Title: Seasonal Employee Hourly

Department Org: Environmental Sciences - 101250

Employee Classification: H6 - Intermittent - Seasonal Hourly

Bargaining Unit: Bargaining Unit Exempt

Primary Location: MC AC

Shift:  1

Start Time:     End Time:  

Posted Salary: $19 - $24/hour

Job Description:

The Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, OH seeks two field technicians who will build boardwalk structures to support measurements for a planned flooding experiment at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge.

These positions are part of the DOE funded project – Coastal Observation, Mechanism, and Predictions Across Systems and Scales - Field Measurements and Experiments (COMPASS-FME). This large project is led by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in collaboration with multiple partners, including the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) and Argonne National Lab. The COMPASS - FME project aims to understand the coupled interactions of plants, microbes, soils/sediments, and hydrology within coastal systems to inform multi- scale, integrated models from reaction scales to the coastal interface. The project’s research emphasis is primarily on terrestrial and wetland processes that are influenced by coastal waters, such as the fluxes and transformations of carbon, nutrients, and redox elements through these systems. This project includes several national labs, and research institutions in the W. Basin of Lake Erie and Chesapeake Bay, affording the successful candidate the opportunity for exciting and diverse collaborations.

These positions will be primarily based on the University of Toledo’s Main Campus, with extensive fieldwork responsibilities at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge near Oak Harbor.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience working with tools
• Willingness and ability to work outdoors in ambient weather conditions;
• Willingness and ability to communicate with project team members, collaborators, and administrators participating in the project
• Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record;
• Commitment to a safe and inclusive working environment required

Communication and other skills:

• Effective communication skills (oral and written);
• Ability and desire to collaborate with a large multi-institutional collaborative team;
• Ability to work independently and to make decisions concerning personal and team safety, monitor weather conditions, and other logistical factors;
• Ability to work closely with students, faculty, and other staff to maintain research efficiency of the project.

Conditions of Employment:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

The University of Toledo is an equal opportunity employer. The University of Toledo does not discriminate in employment, educational programs, or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, military or veteran status, disability, familial status, or political affiliation. 

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