Acuren is seeking a full-time Calibration Tech II to support Lab operations in Davenport, IA.
Responsibilities- Perform calibrations on high level and unique test and measurement instrumentation
- Use your troubleshooting, repair, and calibration knowledge to work on unique equipment
- Help interact with customer to determine needs relating to traceability, adequacy of standards and test procedures, as well as, for items requiring repair or limited calibration
- Interface directly with customers to determine needs relating to traceability, adequacy of standards and test procedures as well as for items requiring repair or limited calibration
- Ensure that preventative maintenance of the laboratory's equipment is performed in a timely and acceptable manner,
- Managing workload distribution for the technicians within his/her sphere of influence when the Manager is not available.
- Performing daily inspections of the incoming equipment to verify accessories and manuals are available, malfunctions of customer instrumentation, and to change equipment status when appropriate
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform calibration work with little to no supervision
- Conduct independent research when necessary
- Coordinate and manage daily workloads without direction from manager
- Identify and utilize appropriate measurement techniques
- Maintain calibration standards
- Work effectively with lab support staff
- Working knowledge and competency in at least four (4) disciplines and expert in one (1) discipline preferred
- Perform calibrations within a laboratory or customer on-site 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 may be assigned
Primary Objectives
- Learn and develop fundamental skills necessary to calibration techniques and processes, which includes high level production with minimal errors
- Develop team lead skills and responsibilities
- Develop skills necessary to train and advise lower-level technicians
- Experience in calibrating multiple disciplines of Test & Measurement Equipment, i.e.: Electrical/Electronics - DC/low.
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001 – 2005 requirements
- Experience in communication with customer and peers, including ability to mentor or train
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to effectively prioritize workload.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Qualifications
- Successful completion of assigned training materials through on-the-job training, online content, LMS, and classroom led instruction
- Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
- 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 and acceptable driver history
Education and Experience
3+ years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Preferred:
- Three+ (3+) years of commercial calibration experience
- Previous experience or training in electronics
- Basic mathematical skills including algebra, geometry, and statistics
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office computer software including Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Basic organizational and time management skills
- Familiarity with basic hand tools
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office computer software including Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Advanced organizational and time management skills
Acuren is a trusted, single source provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructures. Committed to delivering a Higher Level of Reliability, Acuren provides an unrivaled spectrum of capabilities including inspection, traditional and advanced NDE/NDT, failure analysis, rope access, materials engineering, field engineering, reliability engineering, drones, robotics, V-Deck and condition-based monitoring services.
Our work is critical to the integrity and safety of industrial firms, including petroleum refinery, pipeline, power generation, pulp & paper, mining, pharmaceutical, aerospace and automotive industries. Acuren employs over 4,000 dedicated professionals supporting the mechanical integrity and inspection programs of the world’s largest industrial segments.
Acuren is a market leader. Our formula for success is straightforward: be capable locally, with certified and well-equipped personnel supported by trained, experienced leaders. Continuing to build on a strong heritage of safety, quality and professionalism, Acuren strives to maintain incident free work environments, pursues advanced technical developments, and supports reliability programs that are valued by clients and employees.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Medical, dental, and supplemental insurance
- 401K Plan
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Assistance Program
- Company paid Life & AD&D
- Employee stock purchase plan
Skills Required
- 3+ years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience calibrating multiple disciplines of test and measurement equipment, including electrical/electronics DC and low-frequency equipment
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001:2005 requirements
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers and peers
- Ability to mentor or train others
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize workload
- Successful completion of assigned training through on-the-job, online, LMS, and classroom instruction
- Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to learn calibration skills and processes
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- At least 3 years of driving experience, valid driver's license, and acceptable driver history
- Three or more years of commercial calibration experience
- Previous electronics experience or training
- Basic mathematics, including algebra, geometry, and statistics
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Familiarity with basic hand tools
- Advanced organizational and time-management skills
Acuren Inspection, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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What We Do
Since its inception in 1974, Acuren has been a trusted, single source provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructures. Committed to delivering a Higher Level of Reliability, Acuren provides an unrivaled spectrum of capabilities, including inspection, traditional and advanced NDE/NDT, failure analysis, rope access, materials engineering, reliability engineering and condition based monitoring services. Our work is critical to the integrity and safety of industrial firms, including petroleum refinery, pipeline, power generation, wind, pulp & paper, pharmaceutical, aerospace and automotive industries. Acuren employs more than 4,000 dedicated professionals, dispatched from more than 90 locations across the continent, supporting the mechanical integrity and inspection programs of the world’s largest industrial segments. We are the only N285 certified NDT company in Canada which allows us to perform nuclear scopes of work directly as an EPC rather than subcontracting to another EPC firm. Acuren is a market leader. Our formula for success is straightforward: be capable locally, with certified and well-equipped personnel supported by trained, experienced leaders. Local competence is further supported by a corporate commitment to exceptional service, with subject-matter experts, management systems, and best-available technology to assure that the efforts provided locally also represent best practices globally. Continuing to build on a strong heritage of safety, quality and professionalism, Acuren strives to maintain incident free work environments, pursues advanced technical developments, and supports reliability programs that are valued by clients and employees. We strive to demonstrate that we have an opportunity to earn our customer’s business every day and that we understand the need to deliver more value in the future.
