Earth Sciences Lab & Field Equipment Technician

University at Buffalo; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

University at Buffalo's Department of Earth Sciences is seeking an Instructional Support Technician to support student instruction and faculty research. You will manage lab facilities and equipment, oversee asset inventory and loan processes, train users, and help maintain teaching collections.

You will also coordinate van scheduling and assist with data reports for the Chair. This role is essential to keeping classrooms and field-training spaces ready for summer courses and ongoing programs at

Responsibilities

• Department asset inventory (including small items such as rock samples and hand-held GPS units) and surplussing old equipment and computers; sorting tools and gear for field training.
• Manage loan process for equipment and tools to faculty, post-docs, students and staff.
• Oversee and help maintain the listed lab equipment: table saw, band saw, drill press, Trimble GPS, GPR, electromagnetic induction sensor, electrical resistivity equipment and seismic equipment, pH meters, centrifuge, and balances.
• Assist with maintenance of petrographic microscopes for the teaching lab.
• Train students (graduate and undergraduate), postdocs, faculty and staff who want to use these facilities.
• Manage departmental van fleet: scheduling, issuing keys, ensuring vans returned in issued condition, maintenance and booking via shared calendar.
• Assemble technical data and write reports for the Chair about use and condition of departmental resources.
• Help clean up and sort teaching collections of rocks and maps.
• Work collaboratively with other instructional support technicians to manage department spaces and prepare classrooms and offices for new arrivals.
• Collaborate on preparations for summer field training courses.

Job description

University at Buffalo's Department of Earth Sciences is seeking an Instructional Support Technician to support student instruction and faculty research. You will manage lab facilities and equipment, oversee asset inventory and loan processes, train users, and help maintain teaching collections.

You will also coordinate van scheduling and assist with data reports for the Chair. This role is essential to keeping classrooms and field-training spaces ready for summer courses and ongoing programs at