Full-Time
Chemistry Stockroom Manager
Deadline 5/11/27
Clarkson University
Research university in Potsdam, NY
Compensation Overview
$62.5k/yr
Potsdam, NY, USA
In Person
Bachelor's, Master's
Category
 Lab & Research (1) |
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Required Skills
Inventory Management
Word/Pages/Docs
OSHA
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
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Requirements
- A Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry or a closely related field is required.
- At least two years of wet laboratory experience with knowledge of typical stockroom operations is required.
- Knowledge and experience working with chemicals and hazardous materials, chemical and equipment inventory management, and hazardous waste management are required.
- Knowledge of OSHA, NFPA, EPA, DEC, hazard communication, and chemical laboratory safety regulations and procedures is required.
- Ability to assess risk and handle laboratory emergency situations is required.
- Understanding of teaching laboratory solution preparation, including large-scale solution preparation, and storage is required.
- Knowledge and experience with small chemical equipment such as pH meters, balances, and refractometers is required.
- Proficiency with software and data management tools such as Excel, Word, and Google Sheets is required.
- Ability to work effectively with little or no supervision, multitask, and plan and prioritize daily work is required.
- Strong organizational skills are required.
Responsibilities
- Operate the Chemistry Stockroom and assist faculty and students with materials, reagents, and small equipment for teaching and research laboratories.
- Manage the Chemistry Stockroom budget, purchase and sell chemicals, maintain account balances, and complete monthly credit card reconciliations.
- Prepare charge cards for research.
- Organize and maintain the chemical inventory, safety data sheets, reagents, and small equipment in the stockroom and teaching laboratories.
- Assist faculty and students with purchasing and vendor information for chemistry supplies and small laboratory equipment.
- Recruit, train, and supervise work-study students in the stockroom.
- Dispose of old chemicals and clean and decommission vacated laboratories.
- Support department marketing and recruitment activities, open house preparation, outreach, projects, administrative duties, and initiatives.
- Maintain chemistry teaching laboratories in a clean, safe, and orderly manner.
- Manage teaching laboratory assets and prepare student lockers, chemicals, solutions, small equipment, and laboratory setups according to course syllabi and instructor recommendations.
- Ensure experiment setups, chemicals, and supplies are ready at least the night before laboratory activities.
- Check the functioning of laboratory hoods, distillers, benches, and small laboratory equipment, and submit Facilities work orders as appropriate.
- Manage inventories of reagents, solutions, laboratory equipment, and personal protective equipment for chemistry teaching laboratories.
- Work with the Instrumentation Manager to troubleshoot facilities and process deliveries.
- Coordinate with the Environmental Health and Safety Officer on hazardous waste management for teaching and research laboratories.
- Prepare hazardous waste containers and documentation, transport hazardous waste to the main accumulation area, and properly store and log hazardous waste.
- Procure tax-free ethanol as the Ethanol Inventory Control Officer and document sales and monthly inventory records.
- Assist faculty, students, and staff with safety concerns involving hazards from equipment, procedures, and chemicals.
- Store regulated chemicals and biological materials and maintain accurate chemical inventories and safety data sheets.
Desired Qualifications
- A Master of Science degree in Chemistry or a closely related field is preferred.
- Two to five years of experience in a university chemistry stockroom is preferred.
Clarkson University is a private research university in Potsdam, New York. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs with strengths in engineering, science, business, health professions, and technology.
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