Metrologist

03-Mar-2026

Maintenance

Maintenance Support

T2

$64,860 - $90,960

This is the range within which SRNS expects the majority of qualified candidates would enter this role if offered. Actual offers may be more or less than the amounts shown depending on candidate's qualifications, experience, internal equity, and other factors.

Maintenance/production personnel support the operational success of nuclear and non-nuclear facilities, buildings, systems, and shops. Professionals in these roles are responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective operation of equipment, machinery, and production processes to meet quality, safety, and productivity standards.

Maintenance support personnel provide assistance and coordination for the maintenance and upkeep of equipment, facilities, and infrastructure. Maintenance support personnel may perform routine maintenance tasks on equipment, including inspection and repair, manage inventory, and ensure maintenance activities comply with safety standards. Maintenance support personnel may perform routine calibrations of equipment and instruments to support facility operations and monitoring. They may perform shop fabrication and machining of equipment to support facility operations.

Metrologist - Apply measurement science, mathematics, physics, and engineering principles to develop and/or design and support measurement systems, processes, and procedures for calibration of measurement and test equipment based on analysis of measurement problems, accuracy and precision requirements. Use statistics to analyze calibration standards and processes. Evaluate new calibration methods and procedures. Recommend calibration standards. Monitor compliance with calibration laboratory and/or departmental processes.

This position is in the Savannah River Site Standards Laboratory. The laboratory is a NVLAP accredited calibration laboratory supporting the Savannah River Site performing calibrations across dimensional, electrical, flow, force, mass, pressure, temperature, torque, and vibration measurement disciplines. The chosen candidate will support calibration in at least two of the identified measurement disciplines.

• Instrument and system development:
  Develop and/or design and support systems, processes, methods and procedures for calibrating M&TE based on analysis of measurement problems, accuracy and precision requirements. Evaluate new calibration methods and procedures.
• Calibration and maintenance:
  Perform calibration, verification, and maintenance on metrology equipment to ensure ongoing accuracy and performance.
• Data analysis:
  Analyze metrology data to assess calibration quality, identify trends, perform statistical analysis, and correlate results with performance metrics. Develop uncertainty budgets.
• Quality assurance:
  Develop and implement measurement techniques, procedures, and protocols for quality assurance and control, ensuring compliance with specifications and international standards like ISO 17025. Monitor compliance with laboratory and/or departmental quality systems.
• Process improvement:
  Collaborate with manufacturing, process, and quality engineers to troubleshoot measurement-related issues and implement solutions to improve accuracy and efficiency. Research calibration requirements in order to recommend calibration standards. May develop software to assist in calibration laboratory and/or departmental processes.
• Validation and testing:
  Create and execute validation plans and test setups for new equipment, processes, and prototypes.
• Training:
  Train technicians and other personnel on proper use, maintenance, and repair of metrology systems.

• Associate's degree in relevant field plus completion of applicable certification or on-the-job training, OR High school diploma plus completion of applicable certification or on-the-job training plus at least one year of experience (YOE) in an applicable role.
• Equivalencies to experience and education requirements will be considered.

Associate degree from an accredited college or university, in applicable Electronic Engineering Technology, Electronic Instrumentation Technology, Industrial Electronics Technology, Electromechanical Engineering Technology or Metrology or a graduate of a U.S. Military Metrology School or four years applicable calibration experience in one or more of the following disciplines: electrical, pressure, mass, dimensional or temperature.

Technical Support

• Roles in this band contribute to the business processes to achieve results by providing support of a technical nature to others who use the resulting information, materials, and/or analysis.
• Performs technical work, often in support of professional roles.
• Typically requires vocational training or the equivalent…