Assistant Manager, Technical

Updated: over 1 year ago
Job Type: FullTime
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Responsibilities

  • Provide scientific and technical support for undergraduate lab classes and research work.

  • Design and set up undergraduate teaching experiments; prepare, conduct and supervise laboratory lessons.

  • Provide comprehensive equipment operation and maintenance trainings; diagnose the root causes accurately and do troubleshooting efficiently; conduct preventive maintenance to minimize breakdowns and repair cost; develop and update resources usage rules and policies to balance demands of stakeholders; handle a wide range of equipment such as Mass Spectrometers, Chromatography, Elemental Analyzer, TGA/DSC, Fluorescence Spectrometer, etc., ensure they are in good working conditions, troubleshoot equipment during instances of malfunction.

  • Ensure all aspects of laboratory lessons are ready before each semester; conduct maintenance, lab equipment testing and training of teaching assistants prior to lessons.

  • Review and improve laboratory experiments to enhance student’s learning experience.

  • Provide necessary set up of equipment and facilities for research usage.

  • Conduct strategic yearly budgeting and procurement of equipment maintenance, laboratory consumables and tools required.

  • Ensure good laboratory housekeeping and safe laboratory practices.

  • Assist Safety Officer in various administration matters including attending safety meetings, annual chemical audit, license renewal, maintaining safety documents records.

  • Coordinate monthly waste compilation from various central, teaching and research labs.

  • In charge of monthly school labs safety inspection.

  • Manage, coordinate and process receivables at goods receiving store.

  • Perform any other duties as assigned by the reporting officer and school management.

Requirements

  • Recognized Master degree with good relevant research experience or PhD degree in chemical and biotechnological engineering or science or related field.

  • Good knowledge and hands-on experience of handling chemical, biological or biomedical laboratory and scientific analytical instruments/equipment in an academic or an industrial environment

  • Minimum 3 years related working experience in a science or engineering environment

  • Experience providing technical support to students in higher education will be an added advantage

  • Familiar with setting up and using a wide range of laboratory equipment for research and teaching

  • Effective communication

  • High level of safety awareness

  • Ability to multi-task

  • Team player

  • Hard working, high availability, self-discipline, responsible, committed

  • Able to work independently and effectively under pressure

  • Self-motivated and proactive.

  • Good time management skills

Hiring Institution: NTU

In line with Singapore’s nationwide Vaccination-Differentiated Safe Management Measures (VDS), employees must be fully vaccinated to return to the workplace, unless certified to be medically ineligible. For Information on VDS, please click here .



Responsibilities

  • Provide scientific and technical support for undergraduate lab classes and research work.

  • Design and set up undergraduate teaching experiments; prepare, conduct and supervise laboratory lessons.

  • Provide comprehensive equipment operation and maintenance trainings; diagnose the root causes accurately and do troubleshooting efficiently; conduct preventive maintenance to minimize breakdowns and repair cost; develop and update resources usage rules and policies to balance demands of stakeholders; handle a wide range of equipment such as Mass Spectrometers, Chromatography, Elemental Analyzer, TGA/DSC, Fluorescence Spectrometer, etc., ensure they are in good working conditions, troubleshoot equipment during instances of malfunction.

  • Ensure all aspects of laboratory lessons are ready before each semester; conduct maintenance, lab equipment testing and training of teaching assistants prior to lessons.

  • Review and improve laboratory experiments to enhance student’s learning experience.

  • Provide necessary set up of equipment and facilities for research usage.

  • Conduct strategic yearly budgeting and procurement of equipment maintenance, laboratory consumables and tools required.

  • Ensure good laboratory housekeeping and safe laboratory practices.

  • Assist Safety Officer in various administration matters including attending safety meetings, annual chemical audit, license renewal, maintaining safety documents records.

  • Coordinate monthly waste compilation from various central, teaching and research labs.

  • In charge of monthly school labs safety inspection.

  • Manage, coordinate and process receivables at goods receiving store.

  • Perform any other duties as assigned by the reporting officer and school management.

Requirements

  • Recognized Master degree with good relevant research experience or PhD degree in chemical and biotechnological engineering or science or related field.

  • Good knowledge and hands-on experience of handling chemical, biological or biomedical laboratory and scientific analytical instruments/equipment in an academic or an industrial environment

  • Minimum 3 years related working experience in a science or engineering environment

  • Experience providing technical support to students in higher education will be an added advantage

  • Familiar with setting up and using a wide range of laboratory equipment for research and teaching

  • Effective communication

  • High level of safety awareness

  • Ability to multi-task

  • Team player

  • Hard working, high availability, self-discipline, responsible, committed

  • Able to work independently and effectively under pressure

  • Self-motivated and proactive.

  • Good time management skills

Hiring Institution: NTU

In line with Singapore’s nationwide Vaccination-Differentiated Safe Management Measures (VDS), employees must be fully vaccinated to return to the workplace, unless certified to be medically ineligible. For Information on VDS, please click here .



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