Entry Level Clinical Research Site Manager Jobs
New grad clinical research site manager jobs welcome recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where strong internship work or hands-on clinical trial exposure can matter more than a long resume. Most openings are on-site roles concentrated in Technology & Software, Healthcare & Medical Services, and Construction & Real Estate, with employers like Digital Realty, Allied Universal, and Westwood Professional Services hiring at this level now.
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Posting Date: 12 Nov 2026
City: Houston
Location:
Houston, TX, US, 77070
Contract Type: Fixed-Term
Division: Energy Project Solutions
Level of experience: Junior
RINA is a global knowledge company where expertise travels across borders, disciplines, and industries. Every day, we collaborate on solving complex challenges that no single field could tackle alone. With a presence in more than 70 countries and 160 years of heritage, we turn individual know-how into collective progress.
We are currently recruiting for a Site Expeditor - Greensburg, LA to join our project office in Greensburg, LA within the Energy Project Solutions Division.
Mission
RINA is seeking reliable, detail-oriented Material Expeditors / Material Tracking Specialists to provide on-site support at steel fabrication and painting facilities across the United States. The role is focused on material tracking, tagging, scanning, inventory visibility, shipment coordination, and accurate reporting to improve traceability and reinforce vendor accountability.
This is not a traditional certified expeditor position. Formal inspection or expediting certification is not required. Motivated entry-level candidates with strong reliability, attention to detail, and the ability to learn client procedures are encouraged to apply. Selected personnel will complete approximately one week of client-provided training in Abilene, Texas before deployment to their assigned vendor location.
Key Accountabilities
- Perform material tagging, labeling, scanning, and inventory-tracking activities at the assigned vendor or fabrication facility.
- Monitor material status and physical location to maintain accurate visibility throughout fabrication, storage, and shipment.
- Associate RFID tags with corresponding piece marks and maintain material traceability.
- Review production and fabrication schedules to identify shipment priorities and monitor material readiness.
- Use internal tracking reports to help ensure shipments are sequenced in accordance with project requirements.
- Coordinate with fabrication teams, suppliers, logistics providers, and internal stakeholders regarding production progress, material status, and delivery commitments.
- Monitor raw-material inventory and production requirements to identify potential shortages, bottlenecks, supply constraints, and shipment delays.
- Communicate risks, late shipments, material shortages, schedule conflicts, and recommended mitigation actions to the appropriate project stakeholders.
- Verify incoming and outgoing materials against bills of material, purchase orders, and shipping documentation.
- Check materials for visible damage, quantity discrepancies, and part-number or identification accuracy.
- Perform inventory counts and reconcile material records as required.
- Maintain accurate shipping logs, inventory records, BOM documentation, status reports, and other required project records.
- Update material-tracking systems and databases with current information and distribute reports on material availability, shipment status, and inventory levels.
- Participate in daily coordination meetings, safety meetings, inspections, and continuous-improvement activities.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and hazard-free work environment and comply with all company and site-specific safety requirements.
Education
High School Diploma/GED in General Studies/Other
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Previous experience in material control, inventory, warehousing, shipping and receiving, logistics, fabrication, manufacturing, construction, or supply chain operations.
- Familiarity with production schedules, bills of material (BOMs), purchase orders, shipping documentation, and inventory records.
- Experience using RFID tags, barcode scanners, inventory-management systems, or material-tracking databases.
- Exposure to structural steel fabrication, industrial painting/coating facilities, or project-based material management.
Required Skills
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate recordkeeping.
- Ability to organize and manage multiple material-status and shipment priorities.
- Problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and escalate issues promptly.
- Ability to read and interpret production schedules, bills of material, purchase orders, and shipping documents.
- Professional communication skills for daily coordination with vendors, fabricators, logistics providers, and project teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and comfort learning client-specific scanning and tracking systems.
- Commitment to workplace safety, quality, and material traceability.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience in material control, inventory, warehousing, shipping and receiving, logistics, fabrication, manufacturing, construction, or supply chain operations.
