About Berkeley | |
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Application Review Date | |
The First Review Date for this job is: 6/21/17 | |
Departmental Overview | |
The Jacobs Hall Design Specialist play a key role in achieving this mission by providing professional design, prototyping, and fabrication support to users of Jacobs Hall studios and equipment rooms. Design Specialist offer safety training, supervision, design and fabrication mentorship to students from across campus, working on a wide range of projects. The Design specialist team is made up of an eclectic group of artists, engineers, and educators. Each specialist has an area of expertise (electronics, 3D printing, carpentry, CAD/CAM, metal working) but cross-training, and team collaboration are expected. The team has been working closely to create our checkout procedures and set up our equipment and facilities as we start our second full year. We expect to be fully operational this fall, and to begin focusing our efforts on student mentorship, honing best practices in the shop, serving as a design and fabrication mentors to a wide range of students, and help support various other co-curricular learning opportunities. We consider a healthy shop culture a high priority and emphasize the role the technical team has in the creation of that environment. | |
Responsibilities | |
50% Professional Supervision of Educational Fabrication Facility: • Responsible for safe operation of Jacobs Hall studios & equipment rooms, including general supervision and a safety trainings. • Provides technical mentorship, design and fabrication advice to undergraduate and graduate students, for a range of projects. 30% Fabrication Facility Operation & Maintenance: • Responsible for equipment maintenance and operation, including any necessary repairs or upgrades. • Responsible for ordering and installing new equipment. • Orders parts and supplies, and assists with maintenance of part and material inventories. 10% Technical academic support: On a limited basis, may provide technical academic support for courses held in Jacobs Hall. This may include tasks such as preparing materials kits, or performing in-class or optional tutorials. 10% Other duties as assigned. | |
Required Qualifications | |
• Ability to serve as a mentor to diverse student population, embodying both enthusiasm and professionalism. • Knowledge in how to relate to students (novice engineers and designers) and impart the best practices within the facilitative design and fabrication of complex class and extracurricular projects. • Extensive knowledge of safe shop practices, and how to effectively instruct and enforce those safe practices. • Ability to work in a collaborative manner and to communicate very well with Faculty, Staff, and Students of diverse backgrounds. • Competency in the areas of traditional and digital fabrication, such as use of CAD/CAM software, CNC machine operation, 3D printer operation and maintenance, electronics fabrication and testing. • Competency in the areas of industrial and product design, including sketching, 3D modeling, and prototyping. • Ability to lift 50 pounds. | |
Preferred Qualifications | |
• Bachelors degree in related area preferred. | |
Salary & Benefits | |
For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: http://ucnet. *The salary range designated for this position: $61,600 - $71,000; however, starting salary will be commensurate with experience. | |
How to Apply | |
Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. | |
Conviction History Background | |
This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check. | |
Equal Employment Opportunity | |
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/ For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/ |