About the role
The Calibration/Metrology Technician ensures manufacturing and laboratory instruments work according to their specifications, repairs instrument, provides technical support to other departments (Maintenance, Packaging, Manufacturing, and Lab), and ensures good workmanship with minimum delay. If a calibration non-conformance is found, the technician will lead the tasks necessary for that impacted piece of equipment to be further analyzed, adjusted/repaired as necessary, and investigated accordingly.
Major Duties / Responsibilities
* Perform lab equipment Calibrations, Verifications and Tech support.
* Repair and trouble shoot instruments.
* Tech support to, PKG, manufacturing departments.
* Read and review SOP’s.
* Provide Technical support to the laboratory chemist when they experience system malfunctioning, verified that the equipment is working as expected and make the correction if they are not.
* Typical problems involve instruments/machines break down (call manufacturing, tech support). Must be able to prioritize duties to avoid production delay.
* Complex problems involve schedule problems with owners of the equipment. If can’t solve equipment’s problem internally, find solution externally (e.g., contacting vendor/equipment manufacturer).
* Typical decisions this job has total authority for making include placing instrument (measuring, controlling, and indicating) in service or taking instruments out of service.
* Typical decisions referred to others for approval include purchasing parts or instruments decisions are referred to others for approval.