- Familiarity with production schedules, bills of material (BOMs), purchase orders, shipping documentation, and inventory records.
- Experience using RFID tags, barcode scanners, inventory-management systems, or material-tracking databases.
- Exposure to structural steel fabrication, industrial painting/coating facilities, or project-based material management.
Competencies
- WORKPLACE DYNAMICS - Resourcefulness in shaping progress and working efficiently.
- PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT - Ownership for life, work and results, striving to grow professionally and personally.
- INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE - Skills and strategies we use to interact effectively with others.
- DOMAIN & BUSINESS ACUMEN - Applying a scientific approach and critical thinking in operations and solution development within area of expertise.
- FORESIGHT & INSIGHT - Context awareness adopting a systemic perspective and informed decision making.
At RINA, your growth drives our innovation. We bring together engineers, inspectors, digital minds and specialists from more than 100 nationalities, creating an environment where diverse perspectives sharpen how we think, collaborate and deliver.
Flexibility and respect drive how we work. We are committed to building a workplace where every person feels valued, empowered to develop their potential, and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. It is the policy of RINA to provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disabilities, marital status, sexual orientation, genetics, military status, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans (veterans who served during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a badge has been authorized), and Armed Forces service medal veteran, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. We are strongly committed to this policy and believe in the concept and spirit of the law.
RINA does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of RINA without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of RINA. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Posting Date: 12 Nov 2026
City: Houston
Location:
Houston, TX, US, 77070
Contract Type: Fixed-Term
Division: Energy Project Solutions
Level of experience: Junior
RINA is a global knowledge company where expertise travels across borders, disciplines, and industries. Every day, we collaborate on solving complex challenges that no single field could tackle alone. With a presence in more than 70 countries and 160 years of heritage, we turn individual know-how into collective progress.
We are currently recruiting for a Site Expeditor - Greensburg, LA to join our project office in Greensburg, LA within the Energy Project Solutions Division.
Mission
RINA is seeking reliable, detail-oriented Material Expeditors / Material Tracking Specialists to provide on-site support at steel fabrication and painting facilities across the United States. The role is focused on material tracking, tagging, scanning, inventory visibility, shipment coordination, and accurate reporting to improve traceability and reinforce vendor accountability.
This is not a traditional certified expeditor position. Formal inspection or expediting certification is not required. Motivated entry-level candidates with strong reliability, attention to detail, and the ability to learn client procedures are encouraged to apply. Selected personnel will complete approximately one week of client-provided training in Abilene, Texas before deployment to their assigned vendor location.
Key Accountabilities
- Perform material tagging, labeling, scanning, and inventory-tracking activities at the assigned vendor or fabrication facility.
- Monitor material status and physical location to maintain accurate visibility throughout fabrication, storage, and shipment.
- Associate RFID tags with corresponding piece marks and maintain material traceability.
- Review production and fabrication schedules to identify shipment priorities and monitor material readiness.
- Use internal tracking reports to help ensure shipments are sequenced in accordance with project requirements.
- Coordinate with fabrication teams, suppliers, logistics providers, and internal stakeholders regarding production progress, material status, and delivery commitments.
- Monitor raw-material inventory and production requirements to identify potential shortages, bottlenecks, supply constraints, and shipment delays.
- Communicate risks, late shipments, material shortages, schedule conflicts, and recommended mitigation actions to the appropriate project stakeholders.
- Verify incoming and outgoing materials against bills of material, purchase orders, and shipping documentation.
- Check materials for visible damage, quantity discrepancies, and part-number or identification accuracy.
- Perform inventory counts and reconcile material records as required.
- Maintain accurate shipping logs, inventory records, BOM documentation, status reports, and other required project records.
- Update material-tracking systems and databases with current information and distribute reports on material availability, shipment status, and inventory levels.
- Participate in daily coordination meetings, safety meetings, inspections, and continuous-improvement activities.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and hazard-free work environment and comply with all company and site-specific safety requirements.
Education
High School Diploma/GED in General Studies/Other
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Previous experience in material control, inventory, warehousing, shipping and receiving, logistics, fabrication, manufacturing, construction, or supply chain operations.
