Earth Science Lab and Field Coordinator Job Mississauga area,Ontario Canada,Science

Date Posted: 07/09/2026
Req : 49306
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM:
Chem/Phys. Sciences
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:

About us:

The university’s second largest division, U of T Mississauga has 17 academic departments and offers 156 programs in 92 areas of study. Home to approximately 15,000 students and over 1,000 faculty and staff, the campus houses the Mississauga Academy of Medicine, Centre for Medicinal Chemistry and Institute for Management and Innovation. With its distinctive interdisciplinary programs such as forensic sciences and biomedical communications, U of T Mississauga offers a broad array of continuing education programs and professional masters programs.

Established in 1967, the campus features award-winning architecture, robust community partnerships and a dynamic student environment set amongst 225 acres along the Credit River in Mississauga.

Your opportunity:

CPS is an interdisciplinary science department comprising Chemistry, Physics, Earth Sciences, and Astronomy. Our vibrant research labs examine questions such as how cells are programmed, how proteins function, how we develop materials for human health and sustainable future, how Earth’s climate and biosphere change over time, how we monitor and predict natural hazards, and how students learn to approach these challenges.

We offer undergraduate programs in Chemistry, Physics, Earth Sciences and Astronomy as well as interdisciplinary specializations in Biological Chemistry, Biomedical Physics, and Environmental Geoscience. Our students have access to state-of-the-art teaching laboratories, are involved in cutting-edge research projects in our research labs and pursue internships at a broad range of technology companies across the GTA. Few departments can offer as wide an array of experiences as can CPS, from mapping in the Andes to simulating protein folding, to building a laser trap.

Our department is home to 25 full-time faculty, including award-winning educators and researchers, who supervise a total of 90 graduate students and 16 postdocs in the CPS research labs. About 40% of our faculty have been hired in the last 10 years, the result of a recruitment and renewal drive that is ongoing.

The Earth Science Laboratory Coordinator position is an integral role in supporting student learning, teaching, and research activities in both laboratory and field settings. The Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operational needs of one or more laboratories and workshops, coordinating and managing logistics for field trips and field-based learning activities, and attending field trips that range from single-day outings to week-long trips.

The role includes ensuring the safe and effective use, maintenance, inventory, and readiness of laboratory, field, and analytical equipment and instruments across ERS facilities. The Coordinator provides instruction and demonstrations on laboratory techniques, experimental procedures, field methods and safety protocols.

Your responsibilities will include:

Overseeing day-to-day operational needs for one or more labs/workshops

Providing detailed explanations and demonstrating procedures to students and/or employees on lab techniques, experimental procedures and protocols

Determining logistical details required for field trips

Liaising with course instructors to coordinate experiment set-up to compliment theoretical material

Preparing, assembling and setting-up material, equipment and supplies used in teaching and/or research labs

Essential

Qualifications:

Master's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.

Minimum four years' experience in an Earth Science undergraduate and teaching laboratory environment.

Experience in creating, modifying and troubleshooting laboratory exercises is required including troubleshooting and repairing laboratory and field equipment or coordinating repair.

Experience planning and coordinating field trips with the requirement to oversee them.

Experience coordinating laboratory activities and scheduling workflow is required.

Experience in preparing and monitoring program or project…