Job Summary
As the Nanofab safety officer, you will oversee cleanroom and
laboratory safety, chemical handling, and gas monitoring systems,
write standard operating procedures and reports, and train and
monitor researchers on safety protocols and equipment operation.
You will report to the cleanroom manager and assist in the
installation, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of cleanroom
equipment. The job includes working with professors, researchers,
students, staff and other departments such as environmental health
and safety, building facilities, the college of engineering, campus
design and planning for facilities, safety, and equipment
installation needs. This position will be required to be physically
located on campus to support on-site operations. Requires a
bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, biochemistry
or related field.
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Responsibilities
LAB SAFETY
- Be responsible for lab safety systems including hazardous gas
monitoring, chemical handling, alarms, ppe, etc.
Be available to respond to emergency alarms and situations that
arise both during and outside of normal working hours.
Provide lab user safety training and ensure and enforce
compliance with safety practices and protocols.
Review and evaluate and approve new material requests, write
reports and recommendations
Work with University of Utah Environmental Health and Safety
department on safety concerns and questions.
Identify and mitigate potential safety hazards and risks.
Maintain safety data sheets and protocols.
College safety committee member
CHEMICAL AND MATERIAL HANDLING
- Maintain chemical, material, and gas inventory and
database.
- Oversee chemical and gas supplies, labeling, and handling
systems.
- Maintain and monitor gas cabinets, gas delivery, gas abatement,
and hazardous gas detection systems, and install new gas cylinders
when necessary.
- Oversee unwanted material disposal (independantly and staff
assisted)
- EHS compliance tasks such as lab profile and inspection related
activites
MAINTENANCE OF CLEANROOM, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPORTING
INFRASTRUCTURE
- Assist in troubleshoot, repair, and maintain cleanroom process
equipment.
- Assist in training researchers on correct operation of
fabrication tools.
- Run microfabrication work requests from research groups and
outside companies.
- Interface and coordinate with building group on facility
maintenance of cleanroom support systems such as UPW, humidity,
CDA, N2, BMS, AWN, House Vac, HVAC, etc.
- Set up new cleanroom members and manage door card swipe access
systems and hardware and software equipment interlocks.
- Oversee and coordinate lab cleanliness with janitorial
services.
- Monitor feed gas usage and replenshment
- Remediation system support
- Assist with new equipment planning and installation.
- Help TA's prepare for their teaching lab sections and provide
support for the students in the teaching lab sections
- Asset (RF track) inventory
- Oversee cleanroom wet-bench operations including chemical
handling and inventory, filling, draining and reclamation.
This job description is not designed to contain or be interpreted
as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and
qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
Minimum Qualifications
EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education
can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience
(Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work
experience).
Department may hire employee at one of the following job
levels:
Chemical Engineer, I: Requires a bachelor's (or
equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience or a
master's (or equivalency) degree.
Chemical Engineer, II: Requires a bachelor's (or
equivalency) + 4 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 2 years of
directly related work experience.
Chemical Engineer, III: Requires a bachelor's (or
equivalency) + 6 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 4 years of
directly related work experience.
Preferences
Requires a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, chemistry,
biochemistry or related field.
Special Instructions
Requisition Number: PRN45983B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
Department: 00052 - UTAH NANOFAB
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: 60,000-90,000
Close Date: 10/30/2026
Open Until Filled:
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