Excellent oral and written communication skills, proofreading skills, and ability to organize and prioritize work are required, as is the ability to work cooperatively and harmoniously with others. A familiarity or background in science is preferred. Required to lift boxes, equipment, and core samples. Experience in handling and analyzing sediment and rock samples preferred. Experience on research vessels is desirable.
Responsibilities vary between different labs.
At this time we prefer an individual with experience in measuring physical properties of rock and sediments . Duties include calibrating and maintaining analytical instruments and analyzing samples in the labs with responsibility for collecting and entering data. Requires a bachelor's degree in science or engineering plus a basic familiarity with safe laboratory techniques. Prefer experience with Macintosh and PC operating systems as well as databases and word processing. Candidates must be able to cooperate and work harmoniously with others.