New Science Building Research Facilities Manager - Mississauga, Canada - University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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Mississauga, Canada

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Description

Date Posted:01/23/2024

Req ID: 35463

Faculty/Division:
UofT Mississauga

Department:

UTM:
Ofc of VP-Research

Campus:
University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Position Number:

Description:

About us:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada's top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario's booming Peel Region—is one of the world's great catalysts of humanpotential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care.

We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship.

Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery.

We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

We're thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

Your opportunity:

The New Science Building (NSB) is slated to open in early 2024. Across multiple floors it will encompass 200,000 ft2 of primarily wet laboratories, offices and meeting spaces.

The building will house researchers from Biology and Chemical & Physical Sciences departments, provide growth for the Forensic Sciences program and the Centre for Medicinal Chemistry, host emerging ventures in SpinUp, and expand core research facility offerings.

The incumbent will oversee day-to-day operational needs for this new building's core and shared research spaces, and SpinUp; work in collaboration with Facilities Management & Planning team and other units on campus; lead ordering of consumables, supplies and equipment through fostering strong connections with external vendors; provide training for users; and, oversee safety protocols.

Your responsibilities will include:

Overseeing daytoday operational needs for one or more labs/workshops
Troubleshooting issues with lab equipment and/or workstations
Liaising with course instructors to coordinate experiment setup to compliment theoretical material
Performing lab experiments that requires great precision and attention to many details
Providing safety training and ensuring compliance to lab safety procedures and standards
Scheduling and assigning work to a small group in a limited area
Serving as a resource on specific issues to a group of specialists

Essential Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Life Sciences or Chemistry or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
Minimum four years of recent and related experience coordinating Life Sciences or Chemistry research laboratories and their operations, preferably in an academic postsecondary environment
Experience with overseeing daytoday operations of a research lab, scheduling resources, tracking inventory, ordering supplies, coordinating equipment maintenance, troubleshooting technical issues
Demonstrated experience with developing, modifying, testing and setting up laboratory experiments
Strongknowledge of University's Environmental Health & Safety Program, Policies, Procedures and Guidelines, and experience with providing safety training and ensuring compliance to lab safety procedures and standards
Ability to demonstrate and explain lab techniques, experimental procedures and protocols to students, lab personnel, faculty, and other users
Experience developing manuals and procedure documents for a research lab.
Ability to foster and maintain effective relationships with individuals at all levels, and work effectively in a highly collaborative and consultative environment with faculty, course instructors, sessional lecturers, teaching assistants and other laboratory technicians

To be successful in this role you will be:

Communicator
Efficient
Meticulous
Organized
Proactive
Problem solver
Team player

This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto's Alternative Work Arrangement Guideline.

This is a 12 month term appointment with a possibility of extension.

Closing Date: 01/31/2024, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group:

USW

Appointment Type:
Budget - Term

Schedule:
Full-Time

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:

Job Category:
Research Administration & Teaching

Recruiter:
Carol Kayitaba

**Lived Experience Statement