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The Labs Manager leads the strategic and day-to-day management of the department's instructional and experiential learning spaces, including the Frith First-Year Maker Space, Interdisciplinary Education Lab, inVenTs Design Studio, and related laboratory resources.\nThe Manager is responsible for ensuring that facilities, equipment, personnel, instructional resources, technology, safety protocols, and operational processes effectively support undergraduate engineering education, interdisciplinary project-based learning, student engagement, and faculty-led educational activities. They contribute to initiatives involving student success, program improvement and assessment and interdisciplinary collaboration.\nThe Manager recruits, selects, trains, supervises, schedules, coaches, and evaluates laboratory assistants, graduate students, and other laboratory personnel. The Manager establishes operational priorities, assigns work based on employee capabilities and program needs, and implements processes to ensure continuity of laboratory services. The position develops, monitors, and delivers relevant equipment and laboratory training for all personnel. The Manager serves as the primary departmental liaison with Environmental Health and Safety, facilities personnel, equipment suppliers, and other University partners to ensure that laboratory operations meet department needs and comply with applicable University policies and procedures.\nThe Manager handles purchasing, inventory, equipment maintenance, asset tracking, service agreements, and resource planning in coordination with the department business office. The Manager evaluates current laboratory needs and develops recommendations concerning equipment, technology, space, staffing, and resource allocation. To do this, they will stay up to date on the latest equipment and technologies available for lab applications.\nThe Manager must have exceptional organizational skills and adapt quickly to new priorities. They will represent the Department of Engineering Education in interactions with College and University stakeholders, relevant committees, industry representatives, donors, and students.\nRequired Qualifications\nMasters degree in engineering, technology, science, or a related discipline; or a Bachelors degree with experience equivalent to a masters degree.\nSignificant experience managing or coordinating complex laboratory, maker-space, instructional, technical, or other hands-on educational operations.\nDemonstrated experience supervising, training, scheduling, and/or developing student or professional employees.\nDemonstrated experience managing equipment, materials, inventory, purchasing, or operational record keeping.\nDemonstrated ability to develop and implement operational procedures, training protocols, and safety practices.\nDemonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and priorities simultaneously.\nDemonstrated success applying a high level of organizational skills in a large technical environment.\nDemonstrated ability to exercise establish priorities, solve problems, and make operational recommendations.\nExperience with 3D printing, CAD, prototyping, or related engineering technologies.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience operating equipment for machining, fabrication, electronics, or other similar systems\nExperience with laboratory information systems, learning management systems, hardware/data networks, or related technology.\nExperience with vendor negotiation and resource planning.\nExperience developing, documenting, or supporting educational programs, laboratory exercises, training materials, or experiential learning opportunities.\nExperience building partnerships across departments, colleges, industry, or external organizations.\nWorking knowledge of VT or other higher education administrative systems/polices is a plus\nOvertime Status\nExempt: Not eligible for overtime\nAppointment Type\nRegular\nSalary Information\n$90,000 - $105,000 commensurate with experience\nHours per week\n40\nReview Date\nNovember 9, 2026\nAdditional Information\nThe successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.\nAbout Virginia Tech\nDedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes.A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.\nVirginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective, along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.\nVirginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.\nIf you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Tiffany Cunningham at  during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6525,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["STEM Education","Higher Education"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-27T19:25:21Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":7,"expected_fill_days":84,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":105000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/virginia-tech-manager-engineering-education-laboratories","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/virginia-tech-manager-engineering-education-laboratories.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-04T13:47:49Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":20803,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-05T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":35633},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=35633"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fvirginia-tech-manager-engineering-education-laboratories"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fvirginia-tech-manager-engineering-education-laboratories"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fvirginia-tech-manager-engineering-education-laboratories"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/virginia-tech-manager-engineering-education-laboratories\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fvirginia-tech-manager-engineering-education-laboratories"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3353968}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"vt.edu","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3353968},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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