Engineering Scientist - CEMR - Civil and Environmental Engineering

at  West Virginia University

The West Virginia University’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Civil and Environmental Department is seeking applications for the position of an Engineering Scientist.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Ph.D. degree is desirable but not necessary.
  At West Virginia University, we leverage our talents and resources to create a better future for our state and the world. As West Virginia’s land-grant university, WVU has three campuses that touch each corner of the state. The WVU System includes 518 buildings on 15,880 acres, Extension Service offices in all 55 counties, ten experimental farms and four forests.
  From the groundbreaking R1 research of our flagship campus in Morgantown to the career-oriented programs of WVU Potomac State in Keyser to the technology-intensive programs at WVU Tech in Beckley — the contributions of WVU employees directly impact the 1.8 million people of West Virginia every day, no matter their role or position.
  Service, curiosity, respect, accountability, and appreciation are the core values that unite Mountaineers, inspiring one another to work tirelessly and support others as they seek to reach new heights. After all, when you’re a Mountaineer, impossible is just another mountain to climb.
  Creating an inclusive, engaged, and dynamic learning environment is core to WVU’s academic mission. We welcome candidates who can contribute a range of ideas, approaches and experiences.
  To learn more about West Virginia University, visit go.wvu.edu. View current career opportunities at careers.wvu.edu.
  West Virginia University is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity. The University values diversity among its faculty, staff, and students, and invites applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, genetics, disability, or Veteran status

• Supervise, coordinate and conduct field water sampling activities. Incumbent is responsible for the appropriate preparation of sample containers and field instruments, collecting water samples in a field setting, and ensuring that all relevant university safety regulations are adhered to while students and staff are in the field. Incumbent is responsible for maintaining detailed written notes and photographs of site conditions as part of the laboratory’s reporting procedures. Further, incumbent is responsible for ensuring adherence to quality control/quality assurance aspects of sample collection in the field. Finally, the incumbent is responsible for obtaining appropriate university transportation, scheduling undergraduate student workers and graduate research assistants to perform field collection activities, and coordinating logistics of field sampling activities with faculty and graduate students who perform laboratory assays.
• Prepare technical reports detailing and/or summarizing study results.
• Coordinate and assist in quantitative laboratory analysis of environmental water quality parameters. Upon completion of field sampling activities, incumbent is responsible for scheduling student help in conducting laboratory water quality assays. As required, the incumbent is responsible for delivering water samples to the NRCCE laboratory for analysis and ensuring that all laboratory data are entered into the research group’s computer. Order chemicals and reagents needed for the laboratory analysis of samples.
• Perform routine maintenance on field and laboratory equipment. Incumbent is responsible for maintaining calibration and maintenance logs of all field meters (e.g., pH, conductivity, ultraviolet/visible light spectrophotometer, turbidity, water flow meters, atomic absorption spectroscopy) and is responsible for responsible for coordinating the repair of any malfunctioning instruments with external vendors and/or Departmental instrument technicians.
• Assist coordination of other ongoing research projects and lead research activities.
• Conduct literature search and help prepare grant proposals and peer-review journal publications.
• Assist in supervising undergraduate and graduate students in conducting various laboratory and field project activities. Assist students in preparing technical reports and peer-reviewed journal manuscripts