Laboratory and Facilities Coordinator

About the role

This position will be responsible for day-to-day oversight of research lab spaces occupied by the School of Medicine on the Anschutz Medical Campus, including equipment and facilities. This individual will provide guidance to faculty, staff, and students by interpreting school, university, state, and federal guidelines, policies, and regulations as they affect the school’s spaces and to ensure compliance is maintained. This position will also act as a research lab liaison between the School of Medicine Dean’s Office and the School of Medicine Departments/Divisions/Sections/Centers/Cores that are housed within research lab space to provide a focal point for information and to help facilitate various building issues. Collaboration with, but not limited to, Facilities Management, Institutional Planning, Environmental Health and Safety, Security Badging, Information Technology, and Asset Management will be critical to the duties of this position. This position will also assist with special projects related to lab utilization and efficiency of lab space.

Responsibilities

• Ensure laboratory space compliance with university, state, and regulatory requirements, serving as a resource to lab occupants on applicable standards and procedures.
• Coordinate and support laboratory construction, renovation, and space improvement projects, including scope review, stakeholder engagement, participation in planning meetings, and project implementation through completion.
• Serve as the primary liaison between laboratory occupants and campus partners, including Facilities Management and Environmental Health & Safety, regarding building standards, moves, equipment monitoring systems, hazardous materials management, and related operational needs.
• Manage laboratory space transitions, including incoming and outgoing labs, equipment placement, work order coordination, and required signage updates.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with faculty, staff, departments, and campus service units to support research space operations.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues related to laboratory space, equipment, facilities, and emergency situations.
• Support space utilization and research productivity initiatives through inventory management, data collection, analysis, reporting, and strategic space planning.
• Maintain accurate records of laboratory, office, freezer, equipment, and biobank space assignments, including associated documentation and signage.
• Manage and maintain operational resources and working documents related to laboratory space, shared building resources, equipment inventories, and storage capacity planning.
• Coordinate laboratory furniture and