Laboratory Technical Officer

2 weeks ago

Greater Adelaide SA, Australia CSIRO Full time

Acknowledgement of Country:


CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia.

We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation

Child safety:


CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs.

View our Child Safe Policy.

The opportunity:

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Key role for a Laboratory Technical Officer
Soil Biogeochemistry:
Contribute to the delivery of key data on soil carbon concentrations and stability across national projects:-
Join CSIRO, Australia's premier scientific research organisation.


The role of Research Projects staff in CSIRO is to collaborate in scientific and technological activities with other research staff usually by assisting with detailed planning, undertaking or assisting with experimental, observational or technology development work, and in carrying out the more practical aspects of the work.


The Laboratory Technical Officer - Soil Biogeochemistry will directly support the delivery of key data on soil carbon concentrations and stability, and soil nitrogen dynamics across a number of national projects within the Biogeochemical Cycles Team and wider Footprinting and Credentials Group Adelaide.


The position will require demonstrated hands-on experience in the understanding, measurement and inference of soil biogeochemical properties, measured directly and proximally sensed in the laboratory.


This key role will sit within the Accounting and Function Group Adelaide and will have access to a unique range of laboratory instrumentation, including FT-IR, elemental analysers, isotope ratio mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance, and chromatography instrumentation.

A tailored career development and training program will be provided.

Your duties will include:

  • Under limited supervision, design and perform straightforward experiments and routine laboratory analyses, design new processes or apparatus by adapting existing techniques and components to meet special circumstances or undertake modifications to methods requiring some innovation.
  • Deliver high quality and consistent data on concentrations, vulnerability and dynamics of soil carbon and nitrogen, and the processes that drive these.
  • Perform some nonroutine analyses activities using a range of techniques, often working on a number of parallel and competing tasks.
  • Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary, regionally dispersed research team to carry out tasks in support of CSIRO's scientific objectives.
  • Other duties as directed.

Location:
Adelaide (Waite Campus Site), SA

Salary:
AU$70k - AU$90k per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
plus up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure:
Specified term of 3 years/Full-time

Reference:96262

To be considered you will need:

Essential

  • Relevant bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of qualifications and demonstrated relevant work experience in soil science, agricultural science, environmental science, analytical chemistry, or similar fields of science.
  • Demonstrated handson experience in the measurement of soil chemical and biological properties, including the use and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
  • A clear understanding of the requirements of conducting analysis in dynamic biological systems and the precautions required to limit or avoid experimental artefacts.
  • Practical knowledge of how stable isotopes may be used in experiments in order to trace source and fate of C and N in plantsoil systems.
  • Demonstrated practical knowledge of Australian landscapes and soils, their constraints and opportunities.
  • The ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary or regionally dispersed research team, and the motivation and discipline to carry out autonomous work components.
  • A current Australian driver's licence.

Desirable

  • Demonstrated handson experience in measuring soil properties using proximal tools such as infrared spectroscopy (e.g. FT-IR, Vis-NIR) in a laboratory setting, and knowledge of, or clear evidence in developing a skillset in the laboratory and data requirements for soil inference calibration and validation. Demonstrated programming skills in one or more scientific coding languages including (but not limited to) Python and R.For full details about this role please review the
    Position Description.

Eligibility:

Applications for this position are open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents.

Flexible working arrangements:

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

Diversity and inclusion:

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel e

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