Makerspace Coordinator Engineering
Job # 540320
First Review Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Open Until Filled
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(Job #540320) Instructional Support Tech II, Makerspace Coordinator, Salary Range: $4,389 - $7,617, Hiring Range:. This is a full-time, benefited, non-exempt, 12-month pay plan, permanent position with a one-year probationary period in the Engineering Department. This position comes with a premium benefits package that includes outstanding vacation, medical, dental, and vision plans, life insurance, voluntary pre-tax health and dependent care reimbursement accounts, a fee waiver education program, membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), and 14 paid holidays per year. Additional benefits information can be found at https://hraps.humboldt.edu/employee-benefits .
Position Summary: This position is responsible for managing the makerspace and providing comprehensive instructional support to the faculty and students with lab, research, and other project activities. Oversees the use of the makerspace and interacts with students and faculty to coordinate access to and safe use of the space. Is responsible for ensuring that all equipment functions smoothly, and all hazards are mitigated. This position will support School of Engineering course labs.
Key Responsibilities:Technical Instructional Support for courses with fabrication projects
- Collaborate with engineering faculty on developing course materials and activities.
- Design instructional modules and teach undergraduate students in a hands-on makerspace environment use and operation of equipment and tools in the makerspace.
- Develop teaching materials on safety procedures and the use of machine shop tools including bench, layout, precision measurement, power saws, drill presses, rotary tables, indexing devices, lathe, mill cutting and hand tools
- Assign and support student group work projects and provide an inclusive and active learning environment in a professional and productive manner, which includes:
- Identifying the developmental needs and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Providing guidance and direction to others, including setting operational and safety standards, and monitoring performance
Coordination of the makerspace environments
- Oversee the use and the operation of the makerspace facilities and associated equipment.
- Design and execute a model for prioritizing and planning access to the equipment and the environment.
- Install, maintain, and operate new technical and scientific equipment and make physical alterations to the space as needed.
- Identify technical and scientific equipment malfunctions that require repair or replacement; order necessary parts and services to carry out these tasks; and coordinate with vendors to provide necessary repair services.
- Track, manage and order makerspace property, consumables, PPE, etc.
- Assist faculty and students with testing and characterization equipment to support classes and research projects as needed.
- Clearly communicate the safe operation of technical and scientific equipment to faculty and students, including from other departments, as needed.
- Assist in the creation, maintenance and implementation of various safety systems including new and established programs including:
- Coordinating regular inspection and improvement of all safety systems including engineering controls, PPE and safety documentation.
- Assisting with the coordination of safety related activities with the department chair, faculty, college staff, and other health and safety officials.
- Data entry in safety software or other applications
- Participate in University and College staff safety meetings and safety audits and prepare reports for the Department Chair as needed.
- Serve as a point of contact for organization and maintenance of electronic and hardcopy safety documentation, operating procedures, and signage.
- Lead student technicians in conducting inventories; tracking, handling, and disposing of wastes; cleaning, organization and restocking of cabinets; restocking first aid kits, maintenance of safety documents; general cleaning and organizing of the spaces; and periodic evaluation of safe working environments.
- Provide emergency equipment or other support continuously 24-hours a day.
- Coordinate with machinists and other technical staff working in the facility spaces.
- Maintain currency in the knowledge and skills necessary to facilitate industry-leading solutions
Other Duties as Assigned
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Associated with this Position Include: Knowledge of the principles and methods related to performing support services, including the ability to:
- Communicate with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Cchoose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Llead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Establish and maintain personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
- Operate, service, repair, calibrate, regulate, fine-tune, or test machines, devices, and equipment.
- Follow procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting.
- Inspect metal, plastic, or composite products.
- Accept criticism and deal calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
- Establish long-range objectives and specify the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Recruit, interview, selecting, and hire, (student) employees in an organization.
- Administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
And skills in:
- Monitoring/assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
Knowledge of the materials and supplies related to the curriculum, their characteristics, and uses and knowledge of the principles, information, methods, and techniques related to makerspaces or similar facilities, ability to:
- Use software including computer aided design CAD software, computer aided manufacturing CAM software, office suite software
- Perform day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
- Accept criticism and deal calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
- Establish long-range objectives and specify the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Recruit, interview, selecting, and hire, (student) employees in an organization.
And skills in:
- Controlling operations of equipment or systems that may be found in a makerspace, which may include drill press, Welding or brazing or cutting apparatus, grinding machines, milling machines, oscilloscopes, power saws, soldering iron, three-dimensional printing machine, lathe
- Operating equipment safely and in accordance to specifications.
- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Performing fundamental shop activities which may include: Shaping metal workpieces with hammers or other small hand tools, assembling machine tools, parts, or fixtures, operating grinding equipment, repairing parts or assemblies, smoothing metal surfaces or edges, programing equipment to perform operational tasks, assembling metal or plastic parts or products, aligning parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly, soldering parts or workpieces, cutting, manipulating and assembling products of various materials, and software usage
Minimum Qualifications: Equivalent to three years of experience providing instructional support services for a related unit or discipline, or in producing materials or supplies or repairing equipment in a discipline related to the area to which assigned
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Equivalent to two years of college with 16 semester units in courses involving extensive use of materials, supplies, or equipment in a discipline related to the area to which assigned may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
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Equivalent to four years of college with 16 semester units in courses involving extensive use of materials, supplies, or equipment and in engineering or related fields may be substituted for two years of the required experience.
Application Procedure: To apply, qualified candidates must electronically submit the following materials by clicking the
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- Letter of Interest
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae
- Contact information for at least three professional references
Application Deadline: The deadline to submit application materials before the first review date is 11:55 p.m. on Monday, July 22, 2024.
Any inquiries about this recruitment can be directed to careers@humboldt.edu or Cal Poly Humboldt’s Human Resources Office at (707) 826-3626.
We acknowledge that Cal Poly Humboldt is located on the unceded lands of the Wiyot people, where they have resided from time immemorial. We encourage all to gain a deeper understanding of their history and thriving culture. As an expression of our gratitude we are genuinely committed to developing trusting, reciprocal, and long lasting partnerships with the Wiyot people as well as all of our neighboring tribes. Cal Poly Humboldt was the first campus in the California State University system to offer a stand-alone major in Native American Studies.
Cal Poly Humboldt is committed to enriching its educational environment and its culture through the diversity of its staff, faculty, and administration. Persons with interest and experience in helping organizations set and achieve goals relative to diversity and inclusion are especially encouraged to apply.
Working in the state of California is a condition of employment for this position. Even if part or all of an employee's assignment can be performed remotely, the employee must maintain a permanent residence in the state of California. The employee must be able to accept on-campus work assignment, as assigned, and come to campus when needed.
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Class Code: 1617
Publication Date: 6/25/2024
Advertised: Jun 25 2024 Pacific Daylight Time
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