What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Instrumentation Technician position at usm?
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Job Summary
The position of Regional Instrumentation Technician will primarily reside within the School of Polymer Science and Engineering at the Hattiesburg campus of the University of Southern Mississippi but will have duties and responsibilities that extend throughout the State of Mississippi. The goal of this position is to support advanced instrumentation across multiple institutions in the state by providing training, operation, maintenance, and service, as well as delivering informal seminars and workshops to raise awareness and educate potential users in both academic and industrial settings. This individual should possess expertise and an interest in soft materials characterization techniques that may include electron microscopy, mass spectrometry, differential scanning calorimetry, isothermal titration calorimetry, rheometry, and dynamic light scattering.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot, calibrate, and maintain complex analytical instruments to ensure consistent and accurate experimental results.
- Induct and train new users to correctly and safely use the instrumentation.
- Develop and document new analytical methodologies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for laboratory users.
- Deliver informal seminars and workshops to stakeholders within the state to raise awareness and educate potential users in both academic and industrial settings.
- Travel regularly to different institutions within the state to perform the duties listed above.
- Collaborate with the Mississippi Research Alliance leadership for the further development of this program.
- Coordinate and collaborate with other Regional Instrumentation Technicians throughout the state.
- Work with interdisciplinary collaborators across departments and institutions to support initiatives such as Mississippi INBRE and the Nano-Bio Immunoengineering Consortium (NIEC) and other such statewide projects.
- Performs other duties as assigned.