<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Microfab Lab Network,</div><div><br></div><div>I write to share a position that we have open currently and we welcome any interested to apply. See below for the link and description. </div><div><br></div><div>Best, Pete</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://umaine.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobid=79158" target="_blank">https://umaine.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobid=79158</a><br></div><br clear="all"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">University of Maine</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Title: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Research
Facilities Operational Specialist</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Department: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Coordinated
Operating Research Entities </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Reports To: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CORE
Director and FIRST Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">October
2022<b></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Purpose:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
To support the operational aspects of research facilities that are associated
with research and development activities in CORE and FIRST, including the
Microfabrication Cleanroom Facility and associated synthesis, fabrication, and characterization
facilities. The responsibilities will
include development and refinement of fabrication processes and
characterization techniques within the facilities, as well as operation and maintenance
of a broad range of equipment in these areas.
This position also provides expertise and training to users of the CORE
Microfabrication Cleanroom and associated FIRST facilities. </span></p>
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Operational Support,</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Student Training, and Equipment
Oversight: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Operates and maintains
thin-film fabrication and elemental and materials characterization equipment
and related software, provides training to students and staff on equipment use,
sample preparation, and data analysis.
Management duties may include direct supervision of student employees.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Research Support: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Serves as a technical
resource for (under)graduate students, staff, and faculty within CORE and
FIRST. Collaborates with and advises
internal and external entities to support research and provides hands-on
assistance/training to researchers.
Provides assistance related to funding opportunities.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Safety and Compliance: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">T</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">rains and/or supervises facility users in safe
lab practices, develops and documents lab-specific safety trainings, develops
and documents facility standard operating procedures (SOP), maintains chemical
and equipment inventories. Serves as
building safety officer for CORE and FIRST and may serve on the University Radiation
Safety Committee.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Method Development: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Develops in-demand analysis and/or fabrication methods to meet research
goals specific to client needs, develops project-specific quality control/quality
assurance plans to ensure consistent and reliable results, identifies new
opportunities for service offerings and develops and executes plan to bring
services to market.</span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></b></p>
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Client Development and Retention: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Promotes CORE services and develops an active
user base both internal and external to UMaine, liaises with clients to develop
research plans & identify the revenue-generating services that can be
completed, communicates data/results in meaningful formats and discusses data
analysis and future experiment/research goals.</span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></b></p>
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Business Support: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Coordinates with UM CORE to manage Cleanroom Facility accounting,
finances, rate development, and billing operations.</span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Performs other
reasonably related duties as assigned.<b> </b></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25pt;line-height:103%;border:none;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Knowledge and Skill Requirements:</span></b><br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Required: </span></b></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Master of Science degree
in the Physical Sciences or Engineering and three years of relevant
professional experience or a Bachelor of Science degree in the Physical
Sciences or Engineering with more than five years of relevant professional experience.
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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Knowledge and experience must include expertise in <u>two of the
following areas</u>: </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Lithography techniques (photo- and/or electron), wet- and/or plasma etch
techniques, metal/dielectric thin film deposition, wafer bonding, and/or vacuum
systems; and </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">X-ray and/or electron spectroscopies, microscopies, surface
characterization techniques </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">such as XRD, XPS, and/or SEM analysis. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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analytical and problem-solving skills, the proven ability to succeed in
developing practical solutions that will lead to technology innovations and
development.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Demonstrated
ability to work collaboratively in an R&D environment. </span></p>
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communication skills, proven organizational skills, and demonstrated ability to
write high-impact publications, reports and/or whitepapers. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Significant
experience in project management, including establishing design of experiments
and documenting processes. </span></p>
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in dealing with hazardous materials and establishing safe operating procedures.
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Preferred:</span></b></p>
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in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science and
Engineering, or related field.</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Prior experience
managing a laboratory facility and fostering collaborative interactions with
clients or stakeholders. </span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></b></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Demonstrated ability to
effectively train and supervise staff or students. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>
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and capability to research and learn new techniques or technical topics, as
needed.</span></p>
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in a scientific programming environment (ex. Julia, Python) and/or data set
analysis tools (ex. JMP, R).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Work
Environment:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> The primary site of work will be
on-campus facilities at the University of Maine, with occasional travel to
field and training sites in Maine and the Northeast Region. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Work
Schedule: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Normal University of Maine business
hours are Monday through Friday </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">8:00 am to 4:30 pm.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Work outside of normal business hours may be necessary in order to
complete the requirements of the position and may include occasional nights and
weekends.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Position Type: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On-going, full-time, base budgeted.</span></p>
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<b>Work Year:</b> Full-time, fiscal year
position. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Performance Evaluation Schedule: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Performance
evaluation will be conducted according to the UMPSA agreement.<b></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><a name="_gjdgxs"></a><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Job Family/Salary Grade: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">07/05.<b> </b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Appropriate background checks are
required.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All UMS employees are required to
comply with applicable policies and procedures, as well as to complete
applicable workplace related screenings, and required employee trainings, such
as Information Security, Safety Training, Workplace Violence, and Sexual
Harassment. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Peter Avis, PhD<div><div>CORE Director </div><div><a href="https://umaine.edu/core/" target="_blank">https://umaine.edu/core/</a> <br></div><div>Undergraduate Education Coordinator Maine-eDNA</div><div>University of Maine</div><div>Orono, ME</div><div>o phone: 207-581-2251</div><div>c phone: 651-307-6327</div></div><div><div>he/him<br></div><div><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,-apple-system,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Ubuntu,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:x-small;white-space:pre-wrap">The University of Maine recognizes that it is located on Marsh Island in the homeland of the Penobscot Nation, where issues of water and territorial rights, and encroachment upon sacred sites, are ongoing. Penobscot homeland is connected to the other Wabanaki Tribal Nations — the Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, and Micmac — through kinship, alliances and diplomacy. The university also recognizes that the Penobscot Nation and the other Wabanaki Tribal Nations are distinct, sovereign, legal and political entities with their own powers of self-governance and self-determination.</span></div></div></div></div></div>