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Posting Number 20111725 Position Title Manager Laboratory #499894 Template Title Position Type Staff Position Number Department Civil Engineering Position Summary Information

Job Summary/Basic Function

General Description:
Manages operational and instructional activities in the Civil and Environmental Engineering departmental research laboratories and undergraduate teaching laboratories and supports other departmental facilities. Ensures that laboratories have an assigned qualified and trained assistant and that the laboratories operate according to departmental and national guidelines with respect to safety and pedagogy. Instructs and supervises Teaching Assistants in procedures, policies and teaching techniques.

Essential Job Functions:
Manages laboratories by maintaining, calibrating and upgrading laboratory equipment, software and computers as needed. Ensures that required equipment and chemical list is available, requesting reagents and materials for teaching lab use; maintaining general laboratory and safety supplies; equipping student lockers with equipment; performing routine maintenance and minor repairs on equipment and computers; maintaining cleanliness in the laboratory and research areas, and ensuring availability of labeled containers for hazardous waste and broken glass. Suggests new equipment for laboratories as necessary.

Maintains computerized list of all chemicals, including quantity and location; providing annual departmental physical inventory check; maintaining safety data sheet (SDS) files for each chemical with computerized database in compliance with legal requirements.

Interfaces with faculty to understand goals and objectives for laboratory classes, senior design and student organization projects, and ensures lab assignments further those goals. Identifies improvements and/or new experiments which might better meet course and national professional objectives. Assists faculty with teaching laboratories. Supervises, reviews, schedules and trains Graduate Teaching Assistants and other university employees in laboratory teaching techniques and safe laboratory practices. Develops policies and procedures so that workloads of Graduate Teaching Assistants are distributed evenly and faculty expectations for the teaching assistants are constant. Provides training on such topics as reading outputs from equipment used in the teaching labs, and data record procedures.

Supervises storeroom/materials at critical lab times; ensuring quality of materials and reagents supplied; and troubleshooting and resolving erroneous results when linked to materials, computers or equipment. Oversees equipment and apparati by organizing and supervising check-in and check-out; ordering, installing, updating and maintaining computerized systems for research data collection and storage of data and overseeing student access to laboratories.

Works in conjunction with department staff and faculty to develop standard operating procedures, and safety and security policies. Keeps a daily journal of lab activities and incidents.

Monitors laboratory projects with regard to progress and cost. Compiles statistics such as laboratory utilization figures, projects enrollments and surveys other departments nationally.

Performs semi-annual departmental physical inventories of, and monitors arrival and placement of capital and electronic equipment; and assisting physical plant with access and logistics.

Minimum Qualifications

Job Requirements:

Education Required: Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering or a related science.

Experience Required: At least two years of experience in research and/or engineering.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Position typically includes work that requires the direction of occasional, non-regular employees, including student assistants, work study students, seasonal employees, interns and part-time hourly employees.

Personal contacts are with employees within the College and/or general public, including students, in a highly structured situation which involves obtaining, clarifying or giving facts or information.

This job title performs under minimal supervision and is responsible for planning, organizing and directing most aspects pertaining to laboratory and department equipment functions pertaining to data collection, process management, development of standard operating procedures, and outcomes monitoring

This job title requires a comprehensive, practical knowledge of a technical field with use of analytical judgement and decision-making abilities appropriate to the work environment in the College.

This job title does research for documents, compiles data for computer entry, and/or enters or oversees data entry, storage and back-up. Has responsibility for monitoring budget/fiscal expenditures (typically non-discretionary expenditures) for a work unit of less than department size or for capital projects.

This job title must successfully complete a 24-hour Hazardous Waste Course.

Physical Requirements: Medium exerting 20-50 lbs. occasionally, 10-25 lbs. frequently, or up to 10 lbs. constantly. Requires walking or standing to a significant degree.

Essential functions or requirements as listed may not be performed in every position with this title, and these essential functions may not include all related duties that might be requested and/or performed.

EEO Statement

Lamar University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Veteran's Preference Statement

Lamar University is proud to provide employment preference to veteran applicants in accordance with Texas 805 Government Code, Section 657.003.

Preferred Qualifications Security Sensitive Statement

This position is security-sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of the Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes the employer to obtain criminal history record information.

Salary $35,000 Work Hours Application Information

Posting Date 02/22/2019 Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Special Instructions Posting Specific Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

1. * Are you claiming Veteran's Preference in accordance with Texas Senate Bill 805, Section 657.003? FAILURE TO EMAIL THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED DOCUMENTS PER THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY IMPACT VETERAN'S PREFERENCE: To claim Veteran's Preference under the law you must be: (1) a veteran, including a veteran with a disability; (2) a surviving spouse of a veteran killed on active duty who has not remarried; or (3) an orphan of a veteran if the veteran was killed while on active duty. If claiming Veteran's Preference, you MUST immediately email to jobs4vets@lamar.edu your specific supporting documentation at the time of application such as the DD Form 214 (member 4 copy), AND, if applicable, the Dept of Veteran's Affairs Verification of Disability Benefits Letter if claiming a service related disability, a DD Form 1300 to include qualifying Death, Birth, and Marriage Certificates if claiming surviving spouse/orphan. Your email MUST also include your name, position number, job title and the department for each position you are applying for. Documents received after a position closes will not be accepted.
   • Yes
   • No
2. * In what field did you earn your Bachelor's degree?

   (Open Ended Question)

3. * The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) maintains a list of Institutions Whose Degrees are illegal to Use in Texas. You can search for your institution on the THECB website at: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=3D2801D0-1C9F-11E8-BC500050560100A9. Copy and paste this link into a web browser in order to search under "Fraudulent or Substandard Institutions" for your college/university attended for your degree. Please check your answer BEFORE you submit your application. HR is not responsible for checking your answer nor resubmitting your application back into the pool if you do not answer this question correctly.As part of your educational qualifications for this position, are you claiming a degree from any of the institutions listed on the THECB website referenced above?
   • Yes, my institution IS on this list & IS not accredited.
   • No, my institution is NOT on this list & IS accredited.
4. * How many years of experience do you have in research and/or engineering?
   • 2 years
   • 3 years
   • 4-5 years
   • More than 6 + years

Applicant Documents Required Documents

1. Letter of Interest
2. Resume

Optional Documents

1. Unofficial Transcript 1
2. Miscellaneous