EI&C Technician III

About the Role

At Jefferson Lab, you’ll champion cutting-edge science and operational excellence while shaping the future of discovery. Join us and make your mark – where excellence meets purpose, and great minds truly matter. The good-faith pay range for this role is $68,500 - $98,100 per year. Actual compensation may vary and may be above the posted range based on factors such as a candidate's skills, experience, education, certifications, and work location.

Responsibilities

• Maintain highly complex electrical, electronic, or mechanical equipment, structures, components, or portions of systems and modify existing designs to develop or improve performance and facilitate operations.
• Lead and instruct junior technicians performing maintenance and repair of cryogenic electrical and electronic equipment, instrumentation, and controls within cryogenics operations.
• Provide technical support for modification and/or installation projects and update "as built" drawings and other documentation.
• Work directly with engineers to lead junior technicians in the operation of various types of rotating and reciprocating machines such as helium screw compressors, helium reciprocating expansion engines, vacuum pumps, and all associated components that support ongoing testing and accelerator operations throughout the laboratory.
• Install, maintain, and repair medium and low voltage cryogenic electrical equipment, wiring, and conduits.
• Install, maintain, and repair instrumentation, cryogenic control systems, electric and pneumatic valves.
• Update “as built” electrical and mechanical drawings where applicable.
• Operate cryogenic equipment, including supporting daily operations and after-hours emergencies.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Lead teams of junior EI&C technicians in performing installation, maintenance, and repair activities.
• Train junior EI&C technicians in electrical, instrumentation, and controls troubleshooting and instrumentation calibration.

Requirements

• 9 or more years of relevant experience.
• High School Diploma or GED.
• Education above the minimum may be substituted for experience. Relevant experience may not be substituted for education.

Qualifications

• Able to provide input to schedule development. Identifies conflicts and develops solutions.
• High-level skills, knowledge, and ability in one technology trade or specialty.
• Knowledge of theory, design, and techniques used at component and system levels.
• Intermediate skills, knowledge, and ability in other technologies.
• Significant latitude in prioritizing and choosing work methods.
• Knowledge of the safe and proper use of hand tools, hardware, power tools.
• Knowledge of the safe and proper use of electrical diagnostics equipment such as multimeters, meggers, etc.
• Knowledge of the proper use of soldering iron and soldering wires and electronic components.
• The ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, controls enclosure drawings, and equipment manuals.
• The ability to safely troubleshoot and understand the operation of electrical equipment, basics of cryogenic control systems, and instrumentation.
• The ability to understand and read P&I diagrams.
• The ability to operate machine shop equipment like milling machines.
• Basic computer skills.
• The ability to complete training such as: Qualified Electrical/Electronics Worker, Crane and Forklift Operator, ODH, Radiation Worker I, and Lockout/Tagout.

About Jefferson Lab

Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community. A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of “big science” and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by SURATech, LLC, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time-off and Leave Programs (Paid Parental, vacation, holidays, and sick leave)
• 401(k) Plan – 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested
• Flexible Work Arrangements (Remote & Alternate Work Schedules available)
• Tuition Assistance, Training, and Professional Development Programs
• Live near the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches, mountains, and all major metropolitan centers on the East Coast

SURATech, LLC manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). SURATech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SURATech is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting@jlab.org or contact Human Resources by calling (757) 269-7100 and selecting option 1 between 8 am – 5 pm EST to provide the nature of your request.

Employment with SURATech is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.