| Department: |
EARTH SCIENCES |
Effective Date: |
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| Grade: |
USG 8 |
Reports to: |
Faculty Member |
General Accountability
This position is accountable to the faculty member responsible for the Organic Geochemistry and Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (currently Dr. J. F. Barker-Department of Earth Sciences). The position supports both internal and external research, groundwater analysis services, and financial administrative requirements for the laboratory.
Nature and Scope
- Develop, evaluate and perform procedures for geochemical and microbiological analysis, as required for the implementation of research projects and water sample analysis, under the limited direction of faculty members and researchers. Required to utilize research, and/or technical and scientific publications to develop new and/or innovative analytical procedures and research experiments. Must ensure feasibility of approach and validity of results.
- Required to calibrate, install, trouble-shoot, assemble, design, test and/or modify analytical equipment and/or experiments used in environmental and organic geochemistry and microbiology.
- Incumbent is required to prepare reports for both internal and external clients, including appropriate computations, statistics, spreadsheets, graphics, and data interpretation. Demonstrate intermediate computing skills.
- Required to evaluate and purchase analytical equipment for the laboratory, with final approval from faculty member (Dr. Barker). This involves obtaining/providing up to date quotes and written proposals.
- Responsible for implementing and maintaining quality control and quality assurance programs for all analysis and experiments performed. Oversee the day to day operations of the laboratory. Duties include maintaining adequate supplies of consumables and chemicals and performing regular maintenance on analytical equipment. Ensure that all laboratory users conform to university safety standards and carry out experimentation in a safe manner.
- Provide client contact service for the laboratory. Provide information about available laboratory analytical and microbiological services to both external (general public) and internal (faculty, staff, students) customers. This involves consultation, costing and providing appropriate literature. Prepare laboratory promotional materials (web page, brochure etc.).Liaison with other laboratory analysts to determine procedures, work schedules, and provide quality data and customer support and satisfaction.
- Responsible for invoicing internal and external clients for all work performed by the laboratory. Maintain and upgrade invoicing data base (Microsoft -Access). Manage the laboratory financial account by utilizing university financial software. Keep current records of invoices, payments, purchases, salaries etc. in accordance with university financial procedures. Establish pricing policies for the services provided by the laboratory. The incumbent has signing authority for the laboratory account and other research accounts. The total income of the laboratory account is approximately 150,000 to 200,000 per year.
- When required, develop and present laboratory demonstrations for graduate level courses (Biogeochemistry 624, Field Methods in Hydrogeology 671)
- Supervise, train and allocate work to junior technicians, and graduate/ undergraduate students, in their performance of biological and analytical procedures. Hire casual employees.
- Incumbent has a university degree in Biology/(chemistry) (with 24 years work experience).
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