Lead Packaging Facility Technician

Austin Community College; Kentucky; On-site; Full time

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Join the UDRI team and help design, test, and fabricate long-life packaging and storage solutions. Enjoy hands‑on support with a great team, delivering quality solutions to the warfighter. Apply to our Chief Packaging Facility Technician opening today!

The ideal candidate will support the Air Force Packaging Technology & Engineering Facility (AFPTEF) located at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH with the design, testing, and fabrication of long-life packaging, support, and storage solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Technical certificate from an accredited technical college, trade school, vocational school, or apprenticeship program in a relevant field
• 15 years of work experience with equipment maintenance, repair, or similar
• 5 years demonstrated successful collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to follow complex instructions with the fabrication and assembly of packaging with no supervision and mentor younger personnel
• 5 year experience with quality assurance, maintenance record keeping, and related efforts
• Track record of identifying and implementing opportunities for process improvement
• Experience working with the US Air Force
• 3 years experience working with the Air Force Packaging Technology & Engineering Facility (AFPTEF)
• Effective written communication skills
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite – namely Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Attention to detail
• Due to requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Qualifications:

While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications, the ideal candidate will bring many of the following:

• Effective interpersonal communication skills with clients at all levels
• Self motivated & organized with ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated problem solving and time management skills
• Demonstrated customer focus and record of customer satisfaction
• Ability to create and maintain focus out of ambiguity
• Active US Security Clearance

Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms, achieve fair outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.