- Familiarity with production schedules, bills of material (BOMs), purchase orders, shipping documentation, and inventory records.
- Experience using RFID tags, barcode scanners, inventory-management systems, or material-tracking databases.
- Exposure to structural steel fabrication, industrial painting/coating facilities, or project-based material management.
Required Skills
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate recordkeeping.
- Ability to organize and manage multiple material-status and shipment priorities.
- Problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and escalate issues promptly.
- Ability to read and interpret production schedules, bills of material, purchase orders, and shipping documents.
- Professional communication skills for daily coordination with vendors, fabricators, logistics providers, and project teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and comfort learning client-specific scanning and tracking systems.
- Commitment to workplace safety, quality, and material traceability.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience in material control, inventory, warehousing, shipping and receiving, logistics, fabrication, manufacturing, construction, or supply chain operations.
- Familiarity with production schedules, bills of material (BOMs), purchase orders, shipping documentation, and inventory records.
- Experience using RFID tags, barcode scanners, inventory-management systems, or material-tracking databases.
- Exposure to structural steel fabrication, industrial painting/coating facilities, or project-based material management.
Competencies
- WORKPLACE DYNAMICS - Resourcefulness in shaping progress and working efficiently.
- PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT - Ownership for life, work and results, striving to grow professionally and personally.
- INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE - Skills and strategies we use to interact effectively with others.
- DOMAIN & BUSINESS ACUMEN - Applying a scientific approach and critical thinking in operations and solution development within area of expertise.
- FORESIGHT & INSIGHT - Context awareness adopting a systemic perspective and informed decision making.
At RINA, your growth drives our innovation. We bring together engineers, inspectors, digital minds and specialists from more than 100 nationalities, creating an environment where diverse perspectives sharpen how we think, collaborate and deliver.
Flexibility and respect drive how we work. We are committed to building a workplace where every person feels valued, empowered to develop their potential, and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. It is the policy of RINA to provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disabilities, marital status, sexual orientation, genetics, military status, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans (veterans who served during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a badge has been authorized), and Armed Forces service medal veteran, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. We are strongly committed to this policy and believe in the concept and spirit of the law.
RINA does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of RINA without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of RINA. Please, no phone calls or emails.
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Entry Level Clinical Research Site Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level clinical research site manager job?
Start by targeting roles that explicitly list zero to two years of experience or welcome recent graduates. Internship experience at a clinical trial site, a CRO, or a hospital research department gives you a concrete edge. Familiarity with Good Clinical Practice guidelines, ICH standards, and basic site coordination tasks signals readiness. A science-related degree in biology, nursing, or a health field is the most common educational background employers look for at this stage.
Which companies hire entry level clinical research site managers?
Companies hiring entry level clinical research site managers right now include Digital Realty, Allied Universal, and Westwood Professional Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At this level, hiring tends to come from contract research organizations, academic medical centers, and specialty site networks that maintain active trial portfolios and regularly onboard junior coordinators.
Are there remote entry level clinical research site manager jobs?
Yes, though most site-facing roles are on-site by nature. About 16% of entry level clinical research site manager openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, and those tend to cover sponsor-facing coordination, documentation review, or regulatory support tasks rather than direct patient-contact work. Hybrid arrangements are more common at larger organizations with centralized oversight functions.
Are these new grad clinical research site manager jobs?
Yes, many of these postings are new grad and junior roles that welcome candidates right out of school. A new grad-friendly listing typically accepts zero to two years of experience, counts internships or practicum hours toward the requirement, or values a strong academic background in a clinical or life sciences field over prior full-time work. Look for language like 'recent graduates encouraged to apply' or 'entry level considered' to identify the most accessible openings.
Which industries hire the most entry level clinical research site managers?
Entry Level clinical research site manager roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Healthcare & Medical Services, and Construction & Real Estate, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive junior hiring because they operate large trial volumes that require consistent site oversight, creating steady demand for coordinators who can grow into management responsibilities over time.