Assistant, Senior Lab

Austin Community College; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 49,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Community College is seeking an Assistant, Senior Lab to provide lab and technical classroom support to faculty and staff. The role emphasizes maintaining safe lab conditions and assisting students with equipment.

You will organize lab activities, manage supplies, and help with data collection and reporting, while following college policies and safety regulations. A high school diploma and two years related experience are required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Two years related work experience.
• Knowledge of hazardous material/waste handling and disposal.
• Laboratory safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Ensures safe laboratory conditions and proper handling and storage of supplies and equipment.
• Organizes, plans, and prioritizes laboratory activities.
• May assist students in use of lab equipment and facilities.
• Operates, installs, maintains, troubleshoots equipment and calibrates new devices.
• Collects data and submits reports as required.
• May oversee or delegate related tasks to others as directed.

Skills

Two years experience

Lab safety practices

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Spreadsheet software

Word processing

Database software

Presentation software

Lab software

Job description

Assistant, Senior Lab

Austin Community College

Job Posting Closing Times:

Job postings are removed fromadvertising at 12:00 A.M. on the closing date e.g., atmidnight on the day before the closing date.

Austin Community College employees are required to maintain adomicile in the State of Texas while working for the college andthroughout the duration of employment. - AR 4.0300.01

Austin Community College is a public two-year institution thatserves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 creditstudents each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity asa community college, as reflected in our mission statement. Wepromote student success and community development by providingaffordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes,to higher education and workforce training, including appropriateapplied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruitand retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitableaccess to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies tofacilitate success for populations including; first generationcollege students, low-income students, and students fromunderserved communities.
• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduateoutcomes
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction withothers
• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Assistant, Senior Lab

Job Description Summary:

To provide lab and/or technical classroom support services tofaculty and staff.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

1. Ensures safe laboratory conditions including safe and securehandling and storage of supplies and equipment. May recommend,implement, and maintain safety standards and departmental policiesand procedures to comply with federal, state, and local hazardousmaterials, health and safety, hazardous waste regulations, andother applicable regulations.
2. Organizes, plans, and prioritizes laboratory activities fordesignated area.
3. May assist students in use of lab equipment andfacilities.
4. Perform... (Note: The original text is "Performs clerical duties including operating a computer,maintaining records and files, and compiling data and reports asrequired.")
5. Maintains an inventory of supplies and materials.
6. Initiates purchase requisitions, controls expenditures, andprepares cost estimates for budget recommendation; submitsjustifications and requests for capital outlay items; may preparespecifications and analyze bids for purchases.
7. Operates, installs, maintains, and troubleshoots equipment; setsup, configures, and calibrates new equipment. Performs routinemaintenance and repair.
8. Collects data, records, and other information, and submitsreports as required.
9. May oversee or delegate related tasks to others as deemedappropriate by the supervisor.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of specialized discipline depending on the area ofassignment.
• Hazardous material/waste handling and disposal.
• Laboratory safety practices.

Skills

• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills.
• Effectively using organizational and planning skills, includingthe use of attention to detail and follow-through.
• Understanding and following instructions precisely.
• Handling lab materials precisely and accurately.
• Effectively working with a multicultural student body.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information andmaterials.
• Establishing and maintaining effective workingrelationships.

Technology Skills

• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, andpresentation software.
• Use related laboratory software applications.

Required Work Experience

• Two years related work experience.

Required Education

• High school diploma or educational equivalent.

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in a variety of settings.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching,pushing, and pulling, and at times subject to stooping, crawlingand climbing.
• May need to lift heavy objects of up to 50 pounds andoccasionally up to 100 pounds.
• May be exposed to a variety of temperatures, noise, movingmechanical parts, or chemicals.
• Specific vision abilities may include close vision, distancevision, color vision, and ability tofocus.

Salary Range (PG 3)

$48,630 - $55,284

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

October 20, 2026

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees arerequired to report violations under Title IX and, under the JeanneClery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals arerequired to report crimes. If this position is identified as aCampus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified,trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report asrequired by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from theprevious three years concerning reported crime that occurred oncampus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; andin certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled byACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campussecurity and other safety information.

For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr . You mayobtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ([e-mail] ). For an overview, see ACC'sClery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intendedto be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of thejob, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilitiesrequired to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change withbusiness needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, ordelete portions of this job description at any time, with orwithout notice. Employees maybe required to perform other dutiesas requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonableaccommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enableindividuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of thejob.

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