Senior Technician, Laboratory Support, Biomechanics

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Posting Reason:

New Position

Job Type:

Employee

Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments):

8

Job Family:

Laboratory Support

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Associate Director, Undergraduate Studies and Student Affairs

Campus:

Ottawa, ON

Union Affiliation:

N/A

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/07/23

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/08/03

Hours per week:

17

Salary Grade:

Non-Union Grade NC6 - 35 hrs

Salary Range:

$76 882,00 - $96 103,00

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Position purpose:

Under the authority of the Assistant Director Undergraduate Studies, assists the Senior Specialist, Laboratory Support, Biomechanics with all assigned undergraduate laboratories. Performs a variety of technical activities to support students, teaching assistants, and Senior Specialist, Laboratory Support, Biomechanics in the assigned teaching labs. Provides general technical advice, support, and guidance to lab users and focuses on the set-up, maintenance, and troubleshooting of lab equipment. May assist with analysis, design, development, production, testing, and the operation of laboratory protocols to the specification of the department or faculty’s curriculum requirements to achieve the learning objectives and ensure safe working practices. The work is performed with moderate supervision, under clear guidelines, and requires a good general knowledge of the various technologies used.

This is an eight (8) month contract for Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 academic sessions. The schedule will depend on registrations.

• The needs of the School are approximately 33 hours per week, between August 31 and December 22, 2026, and from January 4 to April 30, 2027.

• The incumbent's hours will be fixed at a number ranging between 15 to 35 hours, depending on their availability and the School's operational needs.

The annual salary will be prorated according to hours worked.

Nota: This position requires working variable hours, mostly late afternoons and evenings, with occasional weekend shifts. Hours may range from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm, depending on the lab schedules established for the academic year.

In this role, your key responsibilities include:

• Technical Support: Assists with the testing and maintenance of assigned laboratory equipment and materials to ensure accurate and proper functionality. Assists in the analysis and diagnosis of the causes of lab equipment and process malfunctions and, under supervision, carries out the required minor repair actions in order to maintain lab functionality.

• Pedagogical Support: Supports teaching assistants in the operation of the laboratories. Assists during laboratory operations to coach and respond to students’ questions and problems. Supports teaching assistants and students in the use of lab equipment and materials to improve end-user proficiency.

• Health and Safety: Ensures that all assigned laboratories operate in accordance with the Health and Safety rules of the University, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, WHMIS, and any other applicable regulations.

• Inventory Control: Keeps track of the inventory of the assigned equipment, instrumentation and materials located in the assigned labs.

• Lab protocols and activities: Works closely with the Senior Specialist, Laboratory Support, Biomechanics to organize laboratories and laboratory teaching materials. Assists the Senior Specialist, Laboratory Support, Biomechanics in conducting workshops for laboratory visits (i.e. University Day and visiting secondary school groups).

• Documentation: Assists with preparation of laboratory manuals and other technical lab documentation and helps with making them available to students and teaching assistants when necessary.

What you will bring:

• Knowledge of Biomechanics or related discipline acquired by university graduate degree (minimum M.Sc.), or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a teaching laboratory environment.

• Knowledge of current biomechanics laboratory tools, equipment, instruments, materials, and hazards and their safe usage.

• Knowledge of Health and Safety rules, regulations and University policies and procedures related to the operation of labs and lab equipment/material.

• Knowledge of and recent experience with lab protocols and data acquisition procedures relating to musculoskeletal anatomy and biomechanics.

• Comprehensive knowledge of application software such as web site applications, data collection software, databases, spreadsheets, word-processing, etc.

• Experience in providing technical support and advice to users for lab equipment.

• Experience in testing, maintaining, and completing minor repairs on biomechanics lab equipment.

• Experience in preparing and developing scientific experiments.

• Ability to communicate technical or difficult concepts and procedures to users in a clear and concise manner.

• Ability to read and understand texts of considerable difficulty requiring understanding of concepts, procedures, and instructions.

• Analytical skills to diagnose and troubleshoot laboratory equipment and material issues.

• Good interpersonal skills.

• First Aid and CPR-C experience and knowledge is an asset.

• Bilingualism: French and English (spoken and written).

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa: 

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

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