Laboratory Technician 113390

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Work type:Staff Full-time
Location:Pensacola – Main Campus
Categories:Staff, Chemistry

The University of West Florida is an Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action/Disabled/Veteran employer. Any individual requiring special accommodation to apply is requested to advise UWF by contacting UWF Human Resources at 1-850-474-2694 (voice) or 1-850-857-6158 (TTY). E-Verify is required for employment. All applications for employment at the University are subject to Florida public records law. 

Please review job requirements carefully.  Failure to submit all pieces of the application may result in disqualification. Applications are accepted on the University of West Florida career site: https://careers.uwf.edu . For assistance contact UWF Human Resources at 850-474-2694 or [email protected] .

Employment based visa sponsorship will NOT be considered for this position.

Position Number: 113390
Position Title (Classification Title):  Laboratory Technician 113390
Working Title:  Laboratory Technician
Job Summary: Duties include prepping lower-level chemistry and biology labs, setting up various scientific equipment for labs, teaching lab assistants proper equipment use and care, ensuring building 58A labs are properly maintained, overseeing safe handling and disposal of chemical and biological wastes, performing calibration and routine maintenance of lab instruments and microscopes, performing general stockroom duties, such as ordering, receiving, and taking inventory, and placing order for the HMCSE summer undergraduate research program.
Department Chemistry
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Minimum Qualifications: A high school diploma and two years of appropriate experience. Appropriate college coursework or vocational/technical training may substitute at an equivalent rate for the required experience
Position Qualifications: Strong organizational, computer, communication and lab skills,
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Preferred Qualifications Familiarity with equipment used in biology and chemistry laboratories.
Substantial knowledge of Biology, Chemistry and Physics,
Experience in lab environment and ability to train undergraduate/graduate student workers are required.
Essential Functions / Job Duties:

• 30% – To service the storeroom in building 58A, ensuring that supplies and chemicals are available for all laboratory courses taught in lower division biology, chemistry, and physics laboratories. Work closely with Lab Coordinators on lab set­up. Must complete tasks in a timely manner. Must adhere to scheduled lunch hour, thereby letting teaching assistants know availability. Must set scheduled hours available in stockroom or labs. – (Essential)
• 30% – To oversee the greenhouse, headhouse and associated facilities, ensuring that necessary supplies are available and that the facilities are maintained. Must spend 12hrs/week working on greenhouse duties. Need to ensure that plants are available on dates needed by the botany faculty. Maintain a daily log of greenhouse operations. – (Essential)
• 20% – To oversee the laboratories, preparation rooms, instrument rooms, deionization system, to ensure that these facilities are properly maintained. To report maintenance problems in building 58A and greenhouse to physical plant and follow up on repairs. Ensure security of laboratories, greenhouse, computer room, study room, and storeroom. Need to remove chemicals following labs, and check labs at least weekly for chemical waste or biohazardous waste. Must notify UWF Environmental Health and Safety for hazardous waste pick-up and disposal. – (Essential)
• 5% – Initiate orders for supplies and chemicals needed for building 58A and HMCSE SURP and to work through the stores manager in placing and receiving orders. Must anticipate storeroom needs, acquiring and shelving stock in a timely manner. – (Essential)
• 5% – To maintain inventory of all chemicals and supplies in the building 58A stockroom. Must follow inventory procedures as set by stores manager. – (Essential)
• 5% – To assist and work closely with the stores manager in maintaining the inventory in the satellite areas in and outside building 58A. Ensure that the supplies needed in 58A are available. – (Essential)
• 5% – Set-up and maintain small equipment items, balances, pH meters, etc., located in building 58A. Oversee the laboratories, preparation rooms, instrument rooms, and deionization system, to ensure that these facilities are properly maintained. Report maintenance problems in building 58A and greenhouse to Facilities Maintenance and follow up on repairs. Make sure that all small equipment items in 58A are operating correctly and services are available for the teaching labs. – (Essential)

Physical Demands:

• Physical Requirements: Regularly involves lifting, bending or other physical exertion. Often exposed to one or more disagreeable environmental factors, such as heat, cold, noise, dust, dirt, chemicals, etc., with often to the point of being objectionable.
• Impact of Deadlines: Routine deadlines. Usually sufficient lead time. Variance in work volume, seasonal, and predictable. Priorities can be anticipated. Some interruptions are present. Involves occasional exposure to demands/pressures from persons other than immediate sup.
• Standing: Daily
• Walking: Daily
• Sitting: Daily
• Reaching with hands and arms: Daily
• Climbing or balancing: Daily
• Stooping: Daily
• Use of hands to handle objects: Daily
• Lifting up to 10lbs: Daily
• Lifting up to 25lbs: Daily
• Lifting over 25lbs: Occasionally
• Talking as express or exchange of ideas verbally: Daily
• Hearing as perceive sound by ear: Daily
• Vision as distinguish colors & depth: Daily

Special Requirements or Considerations of the Job:

This position is eligible for veteran’s preference.

This position requires fingerprinting.

This position requires a criminal background screen.

Number of Vacancies 1
Work Hours 8:00 – 5:00
Contract Period 12 months
FTE 1
Salary Range $31,320-$33,000
Pay Basis Annually
Closing Date: April 8, 2024
Special Instructions to Applicants: Candidates must apply online through the University of West Florida website: https://careers.uwf.edu.
Applicants are required to attach a resume, cover letter and contact information for three references.
An opportunity to upload these documents will be provided during the application process.
For assistance, please contact Human Resources at 850-474-2694 or email [email protected].
This position allows eligible veterans and their spouses to claim Veterans’ Preference pursuant to Section 295.07, F.S.; applicants claiming preference are responsible for providing required documentation on or before the posting deadline date as such documentation is required for eligibility determination. Supporting documentation, in addition to the DD214, may be required based on eligibility criteria. For information on obtaining a DD214, visit http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/ or call 1-866-272-6272.
At the conclusion of this search, if a non-preference eligible applicant is appointed to the position and you are a preference-eligible applicant and believe that you were not afforded employment preference in accordance with applicable Florida law and regulation, a written complaint requesting an investigation may be submitted to the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Division of Benefits and Assistance, 9500 Bay Pines Blvd., Room 214, St. Petersburg, Florida 33708. Such complaint should be filed within 60 calendar days from the date that the notice the position has been filled is received by the applicant pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, F.S.
Prior to filing a complaint, it is the responsibility of the preference-eligible applicant to contact the designated Human Resources or other contact person at least one time after 45 days have passed from the final date for submitting an application or the interview date, whichever is later in time, if the applicant has not received notice of a hiring decision.

Advertised:March 11, 2024
Applications close:April 08, 2024

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