Plan for all personnel in the CSEC.
• Provides input to the Annual Program Plan for material budgets, sub-contracts, and personnel resource scheduling. Monitors the laboratory budget and procurements. Assists in researching, evaluating, justifying, and procuring laboratory and field instruments and equipment based on funded science and investment plan. Assists in maintaining appropriate and accurate inventories of spare parts.
• Provides input to the S&TPS McMurdo Implementation Manager on suggested improvements to the laboratories and the associated systems that would enhance their use as research facilities.
• Manages the allocation of all office, aquarium, and laboratory space in the CSEC.
• Assists in hiring all seasonal staff; provides primary tasking to laboratory staff while deployed to McMurdo. Leads regular/weekly laboratory staff meeting.
• Provides instructions for care, usage, maintenance, purchase, and disposal of CSEC owned materials, instruments, equipment, and engineered facility safety systems.
• Provides educational tours to Distinguished Visitors from NSF, US Military, US Government Officials, Corporate Officials, and International Antarctic Program visitors. Briefing various agencies and ASC departments on current research; providing tours of laboratory facilities.
• Coordinates permits for sample shipments through New Zealand; maintains communication system for hand-carry samples moving through New Zealand.
• Coordinates staging space within CSEC and around McMurdo for staff and grantees.
• Coordinates the facility accessibility (clearing snow, water drainage, vehicle fumes, etc.).
• Monitoring the Duty Pager and being on-call 24/7 for alarms or issues approximately one week of every month.
• Fosters and cultivates relationships with all supporting departments across ASC, NSF, and technical/operational grantees.
• Prepares weekly, monthly and end of season status reports, as necessary. Creating and updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), as necessary.

• The successful candidate must demonstrate a deep understanding of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of the scientific and technical domain and has broad understanding of other related specialty areas.
• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of prior relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 2+ years of prior relevant experience; in the natural or physical sciences.
• Experience in a research environment providing direct support to science events/projects required.
• Must successfully complete the physical and dental examinations as required by the NSF for deployment to Antarctica.
• Willingness and ability to deploy to Antarctica for approximately 4-6 months is required.
• US citizenship or US Permanent Residency is required.
• Good verbal communication skills, computer literacy, and problem solving skills are required.

• 4+ years of laboratory management/leadership experience.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Remote field work and/or polar experience.
• Comfortable with public speaking.
• Experience with coordinating facility maintenance and facility access control systems.
• Experience with Inventory Control Systems; preferably Maximo.
• Purchasing/budget tracking experience.