Sr. Calibration Technician​/Team Lead

Benefits

• Work that matters.
• A values-based culture where people care about each other and the work they do together.
• Flexibility
• Training and development to accelerate learning and career advancement.
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including paid time off, health insurance, tuition reimbursement, retirement, stock purchase plan, and MORE!
• Pay range is $35.00 - $45.00/hr
• $3k Sign-On Bonus included!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform calibration work with little to no supervision
• Train, advise, and lead lower-level technicians
• Assist in production management, training, automation and leadership of key processes within the lab
• Partner with lab management on process improvement and strategic initiatives
• Conduct independent research when necessary
• Coordinate and manage daily workloads without direction from manager
• Identify and utilize appropriate measurement techniques
• Maintain calibration standards
• Understand and apply uncertainties to measurements made
• Be able to read and interpret labs’ scopes of accreditation
• Work effectively with lab support staff
• Working knowledge and competency in eight disciplines and expert in three disciplines preferred
• Perform calibrations within a laboratory or customer onsite setting
• Work at customer on-sites with little to no direction
• Fulfill duties safely under working conditions, in keeping with Company requirements and standards
• Other duties as assigned
• Travel requirement: up to 50% of work schedule

Primary Objectives

• Call upon high-level skills, techniques, and processes to calibrate, troubleshoot, and adjust a high volume of high-level equipment with few errors
• Coordinate work schedule for the lab
• Prepare detailed analysis of calibration processes and uncertainties
• Develop and implement process improvements
• Develop lower-level technicians
• Deliver on Transcat’s Quality Policy (QAC-F01-001)
• Demonstrate team lead skills and responsibilities
• Develop skills necessary to advance in leadership roles in Transcat

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Qualifications

• Successful completion of assigned training materials through on-the-job training, online content, LMS, and classroom led instruction
• Elite interpersonal and customer service skills
• Strong management skills and leadership potential
• Excellent attention to detail
• Self-motivated learner with the ability to learn new skills related to calibration and calibration processes
• Ability to take direction and learn from feedback
• Ability to communicate well with supervisor, solve problems effectively, and work both independently and as part of a team
• 3+ years driving experience with a valid driver’s license

Education and Experience

Required:

• Associates degree from college or technical school, or 6+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience working within ISO 17025 and exposure responding to assessment bodies in the ISO 17025 accreditation. Advanced understanding of creating, maintaining, and editing uncertainty budgets.

Preferred:

• Six+ years of commercial calibration experience
• CCT or CMT certification
• Extensive statistical background
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office computer software including Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Advanced organizational and time management skills
• Completion of appropriate leadership or management coursework
• Experience in PMEL, PME, TMDE, Metrology, Calibration, ASQ CCT, METCAL, GPETE, Electronics, GCAMS, or Avionics

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. We will reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position. While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to read, write, talk, and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers to handle tools and equipment.

The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Occasionally will be required to lift up to 75 lbs.

The work environment described here is representative of what an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to the risk of electrical shock. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles;

toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Transcat is an equal-opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination based on any protected status. As required by United States law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, genetic…