Engineering Lab Assistant - School of Engineering

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 14,000 - 19,000; Part time

Job summary

Liberty University is seeking a part-time Student Engineering Lab Assistant to support students, faculty, and staff during operating hours. The role includes monitoring lab activities, providing phone coverage, and assisting with lab setups and documentation.

The position requires a residential Liberty University student with a minimum 2.5 GPA, ability to lift 50 lbs, and a flexible schedule. Night and evening hours may be required, and the role reports to the Senior Lab Manager when the manager

Qualifications

• Student must be a residential Liberty University student.
• Proficiency in Computer and Engineering Technology is required.
• Hours vary; ability to work 18 hours per week.
• Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA.
• Must lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
• Must demonstrate a personal faith commitment to the University’s evangelical Christian purpose.

Responsibilities

• Monitor lab activities and provide phone coverage and walk-in support.
• Set up lab experiments for classes and provide evening support.
• Maintain equipment, supplies, and lab documentation.
• Develop equipment testing and inventory processes and assist with general lab support.

Skills

Computer proficiency

Engineering knowledge

Team player

Problem solving

Education

Liberty University student (residential)

Job description

Student Engineering Lab Assistant is responsible for providingsupport to the students, faculty, and staff during hours ofoperations.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Duties will include monitoring lab activities, providing phonecoverage and walk-in support to users, maintaining equipment andsupplies, assisting and setting up lab experiments for classes,providing evening support and lab monitoring. Additional tasks willbe maintaining and developing lab documentation, equipment testingand inventory, and other tasks related to lab support.

Student Engineering Lab Assistants are responsible for helpingmaintain a clean, quiet work area for students and faculty. Thisperson needs to be a team player and have a flexible schedule. Thisposition would report directly to the Senior Lab Manager andprovide assistance when the manager is not available.

Additional information may be found here

Qualifications, Credentials, and Competencies

Minimum Qualifications: The student must be a residential Liberty University student. Proficiency in Computer and Engineering Technology is required. Hours will vary; candidates must have the ability to work 18 hoursper week. Candidates must be critical thinkers, technologicallysavvy and highly motivated team players. Must have and maintain aminimum of 2.5 overall GPA. Must also be able to lift a minimum of50 lbs. All applicants must demonstrate a personal faith commitmentto the University’s evangelical Christian purpose.

Preferred Qualifications: Students in Computer Science, Engineering, BMIS, and the CSITprograms would be ideal candidates. Successful candidates willpossess excellent oral and written communication skills, customerservice skills, demonstrate computer proficiency, be team focused,and possess the abilities to both follow instructions and leadothers, a Christ-like attitude, and the ability to functionresponsibly with minimum direct supervision.

Time Type

Part time

Location

Onsite

Pay Rate

Starting at $12.77

Student employees are paid at least the current Virginia minimumwage per hour. Pay may vary by position and department based on jobresponsibilities, required skills, available funding, and marketconditions.

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We believe itis our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility offensuring that all management practices regarding employees areconducted in a nondiscriminatory manner.

In compliance with TitleVII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal andstate statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promotingforall job classifications will be administered without regard torace, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy orchildbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicablestatus protected by law, including state of employment protectedclasses.

It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate allemployees and prospective employees strictly according to therequirements of the job.

All personnel related activities such ascompensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments,working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs,and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions andprivileges of employment will be administered without regard torace, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy orchildbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicablestatus protected by law, including all applicable stateofemployment protected classes.

The University is a Christianreligious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements.

The University’s hiringpractices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliancewith both federal and state law.

Federal law creates an exceptionto the “religion” component of the employment discrimination lawsfor religious organizations (including educational institutions),and permits them to give employment practice preference to membersof their own religious beliefs.