上海招聘

This position plays an important role in cultivating students’ innovative spirit and hands-on ability; and supports JI’s teaching objectives and helps students to realize their academic and career goals. It reports to the Executive Director of JI.  The primary responsibilities are to function as the leader of teaching lab staff and to provide technical and administrative support for lab related academic activities at JI. Other responsibilities typically include: overall lab operation management, establishment of all lab related rules and SOP’s, maintenance of fixed assets and equipment in JI teaching labs, implementation of lab safety measures, development of purchasing strategies and tactics, etc.

Job description：

1. Teaching lab regulation and strategic planning

a) Formulate and deploy long-term strategic plan to build a world class teaching lab;

b) Help create and monitor annual teaching lab budget for lab maintenance and development;

c) Develop and implement lab policies and procedures for regular operations and lab safety;

d) Conduct weekly office meeting.

2. Operational Management

a) Manage lab staff, including recruitment, duty assignment, supervision, professional development, evaluation, and disciplinary actions;

b) Coordinate lab work related to teaching and research to ensure good progress;

c) Have regular safety examinations, implement safety measures, and remove safety hazards in the teaching labs; 

d) Maintain and upgrade fixed assets and other lab equipment;

e) Serve as the member of JI Safety Committee. 

3. Documentation

a) Develop Standard Operating Procedures to enforce all the JI and SJTU Rules of Conduct; assure all the safety measures in compliance;

b) Creation and/or maintain written documentations, including safety manual, system and user manuals, license agreements.

4. Procurement of Teaching Lab Equipment 

a) Implement purchasing strategies and policies; 

b) Collect and manage purchase requests from JI faculty for lab courses;

c) Oversee the entire purchasing process, and complete relevant paper work;

d) Monitor purchasing activities to ensure all technical and logistical requirements are met; optimize the capital utilization;

e) Receive the newly purchased equipment upon arrival, update the lab inventory.

5. Staff / TA / Student training

a) Lead all lab staff to learn general operations and relevant technologies; help improve their English proficiency;

b) Give a speech on the TA conference, new student welcome meeting and international students’ refreshes to educate all of them to follow lab Standard Operation Procedure and Safety Rules every semester.

6. Instruction on machine shop training

a) Work with course instructors to give instructions on machine shop training;

b) Translated all the curriculum and teaching materials from Chinese to English, if necessary;

c) Lecture up to two classes per week for one semester;

d) Evaluate the students’ performance.  

Job Requirements

1. Master’s Degree in Engineering/management related subject or field; PhD's Degree is preferred.

2. Familiar with ME or ECE relevant lab requirements

3. Capable of designing and implementing basic experiments based on subject requirements

4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both Chinese and English;

5. Effective negotiation skills;

6. Skill in budget preparation, general accounting principles, fiscal management and data base maintenance.

7. At least 5 year’s full-time employment experience in ME or ECE and relevant lab services

8. Excellent interpersonal skills and Customer care & communicational skills;

9. Good organizational, managerial and collaboration skills and experience.

10. Basic IT skills;

11. Must be flexible and able to handle multiple priorities, with the ability to adjust to high pressure;

12. Ability to organize workflow and coordinate activities within the office and other departments.

Materials applicants should provide:

1. CV in both Chinese and English

2. English cover letter

3. Degree certificate or recommendation form

If you are interested in the position, please send the required materials to Email: ji-hr@sjtu.edu.cn.  Please mention the position you applied for in the title.

The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (JI) was jointly established in 2006 by two premier universities, the University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, creating a Sino-US academic partnership with tremendous potential. The mission of JI is to build a world-class educational and research institute in China and foster future innovative researchers and leaders with a global perspective.

Abiding by the philosophy of “Internationalization, Interdisciplinary, Innovation, and Quality”, JI has developed a unique educational model through combining American and Chinese educational philosophies and principles. JI has won many awards for higher education innovation, including the “Model of Chinese Higher Education Reform” from the Chinese State Council and the “Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in Higher Education” from the Institute of International Education, one of the most prestigious awards in international education.

JI adopts curriculums blending the unique features of the University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Two of its undergraduate majors, Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), achieved the world’s most authoritative ABET accreditation. All courses are taught in English by world-class faculty recruited from global leading universities. Many faculty members are winners of prestigious awards such as Yangtze Scholar, 1000-talent Scholars, New Century Talents, Pujiang Scholars, and Shanghai Magnolia Gold and Silver Awards.

Besides building students’ solid foundation in engineering, JI serves to develop their problem-solving capabilities as well as soft skills such as creativity, teamwork, communication, and leadership. JI also provides students abundant opportunities to study abroad at its partner universities around the world, in order to prepare students for challenging future careers and to become global leaders in fields of their choice. Every year, more than 80% of JI graduates continue to pursue further study at top universities worldwide. Most of those who choose to enter the job market have been employed by leading domestic and international companies.