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Research Technologist I

Employer
Michigan State University
Location
East Lansing

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Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution
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Job Details

Job no: 850622
Work type: Support Staff
Pay Grade: 08
Major Administrative Unit / College: College Of Agriculture And Nat Resources
Department: Plant Soil And Microbial Sciences 40000781
Sub Area: CT- Clerical Tech.
Salary: Salary Commensurate with Experience
Location: East Lansing
Categories: Education/Training, Research/Scientific, Clerical Technical- CT, Full Time (90-100%), Union
Position Summary

This positions primary role will be to support the greenhouse, laboratory, and field activities. Greenhouse activities/responsibilities will include: assisting the Greenhouse Manager with greenhouse experiments for the winter wheat breeding programs and graduate student studies, assisting with daily operations in the greenhouse (watering, fertilizing, transplanting, scouting, etc), and maintaining greenhouse and growth chamber facilities. Laboratory activities will include assisting the Lab Manager in DNA extraction, culturing inoculum for wheat disease studies, seed inventory, etc. Field activities will include assisting with planting and harvest in research plots, when needed. Work may involve operation of research tractors, planters and combines. Assisting in oversight of hourly student employees will be required.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with daily greenhouse activities (planting, watering, fertilizing, scouting, and harvest), maintenance of greenhouse and growth chamber facilities, tissue sampling, disease inoculations, etc.
  • Assist with greenhouse-based activities including: implementing wheat disease studies and assist with daily activities when needed
  • Assist with lab-based activities including: DNA extraction, culturing inoculum for field and greenhouse wheat disease studies, and seed inventory
  • Assist with field research including: collecting field data, tissue sampling, harvest, and planting
  • Supervise undergraduate student employees
    • Unit Specific Education/Experience/Skills

    Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in the specific field of research employment or other related field; up to six months of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in basic research techniques in the specific or related field; word processing, spreadsheet; database and/or desktop publishing software; presentation software; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. The job may require the appropriate pesticide applicator's registration/certification and/or experience working with potentially dangerous research animals.

    Desired Qualifications

    B.S. degree in Crop and Soil Sciences, Horticulture or related field

    M.S. degree in Crop and Soil Sciences, Horticulture or related field

    • Experience working with plant pathogens, research methodologies, and greenhouse management

    • Experience in field, greenhouse and laboratory research techniques/activities

    • Experience in operating field research implements with GIS-enabled applications

    • Experience operating field research equipment (threshers, combines, planters, etc)

    Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

    All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

    Required Application Materials

    Cover Letter

    Resume/ Curriculum Vitae

    Names & Contact Information for 3 Professional References

    Special Instructions

    Email Eric Olson (eolson@msu.edu) for more information on the position

    Work Hours

    STANDARD 8-5

    Description of End Date

    This is a limited term position funded for one year from date of hire with possible extension contingent upon funding renewal.

    Summary of Physical Demands

    Lifting up to 25lb of the following from floor/waist height in the midst of the following activities (15-30 Minutes)

  • Moving GH pots from bench to another bench
  • Picking up fertilizer/potting soil bags
  • Moving boxes of seed from table to cart

    • Carrying up to 50lb of the following a distance of 20 feet in the midst of the following activities (30 Minute Average )

  • Moving GH pots from one greenhouse to another.
  • Moving GH pots from GH to vern room (via truck)
  • Carrying buckets of seed

    • Pushing/Pulling a load of 10-20 lbs in a cart a maximum distance of 1000 feet in the midst of the following activities

  • Moving seed/supplies via cart from lab to greenhouse
    Moving bags of potting soil from potting area to GH
    Moving GH pots to other GH
    • Bidding eligibility ends on 3/21/2023 at 11:55 PM

    Advertised: Mar 15, 2023 Eastern Daylight Time
    Applications close: Mar 28, 2023 Eastern Daylight Time

    Organization

    Working at Michigan State University 

    Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.

    Together, we tackle some of the world’s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better—from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.

    We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.

    We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.

    The nation’s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.

    Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world—on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we’re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.

    In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.

    Top Distinctions

    U.S. News & World Report ranks MSU

    • 29th among the nation’s public universities
    • First in the nation for 19 years for graduate programs in elementary and secondary education
    • First in the nation for graduate programs in nuclear physics and industrial and organizational psychology
    • First in the nation for undergraduate program in supply chain

    Recognized for 11 consecutive years as one of the top 100 universities in the world by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in its annual Academic Ranking of World Universities

    Ranks 46th among public universities for in-state students in Kiplinger’s 2013 edition of Best Values in Public Colleges

    Silver rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s STARS program, which measures and encourages sustainability in education and research; operations; and planning, administration, and engagement

    Member of the prestigious 62-member Association of American Universities

    Only university in the country with on-campus medical schools graduating allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) physicians, and veterinarians (DVMs)

    Among the largest single-campus residence hall system in the country with 27 halls in five neighborhoods and two apartment villages.

     

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