Assistant II, Lab (Hourly)

About the role

Provides complex clerical and administrative support to a departmental office or program.

Responsibilities

• Performs clerical duties including operating a computer, maintaining records and files, and compiling data and reports as required.
• Maintains an inventory of supplies and materials.
• Operates, installs, and maintains equipment including soldering electronics.
• May set up, configure and/or calibrate new equipment; may perform routine maintenance and repair.
• May assist students, or monitor and assist students, faculty, and staff in the use of equipment or facilities.

Requirements

• Engineering lab experience (usually as a student in an engineering class)
• Office administration and bookkeeping principles and practices.
• Knowledge of specialized discipline (Engineering).
• Safety principles and practices as it applies to area of assignment.
• High school diploma or educational equivalent.
• Work performed in a variety of settings; subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, and at times stooping, crawling, climbing.
• May need to lift heavy objects of up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds.
• May be exposed to a variety of temperatures, noise, moving mechanical parts, or chemicals.
• Specific vision abilities may include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to focus.

Skills

• Effectively using organizational and planning skills.
• Effectively working with a multicultural student body.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Understanding and following instructions precisely.
• Handling lab materials precisely and accurately.
• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills.
• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.
• Use related laboratory software applications, including CAD/CAM software.
• Use of microcontrollers and 3-D printing.
• C++ experience preferred.

Pay

$24.10 per hour

Schedule

Up to 19 hours per week

Number of openings: 3. Position closes October 26, 2026.