Dear colleagues.
We have an opening for a senior experimental officer in microbeam techniques
at Camborne School of Mines. If anybody knows of interested applicants,
please feel free to circulate this advertisement. An application pack will
be available from the University of Exeter's website from next week.
Informal enquiries can be directed to myself (contact details at the end of
this message), just be aware that I will be on vacation from July 31st to
August 13th.
Cheers, Jens
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University of Exeter
School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources
Camborne School of Mines
Senior Experimental Officer: Electron-beam Techniques (Ref. S374002)
This full-time post is available from 1st September 2007 on a permanent
basis as a central role in supporting and developing research in a world
renowned establishment. The key duties are to maintain and operate the
electron-beam analytical instruments at Camborne School of Mines including
an electron microprobe, a QEMSCAN automated scanning electron microscope and
a low-vacuum scanning electron microscope. The management will include basic
mechanical and electronic maintenance, fault finding, software maintenance,
calibration and testing, design and development of analytical programmes,
supervision and training of users, data processing, and quality control.
Secondary tasks will be to oversee and provide day to day management and
support of other analytical facilities including sample preparation, digital
photomicroscopy, wet chemistry, x-ray fluorescence and diffraction
spectrometry. The successful candidate will be leading a team of one
experimental officer, three (and one part time) technicians, and a part time
scientific cleaner under the guidance of the analytical facilities manager.
Applicants will have a university degree (preferably a PhD) and a research
track record in mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, or analytical
chemistry, substantial experience of electron beam analytical techniques,
practical skills with mechanical and electronic devices, knowledge of data
processing, statistics and quality control applied to x-ray detection and
measurement and experience with laboratory management.
This post will be based at the University of Exeter’s Cornwall Campus. The
University of Exeter is a Founding Partner in the Combined Universities in
Cornwall (CUC), a multi-million pound initiative aimed at expanding Higher
Education opportunities in Cornwall. The new £100 million campus near
Falmouth, shared with University College Falmouth opened in September 2004.
The University has exceptional terms and conditions of employment including
final salary pensions scheme and merit award pay scheme.
Starting salary will be circa £36,000 on Grade G, with future progression
possible to £48,161 pa.
Application packs are available from www.exeter.ac.uk/jobs; e-mail Personnel
to Stacey Zerbe [log in to unmask]; or Answerphone (01392) 263100,
quoting reference number S374002. The closing date for completed
applications is 21 August 2007.
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Jens C. Andersen
Senior lecturer
Camborne School of Mines
School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources
University of Exeter
Cornwall Campus
Tremough
Penryn
TR10 9EZ
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1326 371836
Fax. +44 1326 371859
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/csm
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