Laboratory Manager-

Specific duties of the position include:
Lab Safety and Compliance – Working directly with the office of the VP for Research to follow all laboratory safety protocols. Enrolling all PIs and student researchers in annual lab safety training and refresher courses, monitoring laboratory activities for safety compliance, maintaining chemical and biohazardous materials inventories, managing hazmat waste inventories and scheduling waste pick-ups. Reporting any problems or concerns to the Dean.
Analytical Instrumentation Maintenance – Maintenance, repair, calibration, and training on over $2.5M of analytical instruments shared by SES researchers for measuring nutrients, and organic contaminants in water, soil, and plant samples. Analytical instrumentation includes a Thermo Scientific HPLC-MS/MS, Agilent GC/MS, Metrohm Ion Chromatograph, Thermo Scientific Carbon Nitrogen Analyzer, Shimadzu TOC analyzer, various scales, incubators, drying ovens and muffle furnaces. The Laboratory Manager will manage the schedule and the use of shared instruments for classes and research.
Managing Shared Laboratory Space – managing shared research and shared teaching labs, keeping track of space utilization, facilitating the use of shared space most efficiently and effectively, implementing standard operating procedures for the use of shared space and instruments, organizing the flow of work in sample processing, maintaining order, cleanliness and safety in all laboratories.
Managing Teaching Labs – Collaborating with faculty to keep teaching labs clean and well organized, managing the refilling of consumable materials and supplies, keeping lab and field instruments in good working order with extra batteries, reagents, and glassware. Conducting the ordering of supplies for all faculty using the teaching labs, keeping extra supplies inventoried and stored, and assisting faculty and their
undergraduate lab assistants in lab prep and clean up.
Instrumentation-Use Training – Training of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students on the proper use of instruments in research and how to interpret results. Conducting analysis of samples for SES faculty PIs and conducting demonstration
laboratory analyses for some classes.
Managing Central Inventory – Establishing and maintaining a central inventory of chemicals, glassware, consumable supplies, commonly used equipment, safety equipment. Coordinating with other department lab managers to share equipment and supplies where appropriate and cost effective.
Formal Teaching – An option for this position, depending on the candidate’s qualifications, includes teaching an environmental chemistry course with a lab
component for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.