[Hiring] Laboratory Supervisor @New Mexico State University

Role Description

The Plant and Environmental Sciences Department at New Mexico State University is seeking a Supervisor, Laboratory to provide technical and operational support for laboratory, greenhouse, and field research activities across multiple funded research projects. The position oversees day-to-day research operations, including:

• Equipment maintenance and troubleshooting
• Greenhouse and irrigation systems
• Laboratory instrumentation
• Field activities
• Research site coordination

****THIS IS A 3 YEAR APPOINTMENT****

• Provides essential technical and operational support for research activities, including equipment maintenance, laboratory and field operations, supply management, and coordination of research-related activities across multiple funded projects.
• Performs preventive maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, and repair coordination for greenhouse environmental control systems, Dosatron fertigation injectors, irrigation systems, field sensor arrays, and laboratory analytical instrumentation.
• Schedules, trains, and directs the daily work of graduate and undergraduate student employees assigned to multiple funded research projects.
• Manages procurement, receiving, storage, and inventory of fertilizers, growing media, plant protection products, laboratory reagents, and field consumables.
• Implements and documents integrated pest management rotations, fertigation programs, and irrigation schedules.
• Maintains accurate and comprehensive pesticide application, chemical inventory, safety, equipment, and research-related records.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree + 4 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree + 2 years of relevant experience.
• Requires knowledge of greenhouse and controlled environment and open field production, fertilizer chemistry and fertigation injector operation, integrated pest management and pesticide regulations, field plot research procedures, laboratory and chemical safety standards.

Requirements

• Working Conditions and Physical Effort:
• Environment: Work is normally performed indoors.
• Physical Effort: Light physical effort. Effort applies to no more than two (2) hours per day.
• Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.
• Risk: Work environment involves some exposure to hazards or physical risks, which require following basic safety precautions.

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