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Form of workPosition: Associate Engineering Lab Technician - Mechanical
Location:Engineering Laboratory
Reports to:Engineering Lab; 1st Shift Supervisor
About Us:
Victaulic is a global leader in mechanical pipe joining innovations and is the world's leading producer of mechanical pipe joining solutions. The company has 13 manufacturing facilities and 28 branches worldwide with 4,400 employees who speak 43 languages across the globe. With over 2000 global patents, Victaulic solutions are at work in more than 140 countries across diverse business lines including oil and gas, chemical, mining, power generation, water and wastewater treatment, military and marine, as well as commercial building and fire protection.Since the 1950's Victaulic has been providing ground-breaking fire protection products and system solutions for challenges faced by engineers, contractors, property managers and fire marshals. Victaulic is a leading fire protection manufacturer of innovative fire products and fire fighting systems including fire sprinklers, fire extinguishing and fire suppression systems, pipe couplings and fittings, and flow control valves. These products are used in commercial, infrastructure and industrial applications to protect people and property.
Scope:
Working in an Engineering Research and Development Laboratory, assisting the technical staff with testing and evaluating components and prototypes. Perform all functions necessary to maintain raw and processed material inventory levels. This includes proper storage of incoming material and recycling of unwanted material.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Assist in preparing pipe for assembly: operate various equipment, such as cut-off saw, drill press, and belt sander, as necessary.
- Learn to set up and operate all Victaulic grooving tools; clean and maintain as needed; groove pipe.
- Assist in testing: such as hydrostatic, flex, bending moment, air, low temperature, and heat aging to comply with engineering specifications.
- Maintain various lab equipment as assigned.
- Maintain records and logs; prepare charts and graphs.
- Support continuous improvement developments in the lab in accordance with Lean and Safety Initiatives.
- As directed, perform inventory control of lab raw materials (i.e. pipe, bar stock). This includes storing incoming materials and recycling unwanted materials and Warranty Claim products.
- Maintain an efficient, professional, organized, and clean work area in the lab environment in accordance with Lean initiatives.
- Follow all company safety requirements, procedures and participate in testing safety reviews.
- Log and estimate all hours using Liquid Planner (LP) and use LP as a primary communication tool
- Specific policies and procedures have been established by the Engineering Department to provide for the security and accessibility of electronic data and confidential information. It is the responsibility of the employee, in the daily course of doing business, to follow said policies as they relate to document management (see EOG-26). The extent to which departmental research and development information is stored electronically has vastly increased, and will continue to do so. The new Federal rules pertaining to electronic discovery stipulate that substantive email communications constituted "records" under the Federal Records Act. It is therefore the responsibility of each departmental employee to understand their role in communicating via e-mails and that all e-mails must be written/responded to in a professional manner, as outlined in EOG-26.
Qualifications:
- Associate and technical degree preferred
- Mechanical aptitude and high organizational skills
- Proficient in blueprint reading, shop math and precision instrument reading.
- Capable of assisting in the performance of all Laboratory functions.
- Capable of taking verbal and written instructions.
- Willingness to travel and valid driver's license
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Employment Type: Full-Time
