APPRENTICE TECHNICIAN I

Department/Role Type: Service, Full-Time                         

Reports to: Operations Manager

Location: Remote (100% travel, plus periodic-frequent overnight stays)

Our Apprentice Technician level 1 must be organized, an effective communicator (both written & oral), and willing to learn in order to effectively provide support in calibration/instrumentation and preventative maintenance. This role will be under the tutelage of our Training & Technical Manager and work with cross-functional internal teams.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Provide calibration, preventive maintenance, and repair under the tutelage of Training & Technical Manager/ a qualified Service Technician.
• Support all equipment serviced by Company (including various gravimetric, volumetric, pressure, temperature, and electrical measuring devices, HEPA-filtered devices, Biological Safety Cabinets, Clean Benches, Chemical Fume Hoods, and Cleanrooms).
• Additional support services are to be provided.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Minimum high school diploma or GED.
• No prior experience or training in calibration and instrumentation
• Maintain a valid driver’s license with good driving record.
• Computer literate
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office suites.
• Understand and follow written and verbal instructions.
• Inclinations in electronics and electrical
• Professional appearance and demeanor.
• Positive attitude and excellent work ethic

Competencies:

• Ability & willingness to use various modes of transportation (including but not limited to air transportation).
• Capability of driving extensively in and around the states of LA/TX to customer sites.
• Technical/mechanical aptitude.
• Skills in–

-Problem Solving        

- Customer Service       

-Cost Consciousness

-Organizational support   

-Adaptability               

-Dependability

Physical demands & Work Environments:

• Continually required to stand.
• Continually required to walk.
• Frequently required to sit.
• Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity.
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, bend stoop, kneel or crawl.
• Continually required to talk or hear.
• Continually required to utilize visual acuity to operate equipment, read technical information, and/or use a keyboard.
• Frequently required to lift/carry equipment w/weight ranges between 6-50 lbs.
• Occasionally required to lift 25+ lbs. overhead.
• Frequently required to push or pull tool cart up to weight of 200lbs and equipment of 1,000 lbs. with assistance.
• Occasionally working extended periods of overhead work while standing on a ladder.
• Frequently work around fumes, airborne particles with proper PPE
• Frequently exposure to infectious materials
• While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderately loud.