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INTRODUCTION

Manages the daily operations, safety, security, technical instruction, and budget administration of the Sculpture Area’s laboratories, including metal fabrication/welding, mold-making, woodworking, and digital fabrication, as well as the Resource/Reference Area and White Room exhibition space. Provides technical guidance and training to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff in sculpture research, materials, tools, and fabrication techniques. Oversees equipment maintenance, inventory, checkout systems, supplies, and resource acquisitions; coordinates exhibitions, events, field trips, and special projects; and ensures compliance with safety regulations, training requirements, and established operating procedures.

SALARY & COMPENSATION

UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors, including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not common. Visit UC Benefit package to discover benefits that start on day one, and UC Total Compensation Estimator to calculate the total compensation value with benefits.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated working knowledge of all welding, cutting, rolling, and bending equipment and methods that are utilized in the Welding Lab. Includes a wide variety of mig, tig, arc and spot welders, as well as plasma cutters, oxy-acetylene torches. Demonstrated working knowledge of all equipment, materials, and methods that are utilized in the Mold Making Lab. Includes a wide variety of fabrication, armature, casting, and duplication techniques, such as plaster, latex, alginate, moulage, silicon (Required)

• Demonstrated skill working with different building materials, e.g. wood, plastic, metal, wire. Expertise with basic carpentry, plumbing and electrical systems sufficient to make major installations and minor repairs (Required)

• Excellent oral communication capability to instruct others about safety procedures and proper equipment and facility use. Ability to assert authority for maintaining safety standards as well as a clean working environment. Ability to train and supervise student and lab personnel to insure the safe and proper use of equipment, machinery, tools, materials and processes used in the Sculpture facilities, including the supervision of student-performed clean-up and maintenance (Required)

• Accomplished negotiating skills for exchanging ideas, information, directions, and opinions with students, faculty and staff. Ability to formulate policies and procedures, along with decisions and solutions. Able to establish and maintain cooperative work environment. Ability to maintain a professional, patient demeanor at all times. (Required)

• Demonstrated working knowledge of all Sculpture equipment which includes a wide variety of cutting, drilling, sanding, grinding and polishing devices, and a wide variety of hand tools for fabricating sculptures. Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to purchase and change sculpture equipment when it is worn down or destroyed. Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to purchase and change blades, belts, discs and bits for cutting, sawing and drilling equipment (Required)

• Accomplished at working in a stressful environment, with its fluctuating workload, frequent interruptions, and competing demands from students, faculty, teaching assistants, and staff, maintaining a positive, patient, and respectful attitude. Ability to maintain a positive attitude in the face of adversity. (Required)

• Ability and knowledge to use computers for the following: control machinery and equipment; track inventories and monitor budget; develop policies and guidelines; conduct research on tools, methods and techniques for building sculptures. (Required)

• Experience in working with a variety of electronic tools and materials, including sensors, interactive systems, motors, electronic systems, solar power, and computer-controlled equipment. Knowledge of the principles of analog and digital electronics. Ability to trouble-shoot, problem-solve and analyze lab and gallery situations (Required)

• Able to function in a working-shop environment, with its related noise, potential dangers, and occasional dust, fumes and smoke. (Required)

• Able to work occasional extended shifts, evenings, and weekends (Required)

• Ability to drive to off campus vendors and to the graduate facilities. (Required)

• Working knowledge of first-aid procedures. (Required)

EDUCATION, LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS & PERSONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Master's Degree MFA in Sculpture or equivalent experience (Required)

• Must possess, upon hire, and maintain a valid CA noncommercial Class C License in accordance with the California (CA) Department of Motor Vehicles. (Required)

SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT

• Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.

• Live Scan Background Check: A Live Scan background check must be completed prior to the start of employment.

• CANRA: The position is designated as a mandatory reporter under CANRA. The employee must sign the "Statement Acknowledging Requirement to Report Child Abuse".

SCHEDULE

8:00am to 5:00pm, Occasional Evenings and Weekends

UNION/POLICY COVERED

RX-Research Support Professionals

COMPLETE POSITION DESCRIPTION

Campus Requisition #: 11915
UC Payroll Title: SRA 3
Department: DEPT OF ART
Appointment Type: 2 - Staff: Career
Anticipated Hiring Pay Scale: $84,971 to $90,148 /Yr.
Full Salary Range: USD $75,437.68/Yr. - USD $121,313.85/Yr.
Onsite | Remote | Hybrid Type: Fully Onsite
Department Location: 240 Charles E Young Dr N UCLA Confucius Institute
Full or Part Time: Full Time