Senior Instrument Technician

As a Senior Instrument Technician for the IDEXX Water Quality Business Unit you will work in a fast paced, agile and constantly growing environment. Your daily work will consist of performing manufacturing processes, system configuration or troubleshooting and repair tasks supporting a diverse product portfolio of water test instruments and supporting technology.

Shift Information : Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm

What You’ll Do

• Assist in the timely creation and implementation of procedures and documentation to support existing and new products and/or equipment for manufacturing and service operations.
• Responsible for the execution and/or implementation of equipment preventative maintenance program as well as troubleshoot, diagnose and repair malfunctioning product.
• Cross trained on multiple product lines.
• May perform as line lead or as a technical resource for other assigned personnel.
• Identify and communicate safety concerns to immediate supervisor.
• Perform prescribed general maintenance of equipment in assigned work centers.
• Assemble and test new or modified electrical, electro-mechanical, and mechanical components or assemblies across the product lines.
• Set up and conduct tests of complete units and components under operational conditions to ensure compliance with previously documented specifications.
• Record test procedures and results on PC, utilizing spreadsheet tools to archive numerical and graphical data, and make recommendations for changes in product or test method.
• Perform a variety of manufacturing tasks to assemble, package, and inspect products as needed.
  
  

What You Need to Succeed:

• High School degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to complete work tasks with sufficient verbal or written instructions
• Aptitude for electro-mechanical maintenance and repair
• Basic math skills and ability to work with units of measure, whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent; and draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to communicate with team-members and internal customers regarding equipment operation
• Ability to write reports and correspondence
• Ability to work independently in the absence of a supervisor
• Ability to identify concerns and make decisions in process and safety
• Basic computer skills; Microsoft Office experience preferred.
• Regularly required to stand and sit for extended periods; extend and reach with hands and arms; and use hands and fingers to handle, squeeze, twist and manipulate objects, controls and tools.
• Regularly perform repetitive manual and automated assembly operations
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel or crouch.
• Frequently required to lift, move and carry up to 50 pounds and to push/pull pallet jacks and carts.
• Specific vision abilities required may include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Frequently works near moving mechanical parts; frequently exposed to risk of electric shock; and occasionally exposed to vibration and lasers.
• May work with various types of repair and test equipment.
• Personal protective equipment and/or clothing required.
• Exposure to low to moderate noise level.
  
  

What You Can Expect From Us

• Hourly rate: $23.25/hr
• Opportunity for annual cash bonus
• Opportunity for performance-based annual merit increase
• Health/Dental Benefits Day - One
• RSP with employer matching
• Paid sick time, and paid vacation time
• Additional benefits include, but are not limited to financial support, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, and much more!
  
  

If you’re looking for a role that’ll challenge you, offer a variety of work and learning, while helping an amazing industry, we’d love to hear from you!

Why IDEXX

We’re proud of the work we do because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people.

So, what does that mean for you? We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement.

Let’s pursue what matters together.

IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibitedby local, state, or federal laws.

While we appreciate our staffing partners, we are unable to accept unsolicited agency resumes.