Education Lab Director – Civil & Environmental Eng.

New Jersey Institute of Technology; Center (IN); On-site; USD 72,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

The Director of Labs for Education at New Jersey Institute of Technology leads the operation, safety, and instructional readiness of the undergraduate teaching laboratories in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

You will instruct faculty, staff, and students in operating laboratory equipment, calibrate instruments, and develop training sessions, including civil and environmental engineering software applications.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a closely related area, with 5–10 years of experience in experimental design and execution.
• Ability to understand experimental requirements and to make recommendations on goal attainment.
• Computer literacy in major civil and environmental engineering software, along with a thorough understanding of data acquisition and the experimental interface.
• Experience setting up, calibrating, and maintaining analytical laboratory instrumentation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• The Director of Labs for Education is responsible for the operation, safety, and instructional readiness of the Department's undergraduate teaching laboratories.
• This includes installing, calibrating, and maintaining analytical and environmental monitoring equipment; setting up laboratory spaces and experiments in coordination with faculty; and instructing faculty, staff, and students in the proper and safe use of laboratory equipment.
• The position develops procedures, training materials, and software-based instructional sessions for civil and environmental engineering laboratory courses; monitors and enforces laboratory safety procedures; teaches selected laboratory sections such as Strength of Materials, Hydraulics, Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Materials, Soil/Water/Air Quality, Environmental Systems, and Microbiology for Environmental Engineers.

Skills

Experimental design

Data acquisition

Civil engineering software knowledge

Laboratory safety

Teaching/training

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering

Tools

Analytical instrumentation

Environmental monitoring equipment

Laboratory calibration tools

Job description

The Director of Labs for Education at New Jersey Institute of Technology leads the operation, safety, and instructional readiness of the undergraduate teaching laboratories in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

You will instruct faculty, staff, and students in operating laboratory equipment, calibrate instruments, and develop training sessions, including civil and environmental engineering software applications.