Mass Spectrometry Lead

About The Team

The Australian National Phenome Centre (ANPC) is a world-class facility led by Murdoch University focused on high-throughput targeted and exploratory metabolic phenotyping. The ANPC is located on Level 3 of the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research adjacent to the Fiona Stanley Hospital, Western Australia, and is the largest dedicated facility for metabolic phenotyping in the world.

The ANPC houses one of the world’s largest collections of mass spectrometers (MS) instruments dedicated to phenomics research, including a 7 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Mass Spectrometer with MALDI source, 12x Bruker QTOF-MS and 2x timsTOF-MS, 2 x SCIEX QTRAPs and 3x Waters TQ-MS.

Your New Role!  

The ANPC is a dedicated facility established for the purpose of performing “industrial-scale” phenotyping using an array of state-of-the-art analytical instruments including high-field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and multiple MS modalities, as well as a range of specialised technologies that will enable research and translation through a systems approach.

This is a key leadership role at the ANPC. The MS Lead provides operational and technical leadership across all MS activities, ensuring high‑quality data generation and  instrument uptime, and compliant laboratory operations towards ISO/IEC accreditation. This is a role for an individual that has extensive experience across MS modalities to drive best-practise methodologies through a quality assurance lens, and a people leader that is focused on user training and mentorship. As the data signatory for our MS pipeline, the MS Lead ensures that data generated are of the highest quality and complies with quality standards for dissemination and reporting. The MS Lead shares facilities management responsibility with the ANPC Head of Facility and the NMR Lead to ensure safe, efficient and streamlined operations across physical and digital domains.

Your Key responsibilities will include:

• MS Scientific & Operational Leadership
  Provide scientific, technical and operational leadership for all MS activities, ensuring high‑quality data generation, method excellence and continuous improvement.
• MS Operations, Infrastructure & Facilities Management
  Oversee MS instrumentation, maintenance, calibrations, installations and lifecycle management, and act as deputy facilities manager to ensure safe, compliant and high‑uptime infrastructure.
• Quality, Governance & Resource Management
  Establish and enforce rigorous QC frameworks, contribute to ISO/IEC accreditation, and manage MS‑related scheduling, budgets, procurement and resource prioritisation.
• Capability Building & User Enablement
  Lead training, mentoring and access for staff and users to ensure safe, efficient and effective use of MS facilities across multiple projects.

Please refer to the Position Description for further details.

What We Offer You!

This 2 Year Fixed Term role attracts a remuneration of $131,854  – $137,976 plus 17% employer superannuation contributions. Potential market loading will be considered for the right candidate.

You’ll join a dynamic and talented team where diversity and innovation thrive. Our Silver-tier status in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), awarded in 2025, reflects our commitment to LGBTIQA+ inclusion, equity, and creating a safe, welcoming environment for all. We strive to be the university of choice for First Nations peoples, honouring Indigenous knowledge. Sustainability is central to our community and guided by clear, confident leadership, we are working toward an ambitious future with goals of net zero emissions and zero waste by 2030.

As well as the flexibility to maintain a work life balance, our staff enjoy a vibrant, natural campus with world-class facilities, along with a variety of benefits, including:

• Enjoy a 2% salary increase under the Enterprise Agreement, effective July 2026

• Flexible work arrangements
• Cultural Load and allowance - providing up to $8,944 per year to First Nations employees who are contributing cultural knowledge and perspectives beyond the scope of their role
• Indigenous Language Allowance
• Salary packaging options – such as purchasing leave, gym membership, car parking permit
• Employee Assistance Program
• On-campus services and facilities, such as a Childcare Centre, Gym, Vet Hospital, and Chiropractic Clinic

For further information, check out our benefits and services page!

Join us!

Please apply online via the Apply Now button, along with submitting the following documents to support your application -

• A cover letter including a statement addressing the selection criteria (with reference to the Position Description)
• Your most recent resume (CV)

What you’ll bring to the role:

• PhD in Chemistry, Metabolomics or a related field with more than 5 years of experience in a high-throughput analytical facility with a focus on Mass Spectrometry.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in MS and analytical facility infrastructure management.
• Strong MS data QA/QC experience.
• Strong background in design, implementation of production-grade MS data generation and informatics pipelines.
• Highly-effective project management and client liaison skills.

Applicants should refer to the Position Description for further details on the work requirements, duties, skills and experience required for this role. Applications sent by post or email will not be accepted.

Please note visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Applicants are expected to have current and valid work rights in Australia.

Please see the Applicant Guide for more information. Applicants who have support or access requirements, are encouraged to advise this at the time of their application, to ensure appropriate assistance is provided throughout the recruitment process.

Contact Us

For enquiries about the opportunity on offer please reach out to Dr Sze How Bong, Head of Facility, S.bong@murdoch.edu.au and quote JR105214 as the reference.

Applications Close on 28 May 2026 (11:59pm AWST)

The University reserves the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time.

Murdoch University acknowledges the different perspectives, skills and experience that people from different backgrounds bring to strengthen its workforce. Murdoch University is committed to enhancing diversity in all its forms and strongly encourages suitably qualified candidates from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people with disability, people of CaLD background and people of diverse genders to apply for this important position.

Murdoch University values workplace diversity, promotes inclusion, and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, women, and individuals with disability. Applicants who have support or access requirements, are encouraged to advise this at the time of their application, to ensure appropriate assistance is provided throughout the recruitment process.