Job Information
Central Michigan University Laboratory Technician in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
Position Number: S-3833
Position Summary:
This position works directly with Dr. Peter Dijkstra and his team to study behavioral decision making, social competition, and stress resilience in fish.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Previous experience in the performance of standard laboratory procedures.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's Degree. Reasonable knowledge of the methods, materials, and equipment used in laboratory activities. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Conducts physiological assays, including mitochondrial respiration, redox/oxidative stress measurements, and hormone analyses, ensuring high data quality and reproducibility. Manages daily laboratory operations, including scheduling, workflow coordination, and maintaining a safe, efficient research environment. Maintains and troubleshoots laboratory equipment, coordinate calibrations and service contracts, and ensure proper instrument performance. Maintains reagents and consumables supplies. Develops, maintains, and enforces standard operating procedures (SOPs) and ensure compliance with institutional safety, biosafety, and regulatory guidelines. Trains and supervises students and staff in laboratory techniques, safety practices, and proper data collection and documentation.
Supervision Exercised:
None.
Employee Group: Supervisory Technical
Staff Pay Level: 5
Pay Range: $17.00 - $26.50 per hour, estimated salary between $17.00 - $19.00 per hour
Division: Academic Affairs
Department: Biology
Position Status: Provisional
Position End Date: 02/15/2029
Employment Status: Full-Time
FTE: 1.0
Position Type: 12 month
Weekly Work Schedule: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm (some flexibility)
Location: Mount Pleasant, MI
Posting Ends:
Open Until Filled: Yes
About the Department:
About CMU:
Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.
We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master's, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.
CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.
Central is home to 17 men's and women's Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.
CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It's part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state's largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.
Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions --- Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Travers