Installation Technician

Howland & Lawrence Chamber Services; Athens (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Howland & Lawrence Chamber Services is seeking experienced Installation Technicians to support installation, relocation, service, and maintenance of RF shielded chambers. Travel to client sites across the USA and occasionally internationally will be required.

US citizenship is required. Tasks include installations, cabling, alignments and calibration, preventive maintenance, and assisting with relocation or removal of chambers.

Qualifications

• Must be US citizen and able to travel to client sites across the USA.
• Experience with installation, relocation, service and maintenance of RF chambers.
• Ability to organize cables, perform alignments and calibration with precision.

Responsibilities

• Install, relocate, and maintain RF shielded chambers and related equipment.
• Run and organize cabling, alignments, and calibration at client sites.
• Prepare service reports and troubleshoot on-site with customers.
• Coordinate with electrical, HVAC, and fire protection trades on projects.

Skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

Problem solving

Safety awareness

Job description

Company Description

Howland & Lawrence Chamber Services carries forward the legacy of The Howland Company (1974-2023) by delivering high-quality customer support and building relationships with clients to meet their technical and business goals. The company specializes in service for leading chamber and absorber suppliers, including Lindgren, Universal, AP Americas, Panashield, Cuming Microwave, AEMI, Satimo, ETS, Emerson & Cuming, and others. With deep knowledge of these products, our team understands each system's unique requirements and tailors service accordingly. Howland & Lawrence provides service and repair, preventive maintenance, relocation, and removal of RF anechoic chambers, shielded enclosures, and screen rooms. We offer reliable, expert support to commercial and government clients across the RF test & measurement community. Our recent clients include the US Air Force, Army, and Navy as well as Ubiquiti, Microwave Vision Group, Garmin, Taoglas, Analog Devices, Ezurio, Motorola Solutions, and others we can't name here.

Role Description

We are recruiting experienced and motivated Installation Technicians to support installation, relocation, service, and maintenance of RF shielded anechoic chambers and related equipment. Travel to client sites across the USA and occasionally internationally will be part of every project. US citizenship is required. On-site tasks will vary with the specific project but may include performing equipment installations, running and organizing cabling, alignments and calibration, performing preventive maintenance, and assisting with relocation or removal of chambers. The role involves diagnosing technical issues, conducting troubleshooting and repairs, and assisting with preparation of service reports. Senior Installation Technicians will interact directly with clients on-site, provide clear communication about work status and findings, and support high levels of customer satisfaction through professional service and support. You can expect to interact closely with related trades as well, including electrical, HVAC, and (especially) fire protection. And if you have, or want to develop, expertise in IEEE-299, VSWR, and similar test methods and procedures, we'd certainly like to talk.

Qualifications

• Chamber downtime upsets you as much as it upsets the chamber users.
• You arrive at a client's site for some preventive maintenance checks and you find some electrical wires and power cords running through a waveguide penetration, an RF cable with a bend radius that makes you avert your eyes, and a collection of bits and pieces of fingerstock on the floor at the chamber door, and you think to yourself, "This is way worse than I expected. We got here just in time." (If you see these things and turn and flee, we get it, but this may not be the job for you.)
• You recognize that "fast" is important, but not as important as "correct."
• You have a most favorite and a least favorite pyramid absorber manufacturer and can give a short talk on your reasons for each. (We won't ask you for that talk.)
• Ferrite tiles. We don't expect you to enjoy removing or stacking or installing them, but they're part of this business. Whaddayagonnado?
• You can call on your own experience to organize a chamber installation or relocation project, to troubleshoot and address service and repair issues, and to know how handle our clients' property carefully and safely, but you're not afraid to call the office with questions. You know it's better to call with a question than to call with bad news.
• You can manage long days that are a mix of attention to fine details, heavy lifting, working with materials and equipment that can be quite dirty while installing cables and connectors that have to stay very clean, and you can do all that while working alongside other trades doing their stuff.
• Speaking of the other trades, you are able to share the space and cooperate. You recognize that doing a favor means you get to ask for a favor.
• You take pride in doing the job right and making our clients look good.

We're a small business, and we enjoy the flexibility that come with that. We need people who are focussed on the end result, on getting the job done right and efficiently, and who enjoy staying busy. We all have job descriptions but we recognize that stepping out from behind them is a big part of being nimble and proactive and helping our clients succeed.