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Working Title: EPMA Laboratory Manager
Position Location: Fort Collins, CO
Work Location: Position is fully in-office/in-person
Research Professional Position: Yes
Posting Number: 202401450AP
Position Type: Admin Professional/ Research Professional
Classification Title: Research Associate IV
Number of Vacancies: 1
Work Hours/Week: 40
Proposed Annual Salary Range: $80,000-85,000
Employee Benefits: Colorado State University is not just a workplace; it’s a thriving community that’s transforming lives and improving the human condition through world-class teaching, research, and service. With a robust benefits package, collaborative atmosphere, commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and focus on work-life balance, CSU is where you can thrive, grow, and make a lasting impact.
Description of Work Unit: Founded in 1870, Colorado State University is among the nation’s leading research universities and enrolls approximately 32,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Located an hour north of the Denver metro area, Fort Collins is a vibrant community of approximately 157,000 residents that offers the convenience of a small town with all the amenities of a large city.
Position Summary: The position is within the Department of Geosciences and primary supervision will be from the Geosciences Department Head. The Research Associate IV will be primarily responsible for the operations of the EPMA Laboratory. They will work with users, including Geosciences and other CSU faculty, to ensure that instrumentation and support services are in optimal working condition and otherwise meet the needs of the user community, including maintenance and calibration, troubleshooting hardware, software, and computer issues, electronic and mechanical repairs, installing and testing detectors sources, designing detection and analysis protocols, coordinating with manufacturers for site or remote service visits. The position will facilitate and assist internal and external users for training and innovative applications. The position may incorporate independent and collaborative research depending on the applicant’s interests. The candidate must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills in addition to technical and analytical experience. The Research Associate will represent the department and college in partnerships with other laboratories and users across CSU and externally.
Required Job Qualifications:
- MS degree plus at least 5 years of experience or PhD in geoscience, analytical chemistry, physics, or a related field.
- 2 years of experience in the operation and maintenance of modern instruments for quantitative EPMA analysis.
Preferred Job Qualifications:
- Experience with the operation and maintenance of other geological and related instrumentation, including elemental analyzers, isotope ratio mass spectrometers coupled to multiple peripheral systems (such as elemental analyzer, trace gas concentrator, gas chromatograph), plasma source ICP-MS systems (such as quadrupole, high-resolution, or multi-collector systems, scanning electron microscopes, and X-ray diffraction.
- Experience working in a multi-disciplinary shared research/contract laboratory.
- Experience training users of above instrumentation.
- Experience with instrumentation and operations within environmental, ecological, and/or geological academic, government, or industry units.
- Record of scholarly research and collaboration in ecological and/or geological sciences.
- Familiarity with common analytical and business/communications software (e.g., MSWord, Excel, MATLAB, Adobe products, Python) and platforms.
Diversity Statement: Reflecting departmental and institutional values, candidates are expected to have the ability to advance the Department’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Conditions of Employment: Pre-employment Criminal Background Check (required for new hires).
EEO Statement: Colorado State University is committed to providing an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based on race, age, creed, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or pregnancy in its employment, programs, services and activities, and admissions, and, in certain circumstances, marriage to a co-worker.
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