Lab Technician 1

at  Gas Power Engineering

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The Lab Tech I partners with Lab Leaders/SME’s for the execution of our order fulfillment related activities supporting Performance Testing projects. Additionally, Test and calibrate controlling, indicating, and measuring instruments and devices, such as pressure transmitters, temperature controls, Thermocouples, RTD’s, thermometers and power load measurement devices.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:

• Associate’s / Vocational Degree or equivalent Military Calibration background (OR High School
• Diploma / GED with a minimum of 2 years of Calibration experience and/or 3 years in production or services environment)
• Ability to work overtime

• Accountable for accurate maintenance for all business systems (Procurement/Inventory Management/etc.)
• Responsible for the maintaining appropriate Kanban levels for varying stages of our equipment process, consumables, and misc. equipment
• Responsible for prepping and functional checks on returned precision test and misc. equipment per OJT and procedures
• Responsible pack and ship instrumentation and consumables for kitting and for the execution of order fulfilment
• Facilitation of all receivables and associated related processes (including equipment returns)
• Properly identifies and red tags items in need of repair (inclusive of the dispositioning of)
• Completes basic repair and maintenance activities on equipment and may disassemble instrument or device to determine cause of defective operation and notify supervisory personnel of findings.
• Active engagement in routine housekeeping at facility and 5S program maintenance/initiatives
• Assists with equipment builds, kitting and retro’s
• Selects and installs accessories such as adapters, indicating gauges, or holding devices on test or calibration fixture, and connects the instrument or device to a lab primary standard.
• Read quality control manual and testing specifications to obtain data to test or calibrate specific devices
• Sets controls to regulate factors such as current flow, timing cycle, pressure, temperature or vacuum according to specifications and activates test of calibration equipment.
• Observes reading 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 accurate measuring and calibrating instruments and equipment.
• Rejects malfunctioning devices and routes devices to specified department for rework or salvaging of parts.