Cornish College of the Arts seeks Fabrication Studio Technician
The Creative Spaces and Event Services team is looking for an experienced Fabrication Studio Technician to provide oversight and supervision of the digital and traditional Fabrication Studio; which includes the multifaceted studio facility, inventory, and budget while supporting faculty and students with safe use of equipment and processes. The ideal candidate will be organized and skilled in working with students with diverse skills and talents. They should have a passion for education and the arts.
Description of the Studio
The new 6,600 sf. Jon and Mary Shirley Fabrication Studio includes a woodshop, metal shop, digital fabrication studio, mold-making/ceramic studio, ventilation room, and a large maker space classroom for constructing large 3D works. Equipment includes commercial-grade laser cutters, 3D printers, CNC milling unit, welding units, and a CNC steel plasma cutter. Sculpture and object design classes in the Art and Interior Architecture Depts. are held in the main work room and Open Studio hours are available between class times for additional college wide student/faculty use. See more info at the Cornish College of the Arts – CSES Dept. webpage: https://www.cornish.edu/facilities/cses/
The mission of Cornish is to provide students aspiring to become practicing artists with an educational program of the highest possible quality, in an environment that nurtures creativity and intellectual curiosity, while preparing them to contribute to society as artists, citizens, and innovators. Cornish realizes this mission by offering baccalaureate studies in the performing and visual arts and by serving as a focal point in the community for public presentation, artistic criticism, participation and discussion of the arts.
If you are looking for a culture and community that promotes and supports creative engagement, consider Cornish. Join our highly collaborative and creative team committed to supporting the development of the Cornish community. In addition to a great culture, Cornish offers generous paid medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, paid time-off and holidays.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and promote safe studio practices while fully engaging with students, faculty and staff, and fostering positive communication in a productive community environment
- Provides training in the safe use of all studio tools, materials, and equipment and tracking student’s tool and process authorizations
- Maintains studio by:
- Monitoring inventory
- Keeping Safety Data Sheets (SDS) up to date to reflect all chemical products used in studios
- Purchasing supplies, tools, and studio consumables
- Keeping studio equipment and studio spaces clean, repaired, organized, and prepared for class use
- Understanding and fulfilling the maintenance requirements of shop equipment
- Utilizing proper storage and safety labeling
- Providing written safety procedures for tools, processes and PPE
- Maintaining a tool check out system
- Communicating with Operations and Facilities regarding physical space functionality
- Communicates with the Visual Arts Resource Manager and academic departments regarding budget expenditures, issues and policies relating to the studio classroom supplies
- Performs administrative duties including:
- Completing purchase orders, accurately allocating expenses to appropriate general ledger accounts, tracking monthly purchases, and forecasting semester material usage
- Serves as a resource to the academic departments and college as a whole, by providing concise safety and/or technique demonstrations, general studio guidance to students, as well as informative studio highlights to prospective students
- Supervise and mentor student employees with relevant projects.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
