Date: | November 9, 20o16 |
Reports to (Job Title): | Laboratory Director |
Jobs Reporting (Job Titles): | Lab Technician, Materials Engineering Tech, Instruments & Elec Design Tech, CNC Lab Tech |
Department: | Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering |
Location: |
Engineering 3 |
Grade: |
USG 8/9 |
The Solid Mechanics Lab Technician is responsible for the operation of the Solid Mechanics and Design Group’s laboratories. Technical support must be provided for the research and teaching activities of both faculty and students. This position reports to the Laboratory Director of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering. The Solid Mechanics Lab Technician is responsible for ensuring the effective, efficient and safe operation of these laboratories. This includes supervising undergraduate students, graduate students, and contract technicians when they work in the labs. Technical support is required by most users and ranges from designing equipment and test rigs for faculty to consulting for graduate students.
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Engineering Technologist or equivalent experience
A minimum of 5 years of experience in an engineering solid mechanics or similar type of laboratory
Technical:
Experience with instrumentation, stain gauging, hydraulics including pump repair, servo-hydraulic controllers and associated software; mechanical aptitude (e.g. die changing), may require some machining and fabrication, precision measurement skills
MS Word | Excel | PowerPoint | Other |
Adequate Skills required | Adequate Skills required | Not required | Labview |
The candidate must have clear communication skills and be able to work in harmony with students, faculty and staff in the laboratory.
The job has specialized work with minimal supervision and provides guidance to others. This is a support role. However the candidate should continuously be observant of safety issues and may need to confront people in the laboratory who are compromising safety through their actions or by not wearing proper safety apparel.
The candidate (as mentioned above) must maintain safety standards in the laboratories, advise faculty and lab director of laboratory issues and matters, keep an overall eye on the functioning and activities in the laboratories. The candidate will also be contributing to the specific research initiative, lending support and advice.
See working conditions below.
Working conditions are similar to those found in a fabrication or machine shop. The Lab Technician can regularly expect to move and handle large and heavy equipment. Much of the equipment in this lab can be very dangerous if not handled properly. Working outside of normal hours might be occasionally required to deal with emergencies, maintenance, or extended run experiments.