Dave Hay
Departmental Manager

Profile

Biography

Dave is the Departmental Manager. His role is primarily to offer IT systems support to all departmental users, as well as to oversee the smooth and efficient running of all departmental facilities from financial, technical, and safety aspects.

He has a degree in Chemistry from the University of Nottingham (1988) and worked primarily in the field of Chemistry until joining the University of York in 1998. Since then, the needs of the Department have dictated that he takes a greatly increased role in ensuring the delivery of all aspects of IT provision. He has retrained specifically to fulfil this role, in Windows desktop and Office applications support (Microsoft Certified Professional) and in network administration (Certified Wireless Network Administrator).

He also advises on the health and safety of both staff and students and is the Departmental Safety Officer and Building Manager. His area of expertise also lies in instrumental analytical chemistry, with particular interest in environmental matrices, in particular water. He manages the departmental teaching and research laboratory facilities. Dave has worked both in industry and the academic sectors. His other areas of interest are synthetic organic chemistry, particularly of photosensitive compounds and natural products, radiation dosimetry, and novel polymer synthesis. He also takes a keen interest in Health and Safety matters and possesses a standard certificate in safety practices, an IOSH managing safely certificate. Dave is also the Departmental Web Officer.

Career

	Certified Wireless Network Administrator
	City & Guilds Standard Certificate in Safety Practices
	Institution of Occupational Safety and Health Certificate
	Microsoft Certified Professional
1998-present	Departmental Manager	Environment Department, University of York
1997-1998	Analytical Chemist	Dept of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford
1995-1997	Analytical Chemist	Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Bradford
1994-1995	Leading Lab Scientist	Metabolism Department, Covance Laboratories, Harrogate
1993-1994	Leading Lab Scientist	Inhalation Toxicology Department, Covance Laboratories, Harrogate
1992-1993	Analytical Chemist	Environmental Sciences Department, University of Sunderland
1988-1992	Organic Chemist Project Leader	Sherwood Technology Development, Nottingham
1988	BSc (Hons) Chemistry	The University of Nottingham
1986	Technical German - distinction	The University of Nottingham

Departmental roles

Departmental Computing Officer

Specification, purchase and installation of new hardware and software
Level 1/2 support to all departmental users, passing on level 2/3 support to IT Services
Maintenance of departmental back-up systems, Ethernet and wireless network
Maintenance of departmental file server and network attached storage
Provision of training to all departmental users in new hardware and software
Formation and implementation of departmental IT policy
Representation of the department on University information committees
To ensure new management information systems are applied appropriately and to provide training for staff where necessary

Departmental Web Officer

To manage and implement updates to the departmental website
Departmental site URL http://www.york.ac.uk/environment
To plan and implement web strategy
To ensure legal compliance of content

Departmental Purchasing Officer

To represent the department on University purchasing committee
To act as the central point for all departmental purchasing
To ensure timely payment of invoices for goods and services from research funding and HEFCE funds
To ensure best practice and adherence to local and national framework agreements for purchasing
To ensure the smooth running of the Agresso purchasing system in the department
To provide financial reports for and to control expenditure against HEFCE funds
To maintain an equipment inventory and insurance cover for departmental equipment.
To maintain external maintenance contracts for departmental equipment

Departmental Safety Officer

To represent the department at University safety committee meetings
To write and update the departmental safety policy and safety handbook
To ensure legal compliance with the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and all subsequent legislation and regulations
To act as the departmental display screen assessor
To check and maintain CoSHH assessments
To check and maintain risk assessments
To formulate the fire risk assessment for the department
To monitor performance against set standards and to report back to the head of department
To provide advice on all aspects of safety management and risk assessment to all members of the department
To perform and maintain departmental Portable Appliance Testing records

Laboratory Manager

To ensure the smooth operation of departmental science laboratories in both teaching and research
To manage the departmental technical support team
To be conversant with the operation of all laboratory analytical equipment and to train others in its use when required
To write and maintain standard operating procedures for laboratory equipment and processes
To liaise with Estates and external contractors to ensure the fabric of the department remains fit for its purpose of teaching and research provision
To liaise with the Security Service in matters relating to departmental security provision
To control access systems to the department (provision of keys and electronic swipe cards)

Research

Overview

Research projects undertaken to date include:

Organic synthesis of large macrocycles
Inorganic synthesis and speciation of corrosion products of reaction of stainless steel and IRFNA (NASA)
Synthesis of MOED dyes
Synthesis of spiropyran colour formers and thioxanthone sensitisers
Formulation of non-silver gamma ray dosimeter film (60 Co)
Formulation of non-silver x-ray imaging film (100keV)
Carcinogenicity of rh-DNAse, a therapeutic agent for cystic fibrosis
Tracer compounds in investigation of sewage contamination of groundwater

Environment

Dave Hay Departmental Manager