Lab Manager, Physics and Engineering Laboratories
North Park University
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Oversees physics and engineering laboratory activities such as equipment usage, specimen preparation and lab clean-up.
- Provide safety training and certification before students are permitted to use key laboratory equipment.
- Ensures timely maintenance and up-keep of all the equipment in department’s laboratories.
- Works with university IT services to ensure licenses of all necessary software for PHEN courses are renewed on-time.
- Works closely with Laboratory Safety Officer (LSO) to ensure that laboratory conditions are in accordance with all hygiene and safety laws, regulations, and best practices.
- Assists Departmental Chair and CAS Operations manager with PHEN Department orders and deliveries.
- Works with Physical Plant to ensure that all PHEN laboratories are in proper working condition.
- Manages stockroom inventory for all PHEN laboratories and works with the Department Chair to place new orders for supplies, as needed.
- Works as a liaison to interface between the department and industry partners to solicit senior design projects.
- Complete other duties as assigned by the Department Chair.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related field.
- Knowledgeable of all safety protocols relating to machine shop, physics, and engineering laboratories.
- Previous experience with CNC machine shop instrumentation.
- Experience working with others (including students) in a laboratory setting.
- Experience maintaining instrumentation and computers.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development related to key responsibilities.
- An eagerness to learn and master the wide variety of essential responsibilities listed above.
- Understanding of and personal commitment to North Park’s mission of Christian higher education.
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Prescription Plan
- Flexible Spending Account
- Commuter Benefit
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Retirement Plan
- Tuition Remission
- Helwig Recreation Center