Lab Technician

Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc.; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated seeks a technically minded technician to perform standardized tests, extract data from various sources, and prepare comprehensive test reports. The role may involve servicing simple instruments and maintaining equipment, while contributing to procedure development and documentation.

Ideal candidates will have a high school diploma with vocational training and at least 2 years of related experience.

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma and some vocational or technical training, and a minimum of 2 years of directly related experience.
• Follows established procedures and safety practices in a technical environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication and ability to work in a team.

Responsibilities

• Performs standardized or prescribed assignments involving a sequence of related operations.
• Conducts tests using established methods.
• Extracts data from prescribed sources and prepares test reports.
• May service or repair simple instruments or maintain equipment.
• Develops, revises, reviews, and validates procedures and manuals.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Ethics

Organizational Skills

Planning

Professionalism

Quality

Productivity

Safety

Adaptability

Dependability

Punctuality

Initiative

Education

High school diploma

Vocational/technical training

Job description

Be visionary Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research. We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs standardized or prescribed assignments involving a sequence of related operations.
• Conducts a variety of tests using established methods.
• Extracts data from various prescribed, but not standardized sources, and prepares test reports covering results of the tests conducted.
• May service or repair simple instruments or maintain equipment.
• Develop, revise, review, and validate procedures and technical manuals.
• Performs other job related duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Oral/Written Communication - Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions; Records data; Writes clearly and informatively; Able to read and interpret written information.
• Teamwork - Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
• Ethics - Treats people with respect; Works with integrity and ethically.
• Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures; Supports organization's goals and values.
• Planning/Organizing - Uses time efficiently.
• Professionalism - Approaches other in a tactful manner; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on commitments.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work in a timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.
• Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures including using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as required and wearing company issued badge when on company property; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and material properly.
• Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment.
• Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction.
• Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time.
• Initiative - Asks for and offers help when needed.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

Requires a high school diploma and some degree of vocational or technical training and a minimum of 2 years of directly related experience, and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day. Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.