Location
Brownsville, Texas
Department
College of Sciences / School of Earth Environmental and Marine Sciences
Scope of Job
To provide responsible supervisory and technical skills for the distribution, oversight, and maintenance of supplies and equipment in departmental laboratories.
Responsible for the supervision of all aspects of the operations of scientific teaching laboratories and maintaining thorough knowledge of safety regulations, and departmental/university regulations, policies, and procedures.
Description of Duties
- Supervises teaching assistants, lab instructors and other lab personnel in academic science labs, technology labs, service delivery labs, or clinical labs.
- Depending on the type of lab being supervised, will perform one or more of the following duties:
- Schedules lab sections for teaching assistants/lab instructors.
- Prepares training modules and training evaluation materials.
- Designs lab lay-out, schedule or perform lab set-ups and tear-downs.
- Maintains, inspects and supervises laboratory classrooms for safety regulation compliance, security, and equipment maintenance.
- Coordinates reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities.
- Ensures proper labeling of chemicals and proper disposal of chemicals, broken glassware and laboratory specimens.
- Recommends equipment purchases for labs.
- Maintains equipment, supplies and chemicals inventory and order as needed.
- Oversees completion of employment paperwork for laboratory instructors and employees.
- Maintains participant records.
- Develops laboratory syllabi.
- May perform other duties as assigned.
Supervision Received
General direction from the assigned supervisor.
Supervision Given
May supervise assigned staff.
Required Education
Bachelor’s degree in a related field appropriate to the type of lab.
Preferred Education
Master’s degree in a related field appropriate to the type of lab.
Licenses/Certifications
None.
Required Experience
Two (2) years experience in the preparation of teaching materials, laboratory supervision or laboratory instruction.
Equipment
In science labs: spectrophotometer, ph meter, water bath, other standard laboratory equipment; other type labs: equipment as may be appropriate for the particular type of lab.
Working Conditions
Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Normal laboratory conditions. Sometimes requires working with hazardous equipment and materials or in hazardous environments.
Other
Particular project or program may require ability to drive a car for local or distant travel for consultation, training, meetings, or on site demonstrations.
Physical Capabilities
N/A
Employment Category
Full-Time
Minimum Salary
Commensurate with Experience
Posted Salary
Commensurate with Experience
Position Available Date
03/26/2024
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