TDA - ACP - Metrologist; Laboratory Technologist​/QA​/QC Lab Technician​/Calibration​/Measurement​/T

TDA - ACP - Metrologist (Laboratory Technologist/QA/QC Lab Technician/Calibration/Measurement/Technician) (57246)

Position at Texas Department of Agriculture in Giddings, TX. Salary: $4,650.00 - $4,900.00 per month. Status:
Nonexempt. Classification:
Inspector V - 1325. Telework Option:
Not offered; physically present required.

Apply online via CAPPS. Applicants using Work In Texas must complete supplemental questions.

The Agriculture Consumer Protection Division administers consumer protection programs, overseeing grocery store scales, egg quality, nursery products, licensing and training pesticide applicators, worker protection, and registering pesticides for sale. The division promotes success and unity for the people of Texas.

The Metrologist will perform advanced inspection work in the state metrology lab, planning, developing, and implementing measurement standards according to NIST OWM requirements. You will serve as a state legal signatory, technical consultant, and liaison with industry and government agencies. You may train others and test, calibrate, and certify standards within the laboratory’s capabilities for other labs, industry, and governmental jurisdictions.

You will work under minimal supervision with considerable latitude for initiative and independent judgment.

• Perform metrological calibrations on artifacts received within the calibration and measuring capabilities of the lab, in a manner that is metrologically traceable through NIST to the International System of Units (SI).
• Compile and generate official calibration certificates as an approved signatory according to ISO/IEC 17025, Handbook 143 and NVLAP Handbook 150.
• Facilitate lab traceability, quality control, technical standards compliance and laboratory calibration program.
• Develop and maintain calibration spreadsheets, calibration control charts and statistical computations to monitor quality performance.
• Contribute to the development and compilation of the annual NIST Recognition submission packet and any required submissions for accreditation approval.
• Develop and establish lab policy and procedures addressing the management system objectives, quality, purchasing, complaints, non‑conforming work, improvements, corrective actions, root‑cause analyses, training needs, and environmental conditions.
• Comply with requirements, laws, regulations, NIST handbook requirements, SOPs, policies, and procedures for the state metrology laboratory.
• Assist with preparing and reviewing literature, statutes, rules, and international standards.
• Participate in training activities, regional measurement assurance program training sessions, webinars, proficiency testing/inter‑laboratory comparisons and other mandatory training to retain metrologist signatory credential.
• Assist with training laboratory staff on metrology, quality, and technical topics.
• Contribute to effective laboratory administrative operations: recording lab meeting minutes, compiling and generating technical reports, budget prioritization and legislative information reports.
• Participate in collaborative meetings: laboratory staff meetings, regional measurement assurance meetings, management review meetings.
• Receive and respond to telephone inquiries and provide consultation to external customers and agency staff regarding metrology, quality, and technical topics.
• Conduct internal audits to determine trends and resolve technical problems; perform root‑cause analyses; recommend corrective, preventative or improvement actions to the lab manager.
• Conduct risk assessment audits to identify, analyze, evaluate, and treat risk concerning safety, economic, ethical and measurement quality.
• Ship and receive artifacts, including loading/unloading of large trucks.
• Perform ground and building maintenance duties inside and outside the laboratory.
• Follow all TDA policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree (or one year work experience related to the essential duties may substitute for one year of college).
• Minimum one year work experience in a laboratory environment, measurement, natural science or related…