Technical NMR Support Officer
$111,275–$120,453 year
On-siteParkville, Victoria, Australia
Job Summary
Support day-to-day MMR platform operations, including user training, troubleshooting, scheduling, and administrative processes. Undertake routine maintenance, calibration, and monitoring of NMR instruments, escalating complex issues to senior staff. Develop and deliver inductions, SOPs, and advanced capability development for diverse internal and external users. Provide high-level technical and scientific input to experimental design, data analysis, and publications with collaborating research groups. Contribute to strategic growth of MMR capabilities, including new methods, technologies, reporting metrics, and community engagement activities. This role leads a collaborative, multi-node research platform supporting researchers across Science, MDHS, Engineering, and industry partners at the Bio21 Institute.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in chemistry, Engineering, Biophysical Sciences, Biochemistry or related field
- Current valid work rights for Australia
- A Working with Children Check
- Hands-on experience with routine NMR upkeep, including cryogen refills, calibration, maintenance and solution state NMR
- Ability to provide high-quality research support, contributing to experimental design, troubleshooting and integrated workflows for complex projects
- Ability to build collaborative relationships with researchers, technical staff and industry users across disciplines and organisational levels
- Ability to manage time, competing priorities and safety responsibilities, ensuring compliance with OH&S policies and risk management processes
- Engagement with new methods, technologies and professional development opportunities
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting day-to-day MMR platform operations, including user training, troubleshooting, scheduling and administrative processes
- Experience undertaking routine maintenance, calibration and monitoring of NMR instruments
- Experience escalating complex issues to senior platform staff
- Experience developing and delivering inductions, SOPs, training materials and advanced capability development for diverse internal and external users
- Experience providing high-level technical and scientific input to experimental design, data analysis and publications with collaborating research groups
- Experience contributing to strategic growth of MMR capabilities, including new methods, technologies, reporting metrics and community engagement activities
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