Laboratory Research Assistant III - 993025

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Primary Purpose:

Contributes to research by assisting researchers. Supports academic excellence by ensuring the proper maintenance of laboratories for the use of students, faculty, and researchers.

 

Job Category: Exempt

Hiring Range:  Commensurate with experience

Pay Basis:  Annually

Subject to Grant Funding? Yes  

Essential Job Functions: 

1. Contributes to basic and applied research activities; collects, analyzes, and processes laboratory samples or research data; performs a variety of tests, using routine and/or special techniques and methods.
2. Analyzes experimental data and interprets results to write reports and summaries of findings.
3. Assists in evaluating research methods, procedures, and techniques based on established objectives.
4. Assists in preparation of technical reports, summaries, protocols, and quantitative analyses of test results.
5. May participate in formulating research methods and suggesting options for improving quality and recommending solutions.
6. Acts as a specialist on laboratory research methods and equipment functions.
7. May participate in computer database design and utilization and research/data analysis, and suggest future improvements in data measurement.
8. Cleans, maintains, and prepares supplies and work areas.
9. Sets up, adjusts, calibrates, cleans, maintains, and troubleshoots laboratory and field equipment.
10. Orders and inventories materials to maintain supplies.
11. Provides training and assistance in the use of equipment to ensure efficient usage.
12. May lead and direct the work of others.
13. Provides and maintains a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or facility safety audits.
14. Completes special projects as assigned.
15. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirements: 

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Knowledge:
1. Biology - Working knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
2. Chemistry – Working knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
3. English Language – General knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
4. Mathematics - General knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, and/or statistics, and their applications.

Skills:
1. Reading Comprehension - Proficient understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
2. Active Listening - Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
3. Critical Thinking - Proficient skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
4. Science - Proficient skills using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
5. Complex Problem Solving - Proficient skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
6. Active Learning - Proficient skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
7. Judgment and Decision Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
8. Speaking - Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
9. Systems Analysis - Proficient skills in determining how a system should work and how