Instrumentation Specialist

The Chemistry Department at Hamilton College invites applications for a full-time Instrumentation Specialist beginning July 1, 2024. We seek highly-qualified candidates who have extensive hands-on experience with a wide-range of instrumentation (MS, LC/GC/HPLC, NMR, UV-VIS, IR, fluorescence, DSC/TGA, AA, PXRD, and other common laboratory equipment) to support instructional and research activities in a small college setting.
Responsibilities include regular maintenance and calibration, operation and fault troubleshooting, software/hardware updating, maintaining computer networks, and working with vendors. The successful candidate will also demonstrate interest and proficiency in communicating instrument protocols and in training users along with using their expertise to suggest sample collection techniques, analytical experimental designs, method development strategies, and data interpretation methods. Personnel management may be asked of the position. Primary responsibilities will be in the Chemistry Department, but some support for geosciences, biology, and physics is also possible. The position might offer opportunities for adjunct teaching as needed by the department.
About Hamilton College
United States. Founded in 1793 as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy; chartered in 1812 as Hamilton College; third oldest college established in New York State. Our mission is to provide an educational experience that emphasizes academic excellence and the development of students as human beings, as we prepare them to make choices and accept the responsibilities of citizenship in a democratic world of intellect and diversity. Hamilton's 1,350-acre campus is situated on a hilltop overlooking the picturesque village of Clinton, N.Y. The College is eight miles southwest of Utica, 45 minutes east of Syracuse, one hour from the Adirondack Park to the northeast and 90 minutes west of Albany.
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