Sr. Calibration Technician

About Us

Transcat is a dynamic, innovative, growing company recognized as the leading calibration and compliance services provider in North America and beyond. With over 1,000 employees in technical, consulting, operational, sales, finance, and corporate roles, we deliver on our Trust in Every Measure promise to customers in vital industries, including life sciences, aerospace, defense, energy, and utilities. Our employees live Our Values every day, the Transcat Way, making a real difference through rewarding, challenging, and life-changing work.

What Transcat Offers

• Work that matters
• A values-based culture where people care about each other and their collaborative work
• Flexibility
• Training and development to accelerate learning and career advancement
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including paid time off, health insurance, tuition reimbursement, retirement, stock purchase plan, and more

Pay Range: $35.00 - $45.00/hour

About the Role

Senior Calibration Technician is the highest-level technician position within Transcat, requiring a minimum of six (6) years of commercial calibration experience. Technicians at this level can calibrate, troubleshoot, and adjust higher-level equipment across a minimum of eight (8) disciplines, with expert knowledge in three (3) disciplines (e.g., Electrical, Dimensional, or Pressure). Proficiency is determined in accordance with Transcat’s technician skills progression matrix. This role involves completing work independently within the lab or onsite at a customer location with limited or no guidance. CCT or CMT certification is desired.

Responsibilities

• Perform calibration work with little to no supervision
• Conduct independent research when necessary
• Coordinate and manage daily workloads without direction from the service manager
• Identify and utilize appropriate measurement techniques
• Maintain calibration standards
• Understand and apply uncertainties to measurements made
• Read and interpret labs’ scopes of accreditation
• Work effectively with lab support staff
• Demonstrate working knowledge and competency in eight (8) disciplines and expert-level proficiency in three (3) disciplines
• Perform calibrations within a laboratory or customer onsite 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 assigned
• Travel requirement: up to 50% of work schedule

Primary Objectives:

• Call upon high-level skills, techniques, and processes to calibrate, troubleshoot, and adjust a high volume of high-level equipment with few errors
• Coordinate work schedule for the lab
• Prepare detailed analysis of calibration processes and uncertainties
• Develop and implement process improvements
• Develop team lead skills and responsibilities
• Train and advise lower-level technicians
• Deliver on Transcat’s Quality Policy (QAC-F01-001)

Requirements

• Successful completion of assigned training materials through on-the-job training, online content, LMS, and classroom-led instruction
• Elite 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

Qualifications

Education and Experience Required:

• Associate’s degree from college or technical school; or six+ (6+) years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred:

• Six+ (6+) years of commercial calibration experience
• CCT or CMT certification
• Extensive statistical background
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office computer software including Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Advanced organizational and time management skills
• Experience in PMEL, PME, TMDE, Metrology, Calibration, ASQ CCT, METCAL, GPETE, Electronics, GCAMS, or Avionics

Physical Demands

These physical demands are representative of the requirements necessary to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made for individuals with disabilities.

• While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to read, write, talk, and hear
• Often required to sit and use hands and fingers to handle tools and equipment
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Occasionally required to lift up to 75 lbs

Work Environment

The work environment described here is representative of what an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly exposed to risk of electrical shock
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; and vibration
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate