What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Associate -Biology position at UMass Dartmouth?
OFFICIAL JOB TITLE : Technical Associate
DIVISION : Academic Affairs
DEPARTMENT : Department of Biology
BARGAINING UNIT STATUS : Faculty Federation
FLSA STATUS : Non- Exempt
REPORTS TO : Prof. Pia Moisander, Biology and Estuarine and Ocean Sciences
SUPERVISES : N / A
SUMMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION :
The university invites candidates for a one-year grant-funded Technical Associate position to support a Blue Economy grant with Dr. Pia Moisander, Professor of Biology and Estuarine and Ocean Sciences. The position is renewable pending grant funding and positive evaluations.
The primary responsibility of the Technical Associate is for field deployment of several oceanographic instruments at the university pier located at the UMassD School of Marine Science and Technology, New Bedford. The Technical Associate will assist faculty and staff in developing the mooring deployment and a data pipeline (data logging and distribution) from oceanographic sensors, and will be responsible for instrument programming, calibrations, instrument maintenance, maintaining data backups, and conducting data post-processing. After training, the Technical Associate is responsible for working independently to maintain the instrumentation deployment at the pier. Some local travel is required for training. The position is based both on the main UMass Dartmouth campus and at SMAST.
DUTIES
Primary Research Responsibilities
- Program and read out data from water quality sensors
- Program and adjust settings in a data logger
- Maintain and calibrate oceanographic instruments at the pier and in the laboratory at required intervals
- Test and validate instruments by secondary data sources
- Post-process collected data, to apply quality control and assurance
- Maintain computer server for data sharing
- Maintain data backups
- Contribute to initial design and construction of mooring and data management pipeline
- Contribute to development of Standard Operating Procedures
Secondary Responsibilities
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION : Baccalaureate degree in a relevant field (for example, Biology, Marine Science, Engineering, Computer science)
EXPERIENCE : Hands on experience in an area related to the research activity
OTHER : Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization for full time employment in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Driver's license
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
NOTE : Other job-related duties and responsibilities may be assigned and / or the job description changed periodically to reflect changing organization needs.
About UMass Dartmouth
UMass Dartmouth is in the beautiful ocean side community of Dartmouth, about an hour south of Boston, half-hour east of Providence, and half-hour west of Cape Cod. It offers a world class education to undergraduate and graduate students each year in over 40 undergraduate and 23 graduate programs offered by the College of Engineering, College of Nursing, Charlton College of Business, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Visual and Performing Arts, School of Law and School for Marine Science and Technology.
The College of Arts and Sciences and the Department value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations.
UMass Dartmouth has transformed the lives of 40,000 alumni and distinguishes itself as a vibrant, public research university dedicated to engaged learning and innovative research. It is the only Massachusetts Tier 1 national research university south of Boston and serves as a catalyst for the development of marine science and technology industries along the south coast.
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To apply please submit a letter of interest, a current CV and the contact information for three professional references.
The review of internal and external applications will be ongoing until the position is filled.
