Lab Manager, Physics and Engineering Laboratories

Responsibilities

• Oversees physics and engineering laboratory activities such as equipment usage, specimen preparation and lab clean-up.
• Provide safety training and certification before students are permitted to use key laboratory equipment.
• Ensures timely maintenance and up-keep of all the equipment in department's laboratories.
• Open to receiving training to work in CNC and welding facilities (previous experience with this type of equipment is a plus).
• Works with university IT services to ensure licenses of all necessary software for PHEN courses are renewed on-time.
• Works closely with Laboratory Safety Officer (LSO) to ensure that laboratory conditions are in accordance with all hygiene and safety laws, regulations, and best practices.
• Affords assistance to Departmental Chair and CAS Operations manager with PHEN Department orders and deliveries.
• Works with Physical Plant to ensure that all PHEN laboratories are in proper working condition.
• Manages stockroom inventory for all PHEN laboratories and works with the Department Chair to place new orders for supplies, as needed.
• Works as a liaison to interface between the department and industry partners to solicit senior design projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or closely related field.
• Knowledgeable of all safety protocols relating to machine shop, physics, and engineering laboratories.
• Previous experience with CNC machine shop instrumentation.
• Experience working with others (including students) in a laboratory setting.
• Experience maintaining instrumentation and computers.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development related to key responsibilities.
• An eagerness to learn and master the wide variety of essential responsibilities listed above.