Engineer/Laboratory Manager in
mass spectroscopy and chromatography

Job description:

The aim of the advertised position is to further strengthen our me­ta­bolomics platform within plant metabolite profiling with special focus on small natural products. The facility manager will be in charge of run­ning and advancing our key metabolomics platform at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences.

The unit encompasses state-of-the-art equipment within LC-MS and GC-MS including three LC-MS'es (one single-quadrupole, a triple-quad and an ion-trap-MS), five HPLCs (of which one is preparative) and three GC-MS systems. Development of methods, analysis of samples, as well as maintenance of current and to be acquired mass spectroscopy and chromatography equipment is the major task within the position.

We offer a stimulating international research environment. The facility manager is required to interact and collaborate with scientists at all levels (professors, postdocs, PhD students), and will be an integrated and important part of many of the research projects at the de­part­ment. If you enjoy being at the forefront of research within chro­ma­to­graphy and mass spec­tros­co­py and thrive through working on diverse projects, we have a challenging and exciting position to offer.

Qualifications:

In connection with the appointment to the position special em­pha­sis will be given to the applicant's professional and per­so­nal skills as stated below:

• Strong theoretical and practical competences within analytical chemistry and especially mass spectroscopy and chromatography.
• Strong hands-on experience within chromatography and mass spectroscopy of small molecules.
• Enjoy practical work with hardware and software related to analytical chemistry.
• Possess excellent analytical capabilities.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Holding a PhD in natural product chemistry or analytical chemistry would be advantageous but not a requisite.