Job Description

Date Posted: 08/28/2023
Req ID: 33642
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Department: Dept of Civil and Mineral Engineering
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00053099

Description:

About us:

The University of Toronto\'s Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering offers a dynamic compendium of research and academic programs with a mandate that spans a wide range of applications in professional practice, encompassing the built environment and its infrastructure, transportation engineering and planning, structural engineering, environmental engineering, mining and geomechanics. Our department seeks to uphold and strengthen its position as a preeminent leader in education and research, and to continue to develop sustainable solutions for the global community across the spectrum from mineral engineering to urban infrastructure.

Your opportunity:

The laboratory coordinator will be an integral member of the Centre for the Sustainable Built Environment (CSBE) within the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering. They will work with faculty and students in the Centre to create new data on construction material use in buildings and cities, to maintain and build on the existing dataset and support incoming students to learn the skills and methods they need to create and work with the data. The position provides support for collaboration with industry partners in collecting of confidential building drawings and the proper storing and processing of the drawings. They will build REVIT BIMs (or equivalent software) and work with other material take off software as appropriate. The laboratory coordinator will support the writing and publishing of academic papers and non-academic writing on research stemming from the data created. They will follow, and support others in following, strict confidentiality and data control protocols.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Proofing and posting adverts to recruit applicants
• Preparing consent forms using templates
• Following rules and procedural instructions when administering research studies
• Recording and tabulating experiment results
• Providing some care to prevent physical or emotional injury or harm
• Recording or verifying transactions on a single account
• Providing orientation to others on work procedures and practices

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor\'s Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum one year related experience in a research laboratory or as a laboratory coordinator
• Experience recording experiment results and organizing research data
• Demonstrated knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure to meet multiple competing deadlines
• Strong attention to detail and ability to make sound judgment and proven ability to work with a team and as a team member
• Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and the promotion of a respectful andcollegial learning and working environment

Assets (Nonessential):

• Experience working with Revit or a similar BIM software
• Experience completing material quantity take offs
• Experience with database creation/management
• Experience in an academic research environment
• Experience in industry

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Meticulous
• Motivated self-learner
• Organized
• Patient

Closing Date: 09/06/2023, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Grant - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 05 -- $47,204 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $60,366. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Research Administration & Teaching

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

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