Lead Technician, Laboratory Support

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Job Type:

Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):

N/A

Job Family:

Laboratory Support

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Department of Civil Engineering

Campus:

Main Campus

Union Affiliation:

SSUO

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2025/12/04

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2025/12/15

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

SSUO Grade 10

Salary Range:

$80, $102,245.00About the Faculty of Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering strives to provide a learning environment that promotes excellence and innovation, ethical practice and responsibility towards society. Our workplace will challenge, energize and motivate you to be your very best while providing opportunities for career growth and professional development. Our work makes a world of difference in the lives of our students, who will become the next generation of leaders and change makers of our society. Our dynamic community is dedicated to building innovations that will not only help the advancement of technology, but solutions that will revolutionize the industry. We look forward to making the future TOGETHER

Position purpose:

Provides technical support and services by operating, maintaining, and modifying equipment and demonstrating testing procedures in order to support the activities of students and researchers in the Environmental Engineering Laboratories (EVG) for Teaching, Research, and Field Work purposes and to ensure safety in the laboratories.  

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

1.    Manage day-to-day activities in the EVG labs, oversee all undergrad/graduate student labs, and provide advice and guidance to students and researchers on their projects to ensure an efficient operation of the labs.  
2.    Organize and manage the laboratory and field practicum components of undergraduate/graduate courses and the EVG/Water Resources Field School. Prepare the laboratory exercises, demonstrate test procedures, provide technical support and training, and supervise the students and TAs during these training activities. 
3.    Responsible for the operation, development, modification, maintenance and repair of all equipment in the laboratories.  This includes maintaining the gas chromatographs, the atomic absorption analyzers, HPLC, TOC analyzer, spectrophotometers, analytical balances, automatic pipettes, water purification systems, particle size analyzer, microscopes, autoclave, incubators, etc.
4.    Coordinate the maintenance and repair of space and infrastructure related to the EVG labs. Implement regular maintenance programs and arrange for major repairs and overhauls when necessary.
5.    Supervise and assist students in the laboratories to ensure correct operation of equipment, safe handling of hazardous materials, and adherence to safety guidelines and regulations of WHMIS, OHSA, Workplace Safety Insurance Board, University policies and procedures, etc..
6.    Provide technical support to develop experimental setups related to both undergraduate and graduate projects in the laboratories.  
7.    Maintain a healthy and safe working environment for professors, researchers, students, and personnel working in the laboratory by working closely with the Faculty of Engineering Risk Management Officer, Office of Risk Management, and Facilities.  
8.    Develop and implement an EVG labs specific hands-on health and safety training course to ensure the safety of students and researchers.
 

What you will bring:

• Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil/Environmental Engineering (Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biopharmaceutical Science or related sciences) with at least three years of wet lab research experience. Masters degree preferred.  
• Certified/training in the following: WHMIS, OHSA, biological laboratory training, autoclave training, chemical spill response training. 
• Experience in leading and supervising a group of students
• Experience in interpreting, applying and explaining health and safety regulations and procedures
• Computer skills: Experience with word processing and spreadsheet software.
• Organizational skills, ability to work under pressure, to meet strict deadlines and to determine priorities 
• Good judgment skills and ability to show initiative
• Effective communication skills 
• Bilingual - French and English (oral and written)

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa: 

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

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