96169BR
Campus: Tempe
Laboratory Manager
Job Description
The Center for Hydrologic Innovations is searching for a highly motivated and dynamic Laboratory Manager to support the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative and its faculty efforts in the Advanced Water Observatory and Decision Support System and other projects, as requested. The successful candidate will provide leadership in the areas of research, instrumentation, laboratory and field safety, and facilities in our campus and off-campus locations. Under administrative direction, the Laboratory Manager plans, directs and manages the day-to-day operations through research, budgeting and procurement, equipment maintenance and repair, data collection and quality control, and safety standards. Serves as the knowledge expert for the Center regarding instrumentation and research facilities and on campus and off-campus procedures. Instrumentation includes hydrologic, hydraulic, and meteorological sensors and laboratory apparatus. The manager will be located at Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, but will support field efforts that overlap with the project locations in Arizona and southwest region.
Job Family: Research Operations
Department Name: AZ Water Innovation Initiative
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time
VP Code: KNOWLEDGE ENTERPRISE DEV
Scope of Search: Open
Grant Funded Position: This is a grant funded position. Continuation is contingent on future grant funding.
Salary Range: $55,250 – $85,000 per year; DOE
Close Date: 27-October-2023
Category: 03
Essential Duties
- Manages daily operations of research and ensures that ongoing processes and activities are provided efficiently, safely and complies with applicable standards and regulations.
- Coordinates and supervises the schedule of experiments and research, while developing and/or modifying existing lab safety policy/procedures/operations in accordance with research protocols and standards.
- Provides daily transfer of knowledge through communications.
- Maintains a listing of all equipment and locations.
- Manipulates software associated with the testing systems and provides analysis of instrument interruption.
- Designs, constructs, and repairs laboratory and field equipment and machines to ensure the equipment is always maintained to high operating standards and fully operational.
- Serves as liaison between University facilities and faculty members by relaying pertinent information on facilities and discussing and resolving problems and issues in order to facilitate quick and efficient transitions.
- Manages and supervises chemical inventories ensuring that safety standards are met, and appropriate Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are posted.
- Monitors budgets, reviews product specifications, and recommends purchases of laboratory equipment, chemicals, consumables, and outside consultants for specialized equipment.
- Communicates with other department and university administrators to resolve or assist with the resolution of sensitive issues.
- Prepares and presents research materials at outreach events, orientations, and laboratory tours.
- Assists with the Identification of field locations for instrument deployments and supports the permitting process.
- Support for field campaigns using multiple mobile and stationary instrument platforms.
- Coordinates maintenance of field vehicles or purchases on new vehicles.
- Field instrumentation responsibilities include hydrologic, hydraulic, and meteorological sensors.
- Manipulates software associated with the testing systems and provides analysis of instrument interruption.
- Initial data analysis to evaluate field instrumentation performance.
- Collect, quality-control, and organize all data in a database and online repositories.
- Perform preventative maintenance and troubleshooting of instruments and equipment.
- Ensure field and lab safety through proper use of personal protective equipment, taking required safety training and refresher courses, and creating a lab culture of safety.
- Coordinates and reports all employee accidents that are lab or filed research related.
Minimum Qualifications
Master’s degree within an area of discipline and four (4) years of related experience which includes two (2) years laboratory management experience in a research and teaching setting and (2) years of supervisory experience; OR, Bachelor’s degree within the area of the scientific discipline and six (6) years of related experience which includes two (2) years laboratory management experience in a research and teaching setting and (2) years of supervisory experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved.
Desired Qualifications
- Demonstrated knowledge of University Policy and Procedures; specifically Environmental, Health and Safety.
- Demonstrated knowledge base as it relates to science and engineering laboratory operations and equipment.
- Demonstrated knowledge of research, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) safety standards, regulations, and reporting requirements.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the University purchasing system in order to identify the proper equipment needed for the laboratories that will meet the needs of the students, researchers and faculty.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the principles, practices and methods of supervision of laboratory staff, graduate research assistants or post-docs.
- Experience in performing repair and/or construction of laboratory equipment.
- Experience in developing materials and teaching safety policies and procedures and safe operational techniques to all levels of personnel associated with the laboratories.
- Experience in problem solving and decision making.
- Evidence of effective communication.
- Experience in working independently without supervision.
- Experience in First Aid Training. Experience in analyzing and evaluating initial data quality.
- Ability to drive to field sites using an ASU vehicle.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to pass a university safe driving test.
Working Environment
- Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a telephone, computer (monitor, keyboard, and mouse), printer, fax machine and copier (65%); frequently required to stand and walk to other areas of the campus and off-campus locations (35%).
- Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 25 pounds.
- Ability to travel and to work in inclement weather at times.
Department Statement
For the ninth year in a row, ASU has been named the most innovative school in the nation, recognizing the university’s culture of groundbreaking research and partnerships, as well as its commitment to helping students thrive in college and beyond. U.S. News and World Report has named ASU as the most innovative university all five years the category has existed.
ASU Knowledge Enterprise advances research, innovation, strategic partnerships, entrepreneurship, and international development. Our success arises from solutions-focused, interdisciplinary research; an entrepreneurial approach that is embedded in every school and department; and a commitment to transform society in a positive way. http://research.asu.edu/
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Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation’s fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.
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Instructions to Apply
Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.
Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.
Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.
ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.
Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.
IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.
