Calibration Technician IV

Overview

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference? At Mesa Labs we're passionate about protecting the vulnerable by enabling scientific breakthroughs, ensuring product integrity, increasing patient and worker safety, and improving quality of life around the world.

Mesa Labs offers competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package, and bonus opportunities.

Base Compensation Range: $30.29/hr - $37.86/hr

This position is eligible for an annual 10% bonus opportunity in addition to the base salary.

• Eligible for benefits the first day of the month after you start
• Tiered Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance options
• Health Savings Account (HSA), Healthcare & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability (unless covered by a state disability plan)
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D
• 3 weeks of accrued vacation time; accruals begin on Day 1
• Paid sick leave of 48 hours per calendar year
• Four weeks paid Caregiver leave after 1 year of service or per state leave laws
• 401(k) plan with 4% Safe Harbor match on 4% employee contribution from Day 1
• Employee Wellness and Financial Assistance Resources
• Nine paid company holidays per year
• Overtime opportunities

Sterilization and Disinfection Control division manufactures and sells biological and chemical indicators that assess the effectiveness of sterilization and disinfection processes for pharmaceutical, healthcare, and dental industries.

The Calibration Technician IV is the senior technical specialist responsible for performing complex calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of precision test and measurement equipment used in manufacturing, laboratory, and service environments. This role serves as a technical resource for the calibration team, performs the most difficult calibration activities, resolves complex equipment issues, supports continuous improvement efforts, and provides technical guidance to less experienced technicians.

The Calibration Technician IV works independently with minimal supervision while ensuring compliance with quality, regulatory, and safety standards.

• Calibration, Maintenance & Troubleshooting:
  Perform complex calibration, adjustment, verification, maintenance, and repair of precision test and measurement equipment across multiple technologies.
• Independently troubleshoot complex calibration failures, equipment malfunctions, and measurement discrepancies using advanced diagnostic techniques.
• Perform advanced electrical, mechanical, pressure, temperature, flow, dimensional, and specialized instrument calibrations.
• Evaluate equipment condition and recommend repair, refurbishment, replacement, or retirement as appropriate.
• Ensure calibration standards and equipment maintain required traceability and measurement integrity.

• Serve as the technical resource for complex calibration questions and unusual measurement challenges.
• Provide technical guidance and day-to-day support to Calibration Technicians and other technical personnel.
• Assist in resolving difficult equipment issues requiring advanced technical expertise.
• Review complex calibration results and recommend corrective actions.
• Support investigations related to calibration discrepancies, equipment failures, or audit findings.

• Maintain complete calibration records, certificates, maintenance histories, and traceability documentation.
• Ensure calibration activities comply with ISO 17025, NIST traceability, FDA, GMP, and company quality system requirements.
• Support internal and external audits by providing technical documentation and responding to calibration-related inquiries.
• Review calibration documentation for completeness, accuracy, and compliance.

• Identify opportunities to improve calibration methods, documentation, equipment utilization, and workflow efficiency.
• Assist with implementation of new calibration equipment, software, procedures, and technologies.
• Participate in root cause investigations and corrective action activities related to calibration systems.
• Recommend improvements that increase equipment reliability, measurement accuracy, and operational efficiency.
• Support standardization of calibration procedures across equipment and facilities where applicable.

• Maintain calibration standards, reference equipment, specialized tools, and support equipment.
• Monitor calibration schedules and ensure equipment remains within required calibration intervals.
• Assist with evaluation, procurement, and qualification of new calibration equipment and standards.
• Support inventory management of calibration standards, spare parts, and consumable materials.

• Provide technical coaching and mentoring to Calibration Technicians.
• Assist with onboarding and technical training for new technicians.
• Demonstrate…