Laboratory Manager

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The University of Wisconsin - Platteville is seeking a Laboratory Manager tooversee technical activities operations and assist with coordinating policy development within the chemistry position involves coordinating laboratory course experiments ensuring quality control and compliance with includes managing and overseeing the physical and logistical aspects of laboratory course experiments managing hazardous waste supervising student workers and assisting with budget management.

This is a full-time 12-month position with a starting salary of $53900 per year commensurate with experience. The University of Wisconsin System offers anationally top ranked retirement planand acomprehensive benefits package.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Develops and facilitates trainings regarding scientific experimentation technical procedures and equipment operations to various audiences

• Identifies proposes and implements new or revised unit operational policies and procedures in alignment with strategic initiatives and objectives

• Monitors program budgets and expenditures

• Serves as the unit liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups providing information making recommendations to leadership and representing the interests of the unit

• May exercise supervisory authority including hiring transferring suspending promoting managing conduct and performance discharging assigning rewarding disciplining and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees

• Directs and supervises the day-to-day laboratory operations quality control programs and/or staff of a work unit to ensure compliance with organization and regulatory agency standards

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Manage scheduling and logistics to ensure timely and efficient setup and takedown of experiments for laboratory courses

• Proactively plan and anticipate laboratory course needs taking initiative to support smooth operations

• Assist faculty and staff by independently preparing laboratory materials and demonstrations including those for outreach events

• Handle purchasing and ordering of supplies and chemicals in a cost-effective and budget-conscious manner

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. in Chemistry or B.S. in STEM discipline with experience in Chemistry stockroom.

• Great organizational and time management skills.

• Supervisory skills (undergraduate students preferred and staff level).

• Experience with inventory management skills (MSDS online preferred).

• Experience with hazardous waste management and compliance.

Why Its Great to be a Pioneer:

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville founded in 1866 offers 47 baccalaureate and 10 masters programs. It possesses institutional strengths in middle level education engineering industrial technology agriculture criminal justice and business. The campus is located in Southwest Wisconsins largest and most historic community. The region offers excellent school systems high quality medical and hospital facilities outstanding recreational opportunities and vibrant businesses and industries. UW-Platteville is a cultural and educational center for the Tri-State region of Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin.

Application Deadline:

To ensure full consideration applications must be received by December 22 will be accepted until the position has been filled.

The following documents are required for applicant consideration:

• Letter of application addressing all required qualifications

• A curriculum vitae or resume

For questions regarding this position please contact Dr. Charles Cornett

Legal Notices and Important Information:

Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University ensures physical accessibility to work environments for persons with disabilities and will provided reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to employment. Upon request the University will provide reasonable accommodations for religious observances and practices.

The University is committed to a program of affirmative action for women racial minorities persons with disabilities disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era. While the Chancellor assumes overall responsibility for the success of the program university administrators and supervisors are responsible and accountable for implementation. Authority for monitoring the program is delegated to Human Resources.

Each individual associated with the University is called upon to pledge a new and revitalized commitment to build and maintain a campus environment free of harassment and discrimination an environment that fosters mutual respect recognizes the dignity and worth of all people and promotes to the fullest equal employment opportunity through affirmative action.

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The Universities of Wisconsin will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released.See Wis. Stat. . 19.36(7).

UW is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age pregnancy disability status as a protected veteran or any other bases protected by applicable federal or State law and UW System policies. We are committed to building a workforce that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

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