Water Quality Instrument Technician

As an 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.

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.