Calibration Technician

Elevate your career at Marotta Controls, a New Jersey Top Workplace three years running! Dedicated to innovation, quality, and excellence, we deliver cutting-edge control systems for the Aerospace & Defense industry. At Marotta, we value bold thinking and teamwork, and we empower our employees to push boundaries while delivering top-tier solutions to our customers. Our team fosters a fun, collaborative culture where creativity and technical excellence thrive.

About the Role

The Calibration Technician is responsible for calibrating, certifying, and verifying the accuracy of test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment and instruments to ensure production processes are consistent for manufacturing quality products. This role supports internal/external audits and maintains all calibration records.

Responsibilities

• Performs various complex duties classified as moderate, inclusive of calibration, maintenance, and repairs of tools and equipment in line with established SOPs.
• Maintains appropriate calibration documentation and records, including computer data entry and filing of reports.
• Performs calibration and approves products and accessories that meet tolerances and product specifications.
• Troubleshoots and performs repairs on equipment to assure proper calibration is achieved and maintained.
• Inspects, maintains, and repairs or facilitates the repair of all calibration and calibrated equipment.
• Coordinates with production and engineering departments for internal and external customers.
• Prepares all documentation applicable for various assignments.
• Monitors and completes all business tasks within the timeframe and ensures optimal quality.
• Develops all reports and certificates pertaining to calibration.
• Performs inspection and calibrates all tooling equipment with the help of electronic and pressure equipment and ensures accuracy.
• Maintains control and traceability related to tooling inside the shop and outside vendors.
• Assists various departments to resolve and repair equipment which determines precision.
• Gathers and documents the data records related to calibration.
• Issues and receives into established software gauges and inspection equipment.
• Tracks gauge history in the established software database.
• Plans the sequence of testing and calibration procedures for instruments and equipment.
• Sets up standard and special purpose laboratory equipment to test, evaluate, and calibrate other instruments and test equipment.
• Devises formulas to solve problems in measurements and calibrations.
• Assists engineers in formulating test, calibration, repair, and evaluation plans and procedures to maintain precision accuracy of measuring, recording, and indicating instruments and equipment.
• Brings initiatives and activities to closure in a timely manner through effective interaction with individuals, both internal and external to the Marotta organization.
• Abides by all safety, quality, housekeeping, and company policies/procedures to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Associate degree or equivalent.
• 2 years of related experience/training, or equivalent combination of education and training in the calibration field or ASQ recognized Calibration Technician Certification.
• Computer literate, with MS Office/PC expertise, and demonstrated experience with applicable systems, programs, equipment, etc.
• Strong verbal/written communication skills required for multi-faceted interactions with all levels of personnel within the organization.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to conditions typical of a manufacturing/machine shop environment, including, but not limited to: fluids, fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, noise (air hose, etc.), and vibration. This position entails constant exposure to abrasive chemicals. This role interacts both in a professional office environment and a manufacturing/machine shop environment, using standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines, as well as environments requiring appropriate eye, hearing, and foot protection. The temperature of the work environment may be affected by outside/external temperatures and machining processes.

Schedule

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are 8 hours, Monday through Friday. Overtime and weekend work may be requested as job duties demand. Some travel may be required for this position (5-10%).

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Frequently required to repetitively use/reach with hands and arms, and to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly required to stand at length, sit, walk, stoop, climb stairs, bend, turn, balance, and/or crouch, and move about the facility and outside the facility.
• May be required to lift, stack, push, pull, and/or move items weighing up to 40 pounds.

Location

This position is at our Montville, NJ corporate offices.

Pay

$34–40/hour, plus a quarterly bonus.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability income insurance programs.
• 401k retirement plans with company match.
• Generous tuition aid program.
• Paid vacation, sick, and personal days.
• Paid holidays and flexible work hours with compressed work week options.
• Employee engagement events per quarter.