Physics Lab Technician

Middlesex Community College

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Bedford, MA

Part‑time Staff

Wed Dec 10 2025

Title: Physics Lab Technician

Unit: Part‑Time Non‑Unit Staff

Department: Science

Reports to: Dean of STEM

Date: December 10, 2025

General

Summary:

The part‑time physics lab technician provides technical support services to faculty and staff who teach Physics courses on the Lowell and Bedford Campuses and maintains a sanitary and efficient laboratory environment to promote student success. This knowledgeable individual performs administrative and laboratory work and includes maintaining inventory of laboratory equipment, materials and supplies, ordering new/replacement materials, maintaining/caring for laboratory equipment, setting up laboratory experiments and related equipment/supplies for labs, and ensuring laboratory safety and proper disposal of any hazardous wastes.

• Prepares materials and sets up all laboratory experiments and demonstrations in the Physics area accurately and on time.
• Dismantles laboratory experiments and demonstrations, checks and returns equipment to storage in a timely manner.
• Maintains the order, cleanliness, and safety of the laboratories and storage facilities.
• Initiates orders for new/replacement supplies and equipment for Physics with the approval of the department chair.
• Receives/stocks orders and processes receiving/invoicing documentation.
• Adjusts, maintains, calibrates and performs minor repairs to equipment using basic electronics skills; reports major repair needs or arranges for repairs according to established procedures.
• Constructs and modifies apparatus as required. Improves on existing experiments and designs new experiments and equipment as needed.
• Installs physics lab software, periodically updates lab computers and…