Job Title
Laboratory Manager
Agency
Texas A&M Engineering
Department
Center For Infrastructure Renewal
Proposed Minimum Salary
Commensurate
Job Location
College Station, Texas
Job Type
Staff
Why work for Texas A&M Engineering?
Engineering has been part of Texas A&M University since its opening in 1876 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Today, the College of Engineering is the largest college on the College Station campus with more than 25,000 engineering students enrolled in 15 departments. Its mission is to serve Texas, the nation and the global community by providing engineering graduates who are well-founded in engineering fundamentals, instilled with the highest standards of professional and ethical behavior, and prepared to meet the complex technical challenges of society.
As the research arm of Engineering, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) is a state agency within the Texas A&M University System with a mission to improve lives through basic and applied engineering research, workforce development and technology transition. Our collaborations with industry, academia and government provide cutting-edge solutions to global technical challenges.
We are deeply committed to recruiting and retaining a talented workforce that embraces our core values of Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Service, by offering competitive salaries, an array of benefits, an extensive support network, and above all, an enriching and highly collaborative working community that is deeply passionate about our vision for higher education, research, and public service.
The Laboratory Manager, under direction, coordinates the distribution, oversight, and maintenance of supplies and equipment in departmental teaching laboratories. Prepares specifications, oversees laboratory set-ups, and ensures efficient operations of demonstrations and/or equipment in teaching laboratories.
Responsibilities
Selects, orders, installs, repairs, modifies, and maintains machines and a variety of shop equipment and tools, construction materials, component parts, electronic instruments, measuring devices, and other shop supplies used in the performance of work.
Coordinates laboratory personnel, facility and services with faculty, teaching assistants and researchers to ensure essential resources are available for research projects, experiments and/or tests. Supervises and trains the workload of technical staff in the performance of assigned duties.
Operates forklift and overhead crane; sets up and programs data acquisition systems; collects and manages data; sets up, maintains and repairs hydraulic systems; fabricates fixtures in machine shop; instruments test specimens.
Modifies, adjusts, and repairs the lab equipment as necessary; troubleshoots and repairs mechanical components and electronic circuits in various instruments. Locates and replaces defective components and makes necessary adjustments and calibrations.
Responsible for administrative and coordination aspects relating to the preparation of equipment in the High Bay Structural and Material Testing Laboratory. Works from sketches, detailed drawings, or in conference with faculty and graduate students. Perceives the application of equipment; designs and constructs basic and complex scientific instruments, apparatus, and equipment requiring exercise of skill and imagination, knowledge of physical and chemical properties of materials, and a comprehension of a scientific field.
Instructs and assists graduate students and staff in the proper use of tools and equipment and assists them with shop operations in their own construction and operation of research equipment. Assesses the safety factors and monitors the performance of machinery and associated equipment.
Other duties as assigned.
What we need:
Bachelor’s degree in applicable field or equivalent combination of education and experience
Six years of related experience
What is helpful:
Professional engineering license
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Working knowledge of AutoCAD and SolidWorks.
Welding skills.
Competencies
Ability to maintain the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, which may include communications systems, computer networks and systems, cybersecurity systems, electrical grid, hazardous waste treatment system or water treatment system.
About the Center for Infrastructure Renewal
The Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR), a joint center between the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, will be the leading global source for the development of transformative infrastructure solutions. Through cross-industry and government agency collaboration, CIR will facilitate the creation of state-of-the-art methods, materials, technologies, and solutions that society needs for civil infrastructure renewal. CIR with 138,000-square-foot research, testing and training facilities, was the first research facility on the Texas A&M-RELLIS campus. CIR will house researchers who are developing advanced and sustainable materials and structural systems that will reduce costs and extend infrastructure life, safety, resiliency, and durability.
Texas A&M Engineering provides an outstanding benefits package including but not limited to:
Helpful Applicant Information
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Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.
