Assistant Engineer (Software, Equipment Maintenance and Lab Duties)

United States Digital Space LLC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 31,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

PSB Academy in Singapore seeks a Laboratory Support Technician responsible for preparing equipment, supporting lecturers, and ensuring laboratory safety for class sessions.

You will manage lab inventory, assist with procurement, maintain hardware and software, and provide technical help to students on projects. This role requires a Diploma in Engineering and willingness to rotate shifts.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Engineering with at least 1 year of experience.
• Able to operate lab equipment and troubleshoot.
• Familiar with lab safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Understand experiment objectives and prepare lab equipment for classes.
• Maintain lab inventory and assist procurement.
• Maintain hardware/software and troubleshoot lab systems.
• Deliver WSH and risk assessment talks; ensure safety.
• Perform ad hoc duties as assigned by the Reporting Officer.

Skills

Lab equipment operation

Troubleshooting

Software support

Education

Diploma in Engineering

Tools

Lab software

Job description

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Laboratory duties

• Understanding of the experiment requirement and objectives.
• Preparation of laboratory equipment, apparatus, hardware, software for lab classes.
• Housekeep the laboratory after each laboratory session.
• Support the Lecturer for the laboratory sessions/workshops.
• Arrange and provide lab familiarization sessions for new lecturers on experiments.

2. Responsible for laboratory inventory and procurement of laboratory materials and equipment

• Assist in the keeping of records and regular report to the reporting officer.
• To provide \\& maintain proper bookkeeping on lab matters such as feedback, problem tracking and follow-up actions.
• Obtain quotations and discuss requirements with the reporting officer.
• Provide technical assistance (software) and support to students in their projects.

3. Equipment maintenance (Hardware/Software)

• Ensuring required software are properly installed and running before class commencements.
• Provide servicing, maintenance, troubleshooting \\& minor repair of laboratory equipment.
• Assisting in managing of software licenses, installations or updating, setup, and maintenance of lab computers and software.
• Liaising with vendors on issues log and status.

4. Workplace Safety \\& Health

• Deliver WSH and Risk Assessment Talks to students
• Ensuring lab safety at all times and all users (e.g. students, lecturers, etc) to comply with the lab rules \\& regulations.
• Assist in conducting risk assessment for engineering laboratories.
• Taking the role as Occupational First Aider.
• Monitor FYP and workshop activities and collect suggestions for possible improvements.

5. General Matters

• Any ad hoc duties as assigned by Reporting Officer

Requirements

• Diploma in Engineering discipline(Electrical/Mechanical/Mechatronics) with at least 1 year of experience
• Familiar and able to operate laboratory equipment, software \\& perform troubleshooting if required.
• In-depth domain knowledge which includes the understanding of lab objectives, applied principles and lab safety requirements
• Knowledge of laboratory safety requirements
• Able and willing to share knowledge with others
• A good team player
• Willing to work on rotational shift duties
• Able and willing to share knowledge with others
• A good team player

More details

• 5 Days work week
• Weekdays Shift: 8.30am to 5.30pm /1pm to 10pm
• Sat duty (once a month)

• No class/lab - 8.30 am to 5.30 pm
• With class/lab - 9 am to 6 pm

Once known as Singapore’s Productivity and Standards Board, PSB Academy is known today as “The Future Academy”, with an approach to education that focuses on what really matters: performance in the New Economy. In 2019, the Academy was conferred “Best Educational Institute - Singapore” by APAC Insider and earned 2 consecutive SBR National Business Awards in 2017/18 in the Education category for outstanding work in the region.

Today, we host over 12,000 students from over 50 nationalities with our slate of certificate, diploma, degree and short courses every year.