The Carnegie Institution for Science has an immediate opening for a full time professional to support four classes of activities for a not-for-profit basic research laboratory located on the campus of Stanford University. The successful applicant for this potentially long-term position will have responsibility for (1) laboratory safety (including hazardous materials safety and biological safety), (2) maintenance contracts on major equipment, (3) support for networking, and (4) support for desktop computing, in an organization that includes approximately 150 faculty, staff, students, and post-doctoral researchers.
Each of the four areas of responsibility is important. The time commitment for each will vary through time. To a first approximation, the expectation is that the position will be 30% laboratory safety, 10% instrument maintenance, 30% network support, and 30% support for desktop computing. The position reports directly to the business manager.
Specific tasks will include:
1) Laboratory safety
Serve as a liaison to Stanford University EH&S
Oversee the management of a wide range of hazardous chemicals, including training, acquisition, inventory, storage, use, and waste collection
Oversee training and safe use of radioisotopes
Oversee the infrastructure and safe operation of BSL2+ biohazard facilities
2) Instrument maintenance
Manage service contracts on 20-50 major pieces of equipment, including high speed centrifuges, ultracentrifuges, confocal microscopes, electron microscopes, mass spectrometers, fluorimeters and scanners
3) Network support
Coordinate network operations with Stanford University IT
Manage network infrastructure
Manage network access for several hundred individual machines
4) Desktop computing
Setting up and maintaining approximately 20 departmental desktop computers
Manage software licenses to insure compliance
Insuring that users adhere to agreed upon standards for virus and malware protection
Overseeing software acquisition and licensing
Providing a help desk for PC and Mac systems questions
Manage backup, serving web pages, and shared storage
In addition to these specifics, we are looking for an individual willing to be broadly invested in the overall safe and smooth operations of the facility. This may involve willingness to help with occasional night or weekend emergency repairs or willingness to help individuals come up to speed with new instruments or techniques. The position does not entail supervising a dedicated staff, but it does entail interacting effectively with about a dozen lab points of contact for the laboratory safety issues, about 50 people for radiation safety training, and about 100 people for computer and network issues.
Qualifications
The successful candidate should have:
at least a bachelors degree in a relevant field
at least 3 years experience in a laboratory environment
solid experience in a position with responsibility for laboratory safety
solid experience with hazardous chemicals
solid experience with radioactive materials
solid experience with biohazards
broad knowledge of chemistry, physics, and computing
good people skills and comfort working with a wide range of different people
The Carnegie Institution for Science has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity. In that spirit, we particularly encourage applications from women, members of ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities.
- Compensation: Salary to be in the range of $60,000-$90,000/yr., DOE, in addition to an attractive benefits package including retirement, medical and dental.
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