Education:
Graduation with a degree from a recognized university with acceptable specialization in Chemistry, Chemical Oceanography, or other aquatic Chemical Science, including coursework in analytical chemistry.

Experience:
Esssential Qualifications:
Experience executing collaborative and multidisciplinary laboratory and field-based aquatic research.

Experience in the analysis of at least one of the following: the inorganic carbon system, trace elements, greenhouse gases, chlorofluorocarbons, natural organic material.

Experience writing clear, complete, and concise reports on experiments and field expeditions.

Challenge:
• Supervise an internationally-recognized laboratory facility, including a team of 3 full-time permanent technicians plus contractors and occasional students, in support of basic marine biogeochemical research.
• Coordinate technical staff and shared instrumentation in support of scientists with diverse research agendas and conflicting requests. The group currently includes 9 research scientists, 6 of whom have active field and laboratory programs.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute field and laboratory research projects.
• Supervise analytical quality, develop new analytical methods, monitor scientific literature, and upgrade existing methods accordingly. Prepare data sets for archiving, including metadata and quality control.
• Manage a research budget for laboratory maintenance and supplies.
• Assure that occupational health and safety standards are met and maintained in both the laboratory and the field; foster a culture of safety awareness, as well as satisfying specific regulations.

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