Job DescriptionPrincipal Duties/Responsibilities:

· Travels to customer site for calibration, repair, and technical support when necessary.

· Reads quality control manual and testing specifications to obtain data to test or calibrate specific devices.

· Selects and installs accessories, such as adapters, indicating gauges, or holding devices on test or calibration fixture, and connects instrument or device to fixture, according to specifications, using hand tools.

· Sets controls to regulate factors, such as current flow, timing cycle, pressure, temperature, or vacuum, according to specifications, and activates test or calibration equipment.

· Observes readings on meters and gauges, and other displays and performance of device or instrument to identify functional defects and determine calibration requirements.

· Adjusts calibration mechanisms to obtain specified operational performance of device or instrument, using hand tools and precision measuring and calibrating instruments and equipment.

· Applies sealing compound on calibration mechanism to prevent readjustment of settings and loss of calibration.

· Rejects malfunctioning devices and routes devices to specified department for rework or salvaging of parts.

· Prepares calibration certificates and data reports.

· Processes required service report paperwork.

· Interacts with other departments and personnel to resolve any related issues.

· Assists in creation of calibration procedures as necessary.

· Evaluates calibration/repair jobs.

· Assists in developing new product capabilities and standards.

· Performs necessary database maintenance.

· May disassemble instrument or device to determine cause of defective operation and notify supervisory personnel of findings.

· Participates in Service/Quality Initiative; continually improves processes; quantitatively monitors processes. Completes required quality core classes and uses skills and techniques presented. Uses the Core Values in work environment. Adheres to company/customer safety procedures.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs), & Competencies:

Essential KSAs:

· Associates degree from a junior college or technical school; and four years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

· Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization; work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry; apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations; apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Salary info:

$20 - $29 / hr