Lab Manager
- Employer
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Location
- Worcester
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- Academic Affairs, Research Staff & Technicians
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
JOB TITLE
Lab Manager
LOCATION
Worcester
DEPARTMENT NAME
Physics Department
DIVISION NAME
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - WPI
JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
In coordination with faculty, operates and manages the Physics introductory laboratories.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Responsibilities:
- Set up laboratory equipment for introductory physics laboratories with the help of graduate teaching assistants and peer learning assistants.
- Maintains introductory Physics laboratory rooms (currently OH 114, OH117, OH208 and OH211 with the associated preparation rooms) and the demonstration room (OH109A) in proper order.
- Maintains, organizes, repairs, and/or replaces introductory physics laboratory equipment, computers, and software.
- Schedules introductory laboratory experiments and makeup sessions in coordination with the associated faculty and the Department Office.
- Be assigned, as needed, introductory laboratory sections, as lead or back-up instructor.
- Maintains laboratory student attendance and grade records.
- Supervises and helps train Graduate Teaching Assistants and Peer Learning Assistants in their work in the introductory laboratories.
- Participates in the process of creating new laboratory exercises with faculty, including evaluation and testing of new laboratory activities.
- Helps create, maintain, and update the introductory laboratory manuals, including electronic versions for dissemination on the Learning Management System.
- Supports Departmental and WPI outreach activities.
- Helps create, maintain, organize and set-up, Physics demonstrations for the introductory courses and outreach activities.
- Co-Advising on undergraduate student projects.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- An advanced degree in Physics is preferred but candidates with a Bachelor's degree (BS or BA) in Physics or a closely related field with suitable experience will also receive full
- consideration.
- Familiarity with common undergraduate laboratory equipment.
- Preference for some education experience or with operations of undergraduate science laboratories.
To apply please attach a current resume.
FLSA STATUS
United States of America (Exempt)
WPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability. We are seeking individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences who will contribute to a culture of creativity and collaboration, inclusion, problem solving and change making.
To apply, visit: https://wpi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WPI_External_Career_Site/job/Worcester/Lab-Manager_R0000483
About WPI
WPI is a vibrant, active, and diverse community of extraordinary students, world-renowned faculty, and state of the art research facilities. At WPI, we have competitive and comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, long-term care, retirement, tuition assistance, flexible spending accounts, work-life balance and much more.
Diversity & Inclusion at WPI
WPI is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected; a place where every student, faculty and staff member can be themselves, so that they can study, live, and work comfortably, to reach their full potential, and make meaningful contributions in order to meet departmental and institutional goals. WPI thrives on innovative practice and welcomes diverse perspectives, insight, and people from diverse lived experiences, to enhance the community environment and propel the institution to the next level in a competitive, global marketplace.
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Organization
Founded in Worcester, Mass., in 1865, WPI was one of the nation's earliest technological universities. From our founding days, WPI has taken a unique approach to science and technology education.
Our undergraduate and graduate students emerge ready to take on some of the most difficult challenges in science and technology. More important, they understand how their work can truly impact society and improve our lives.
Great Minds at Work in the classroom and around the world
WPI's academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, management, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to the BA, BS, MS, ME, MBA, and PhD.
At sites as close as our home city of Worcester and at over 40 other locations in 25 countries,WPI’s Global Projects Program immerses students in new cultures to tackle unstructured problems in ways that are meaningful to local sponsors in real communities. This is not your typical study abroad.
WPI faculty members and students are engaged in advanced, multidisciplinary research across a broad range of fields—from cutting-edge work in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, to explorations of the technological and policy issues surrounding cybersecurity, to studies of issues as diverse as firefighter health and security and the fire safety challenges of green buildings.
A highly regarded institution
Among recent honors for WPI are the 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education and the No. 1 ranking for “faculty who best combine research and teaching.” (Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Ed, 2016)
A beautiful campus in a central location
WPI’s compact 95-acre campus is set atop one of Worcester’s “seven hills” on the residential outskirts of town. Old English stone buildings are focal points of the architecture, but modern facilities have moved in to claim their own space on the immaculately kept grounds. WPI’s newest building, the Foisie Innovation Studio, is slated to open in Fall 2018 and will house high-tech classrooms, makerspaces, labs, and a residence hall for 140 students.
Learn more at wpi.edu.
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