Test Technician

Element Materials Technology; California (MO); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Element Materials Technology is seeking a Test Technician to join our growing operations team. You will perform routine and non-routine testing tasks, ensuring timely and accurate results under supervision, with strict adherence to safety and company policies.

Responsibilities include assembling, testing, data recording, interpreting schematics, and operating a range of test equipment such as micrometers, calipers, multimeters, flowmeters, and pressure gauges to support quality assurance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years experience in a similar environment.
• Must be able to setup and operate tools for assembly including hand tools and testing devices.
• Basic blueprint reading and comprehension skills.
• Must be able to setup and operate equipment for testing including meters, gauges and transducers.
• Good verbal and written English communication skills.
• Basic mathematics for simple calculations and conversions.
• Familiar with P&ID schematic drawings.
• Experience with tube bending, swage lock connections and AN fittings.

Responsibilities

• Perform work duties assigned by Lead, Supervisor or Manager.
• Assemble, test and inspect valves and filters per procedures.
• Interpret setup requirements and complete assembly.
• Construct test systems from schematics and components.
• Test components and record data accurately.
• Perform tests using gases and water.
• Test across ambient to extreme temperatures.
• Read and interpret test data; report discrepancies.
• Maintain clean, safe work area and test setups.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Verbal and written English

Test equipment operation

Micrometers / calipers

Data recording / interpretation

Safety compliance

Mathematical calculation

P&ID familiarity

Tube bending / fittings

Tools

Micrometers

Calipers

Multimeters

Ohmmeters

Volmeters

Pressure gauges

Transducers

Data recorders

Load cells

Flowmeters

Job description

Overview

Element has an opportunity for a Test Technician to join our rapidly expanding team.As a member of the operations team, the Test Technician position performs a variety of routine and non-routine testing assignments within the department assigned and insures timely and accurate test results under direct supervision. The technician positions must be proficient in a number of core business skills including but not limited to compliance to established safety rules, code of conduct, and company policies and procedures.

Salary: $25- $30/hr DOE

Responsibilities

• Perform work duties provided by immediate Lead, Supervisor or Manager.
• Clean, assemble and test various valves and filters following written procedures and other appropriate documentation.
• Interpret assembly setup requirements from written procedures and successfully complete assembly.
• Interpret test system schematics and successfully construct test system by obtaining correct system components and fabrication of stainless-steel tubing, including cutting, bending and flaring.
• Interpret test setup requirements from written procedures and successfully test component.
• Perform testing using gases (Nitrogen, Hydrogen, and helium) and water.
• Perform testing at ambient temperatures as well as extreme cold and hot temperatures during thermal testing.
• Read and interpret test data and record neatly and accurately on appropriate data sheets.
• Recognize and report any out-of-family conditions or discrepancies.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area at all times.
• Maintain assembly and test setups in good working order.

Skills / Qualifications

• The technician must have a minimum of five (1) year experience in a similar work environment.
• Must be able to setup and operate tools required for assembly including, but not limited to, standard hand tools, load testing devices, micrometers, depth mics, calipers and microscopes.
• Technician must possess basic blueprint reading and comprehension skills.
• Must be able to setup and operate equipment required for testing including, but not limited to, multimeters, ohmmeters, voltmeters, pressure, gauges and transducers, data recorders, load cells, and flowmeters.
• Good verbal and written English communication skills.
• Basic mathematic skills required to calculate simple formulas and conversions.
• Strong reasoning ability a must.
• Familiar with a P&ID schematic drawing and what it represents.
• Experience with tube bending, swage lock connections and AN Fittings

Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.