Fabrication Labs Specialist: Training, Safety & Ops

University of Washington Medical Center; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Washington's College of Built Environments invites applications for a Fabrication Labs Specialist to support instructional fabrication across five departments. Reporting to the Fabrications Labs Director, you will provide technical instruction for tool resources and maintain a safe, productive fabrication environment.

This full-time role (50% FTE) is an in-person, on-site position with a strong emphasis on training students and staff, equipment maintenance, and process safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a design discipline or related field.
• Minimum of two years of experience in digital fabrication, woodworking, and metalworking.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical instruction for the use and maintenance of Fabrication Labs facilities.
• Support safety culture and respond to incidents.
• Instruct users across metalworking, woodworking, and digital labs through trainings and guides.

Skills

Safety training delivery

Mentoring students

Technical instruction

Education

Bachelor's degree in design-related field

Tools

3D Printers

Laser cutters

CNC Routers/Plasma CNC

Casting (concrete, plaster)

Machining, welding, sheet metal fabrication

Furniture making, carpentry

CAD/CAM

Rhino

Rhino CAM

Grasshopper

Fusion 360

Job description

The University of Washington's College of Built Environments invites applications for a Fabrication Labs Specialist to support instructional fabrication across five departments. Reporting to the Fabrications Labs Director, you will provide technical instruction for tool resources and maintain a safe, productive fabrication environment.

This full-time role (50% FTE) is an in-person, on-site position with a strong emphasis on training students and staff, equipment maintenance, and process safety.