Core Facility Manager
What this job does:
Runs a shared instrumentation core. Maintains and validates instruments, trains users, manages scheduling and budgets, develops SOPs, and ensures safe, reliable operations.
This job is similar to these lab/research tasks:
Oversee shared instrument operations; manage scheduling and budgets; train and certify users; develop and enforce SOPs; troubleshoot diverse experimental issues; consult on study design to ensure high-quality data output.
Typical starting salary range
$111k to $188k
Salary estimate represented as 25th to 75th percentile. Gathered from recent job postings, Glassdoor.com, and Salary.com
Daily task breakdown
- Instrument maintenance, troubleshooting, and uptime management (25%)
- User training, scientific consulting, and experiment support (25%)
- Facility operations and administration: scheduling, billing, inventory, budgeting (20%)
- Technology acquisition and method or platform expansion: new instruments, grants (15%)
- Other: teaching, outreach, meetings, reporting (15%)
Skills you'll use in this job:
Instrument/platform expertise; preventive maintenance and troubleshooting; user training and scientific consulting; facility operations (scheduling, billing, inventory, budgeting); SOPs and safety/compliance; stakeholder and vendor management
Talk about these PhD skills in your resume and interview:
Talk about being the go to instrument expert, developing training materials, keeping equipment running, building SOPs, and supporting many projects at once.
Alternative job titles to search:
Core Manager; Shared Resource Facility Manager; Core Laboratory Manager; Core Director; Scientific Core Manager; Research Core Manager; Facility Operations Manager (Core); Technology Core Manager; Platform Manager; Core Facility Lead
*Note:
-Job titles are inconsistent between companies. Try various keywords.
-PhDs tend to undershoot seniority level. Target higher than you think.
