Director of Marine Operations

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Posted: 06-Jun-24

Location: Corvallis, Oregon

Salary: Open

Internal Number: 155248

Internal Job Number: P08133UF

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The Hatfield Marine Science Center is seeking a Director of Marine Operations. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position.

Oregon State University is a world class marine research and education institution with marine-related programs and facilities spread across six colleges and two campuses (Corvallis and Newport). OSU is leading a NSF-sponsored program to design and build three new Regional Class Research Vessels (RCRV), the first of which, the 199-foot Research Vessel (R/V) Taani, will be operated by OSU from Newport. OSU's Marine Operations assets also include the 84-foot converted fishing trawler R/V Pacific Storm, and the R/V Elakha, a 54-foot coastal research vessel. OSU has small boat and scientific diving programs that are broad in scope (including marine and freshwater environments). OSU's Marine Operations facilities are based in Newport at the Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) and in close proximity to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Operations Center – Pacific (MOC-P). Home port for three NOAA ships and support center for all NOAA's Pacific fleet. OSU facilities currently include dockage capable of supporting up to two regional, ocean or global class research vessels, as well as a separate dock for the R/V Elakha, and ca. 9400 sq ft of shops, staging, and office space.
Hatfield is a 49-acre coastal research campus that has operated in Newport for over 60 years. The Hatfield enterprise employs a mix of over 450 state and federal professionals and hosts over 460 students annually for hands-on research and experiential instruction. In addition to OSU faculty and staff, HMSC is an oceanographic research base for five state and federal research agencies including: NOAA, USEPA, USDA, USF&W, ODFW as well as ships and faculty from partner universities. Hatfield facilities include laboratories supplied by seawater (over 1 million gpd), a small boat storage area, shops, and an Innovation lab (iLab) outfitted with prototyping and fabrication tooling and machinery focused on marine instrumentation development and testing. Other ocean enterprise programs operated by OSU in proximity to HMSC include PacWave (an open ocean facility for the testing of wave energy conversion devices) and the NSF-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative Endurance Array (both operated by the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences).
Under the leadership of the Director of Marine Operations (DMO), the Office of Marine Operations (

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Oregon State is a leading research university located in one of the safest, smartest, greenest small cities in the nation. Situated 90 miles south of Portland, and an hour from the Cascades or the Pacific Coast, Corvallis is the perfect home base for exploring Oregon?s natural wonders.Oregon State University has always been a place with a purpose ? making a positive difference in quality of life, natural resources and economic prosperity in Oregon and beyond. Through discovery, innovation and application, we are meeting challenges, solving problems and turning ideas into reality.Founded in 1868, Oregon State is the state?s Land Grant university and is one of only two universities in the U.S. to have Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grant designations. Oregon State is also the only university in Oregon to hold both the Carnegie Foundation's top designation for research institutions and its prestigious Community Engagement classification.As Oregon?s leading public research university, with $261.7 million in external funding in the 2011 fiscal year, Oregon State?s impact reaches across the state and beyond. With 12 colleges, 15 Agricultural Experiment Stations, 35 county Extension offic...es, the Hatfield Marine Sciences Center in Newport and OSU-Cascades in Bend, Oregon State has a presence in every one of Oregon?s 36 counties, with a statewide economic footprint of $2.06 billion.Oregon State welcomes a diverse student body of over 26,000 students from across Oregon, all 50 states and more than 100 countries. They can choose from more than 200 undergraduate and more than 80 graduate degree programs, including over 30 degrees online offered through Oregon State Ecampus. Oregon State increasingly attracts high-achieving students, with nationally recognized programs in areas such as conservation biology, agricultural sciences, nuclear engineering, forestry, fisheries and wildlife management, community health, pharmacy and zoology.Oregon State also ranks high in sustainability, fourth among universities nationwide for using renewable energy and first in the Pac-12 Conference. And our students literally help power the university: 22 exercise machines at Oregon State University has always been a place with a purpose ? making a positive difference in quality of life, natural resources and economic prosperity in Oregon and beyond. Through discovery, innovation and application, we are meeting challenges, solving problems and turning ideas into reality. For more information visithttp://www.ohsu.edu/xd/about/index.cfm.The 400-acre main campus in Corvallis includes a Historic District, making Oregon State one of only a handful of U.S. university campuses listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes such icons as Weatherford Hall, the Memorial Union and Benton Hall, the oldest building on the oldest building on campus.OSU commits to inclusive excellence by advancing equity and diversity in all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.
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