"Teaching Lab Manager- Mechanical and Civil Engineering"

Utah Valley University invites applications for a Teaching Lab Manager for the Mechanical and Civil Engineering Department to start October 1, 2025. The Mechanical and Civil Engineering (MCE) Teaching Lab Manager assists faculty for the Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Pre-Engineering programs. The lab manager supervises the various laboratories, maintains lab equipment, constructs new lab setups, and teaches students using the laboratories. The lab manager ensures and maintains a safe, clean, and organized working laboratory environment.

The new Scott M. Smith Engineering Building is in the final construction phase and is expected to be completed by December 2025. The candidate selected will play a crucial role in helping to develop, purchase, set up, and manage the new laboratories associated with the Mechanical, Civil, and Pre-Engineering programs for this new building.

Utah Valley University is the largest public university in the state of Utah, and one of a few in the nation offering a dual-mission model that combines the rigor and richness of a first-rate teaching university with the openness and vocational programs of a community college. The unique model, which focuses on student success, engaged learning, rigorous academic programs, and faculty-mentored research, is transforming higher education by making it more affordable and accessible to students of all backgrounds.

Overall, Utah Valley University places a strong emphasis on teaching. Faculty and teaching staff members are expected to develop a learning environment and activities that help students achieve their learning objectives. We encourage applicants with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and expertise to apply.

Summary of Responsibilities

• Develops and implements laboratory policies and standard operating procedures.
• Monitors students' performance with respect to safety procedures and operation, and maintains a safe, clean, and organized working environment, including facilities and machines.
• Teaches the equivalent of one two-credit hour lab course for an academic program in the MCE Department as the instructor of record.
• Maintains tool and supplies inventory, maintains lab course consumables. Demonstrates safe and proper use of equipment and machinery to students. Maintains service logs where appropriate.
• Works with CET IT to ensure that department and engineering lab computers and software are kept up-to-date and functioning and that students, faculty, and staff are able to access and utilize them.
• Ensures that labs are accessible to students outside of class on a schedule approved by the department chair, to facilitate student work on assignments, labs and projects.

Qualifications / Licenses / Certifications

Graduation from a regionally accredited institution with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Civil Engineering or related field and two years' experience; or a Master's degree in a related field. Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree in a related field preferred.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Knowledge: Knowledge of the use and maintenance of automated manufacturing facilities and equipment; ordering and inventory control; laboratory equipment protocols and procedures; troubleshooting procedures; electronics, sensors, and control systems; vibrational systems; fluid mechanics and thermal sciences applications; hydraulics or hydrology, pumps, weirs, and flumes; materials, materials processing, and manufacturing; construction, building codes, ASTM, or AASHTO standards.

Skills: Skilled in computer-aided design; installation of software; use of automated manufacturing industry tools and equipment (electronic and pneumatic actuators, electronic sensors, PLC circuits, industrial networks, and OSHA regulations); use of hand and power tools and equipment (CNC, lathe, circular/table/rift saws, band saws, sanders, grinders, and welders).

Abilities: Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; analyze and solve problems; utilize, calibrate, configure, and/or troubleshoot laboratory testing systems and instruments; provide technical guidance and training to end users; read, understand, follow, and enforce safety procedures; investigate and analyze information and draw conclusions; foster a cooperative work environment; lift 55 lbs. repeatedly; willingness to work with faculty, learn lab specifics, and teach a new set of knowledge and skills.