Calibration Technician

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
- Education: College/CEGEP
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
**Work site environment**:

- Cold/refrigerated
- Noisy
**Work setting**:

- Office
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Laboratory
- Instrumentation and control products manufacturing company
- Calibration
**Tasks**:

- Interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation
- Maintain equipment
- Service equipment
- Assist in preparing estimates, schedules, specifications and reports
- Write specifications
- Assist in inspecting, testing and adjusting electronic components
- Calibrate electronic equipment and instruments
- Assist in building and testing prototypes to specifications
- Collect and compile operational or experimental data
- Conduct or supervise the installation, commissioning, and operation of electrical and electronic equipment and systems
- Set up and operate specialized and standard test equipment to diagnose, test and analyze the performance of electrical and electronic components, assemblies and systems
- Complete work orders, test and maintenance reports
- Supervise laboratory activities
- Read and interpret specifications or follow verbal instructions
- Perform preventive maintenance
- Maintain, repair and calibrate precision measuring instruments
- Complete test and maintenance reports
- Calibrate components and instruments
- Check, calibrate and perform routine maintenance to equipment
- Operate, monitor, maintain, calibrate and test equipment
- Conduct preventive maintenance programs and keep maintenance records
- Troubleshoot and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
- Maintain laboratory equipment
- Interpret conductivity meters and visual indicators
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
**Type of service and repair**:

- Temperature, pressure, flow and level instruments
**Analytical techniques**:

- Instrumentation
**Computer and technology knowledge**:

- Data analysis software
- MS Excel
- MS Word
- MS Office
- MS Windows
- MAC
- SQL
- Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
- Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB)
- Atlassian Confluence
- Atlassian Jira
**Instrument experience**:

- Optical
**Equipment, eystems and controls experience**:

- Electronic testing equipment and systems
**Area of work experience**:

- Laboratory testing and analysis
- Laboratory analysis
**Type of industry experience**:

- Manufacture
**Specialization in physics**:

- Metrology
**Specialization or experience**:

- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
**Area of specialization**:

- Testing
- Installation
- Operations or production
- Troubleshooting
- Failure analysis
- Evaluation and measurement standards
- Calibrator of scientific equipment
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Public transportation is available
- Own transportation
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Handling heavy loads
- Overtime required
**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Organized
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Dependability
- Dedication
- Accurate
- Judgement
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
**Financial benefits**:

- Bonus
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)