Engineering Technician​/Senior Engineering Technician

Office Location

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

1201 W. University Drive

Human Resources

MASS Building 2nd Floor

Edinburg, TX 78539

Monday-Friday

8:00 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m.

College of Engineering & Computer Science: cecs

Robert

C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship: cobe

• Posting Number: SRGV
  8798
• Working Title:
  
  [Insert Title]
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Location:
  
  Edinburg, Texas
• Department:
  Institute for Advanced Manufacturing
• FTE: 1.0
• FLSA:
  Non-Exempt

Engineering Technician: Provide high‑level technical skills to ensure safe operation of all Machine Shop and Engineering (Research and Educational) Lab equipment. Responsible for safe distribution, maintenance of supplies and equipment in departmental laboratories or related areas and provide user guidance and support of usage.

Senior Engineering Technician: Oversees and ensures safe operation of all research and educational lab equipment, the distribution of supplies and maintenance of specialized equipment in departmental laboratories or related areas and techniques of normally used equipment and materials.

• Monitors the organization and cleanliness of the laboratory or assigned areas.
• Instructs and supervises students and faculty in the safe operation of all applicable tools and research/educational equipment and recommends updates.
• Ensures all established safety standards, regulations and procedures are followed in accordance with state, university and department regulations.
• Supervises the daily operations of the assigned area, as well as opening and closing the site assigned as per schedule established.
• Maintains and repairs all necessary tools and high‑tech equipment utilized in research and educational laboratory or assigned areas.
• Prepares materials, equipment and instrumentation for use in research and educational laboratories or areas and recommends updates as needed.
• Makes recommendations regarding facilities planning and equipment selection, installation and removal of research and educational equipment.
• Ensures that the college inventory of research and educational laboratory materials and instruments are properly maintained, accounted for and requests purchases when needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Oversees the assigned areas and ensures cleanliness of the laboratories.
• Develops and manages schedules and ensures that laboratory operations are available for usage and operating in an efficient manner.
• Develops and implements training for students and faculty regarding the safe operation of all applicable tools and approves students after completion of training for use of tools and equipment.
• Provides technical support and ensures the regular maintenance for all equipment is completed as established within protocol and coordinates accordingly with outside providers.
• Ensures all established safety standards, regulations and procedures are followed in accordance with state, university and department regulations.
• Prepares complex materials, equipment and instrumentation for use in research and educational laboratories or areas.
• Reviews, evaluates and makes recommendations on equipment performance, usage and the purchase of new equipment.
• Coordinates with lab committees to prepare a budget for consumables, manages all purchases and inventory.
• Responds to situations where first‑line product support has failed to isolate or fix issues in malfunctioning equipment or software.
• Acts as liaison to lab committees.
• Advises faculty and students with facilities planning and equipment selection, installation and removal of equipment.
• Supervises departmental inventory of laboratory materials and instruments and requests purchases when needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

General supervision from assigned supervisor.

Direct supervision of assigned staff.

• Engineering Technician: Associate degree from a technical/trade school in a related field.
• Senior Engineering Technician: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.

• Engineering Technician: N/A
• Senior…