Manufacturing Engineering Technician I - Factory Engineering
Volt

Volt is immediately hiring for Materials Engineering Lab Technician in Waterloo, IA

As a Materials Engineering Technician, you will:

• Perform materials engineering supporting tasks or complex laboratory analytical functions with limited engineering oversight.
• Completes tasks involving preparation or analysis of material samples/components/processes with minor engineering oversight for moderately complex activities.
• Operates lab shop part sectioning equipment including abrasive cutoff machines, band saw, surface grinder, belt sander, mounting press and sample polishing machines.
• Perform daily hardness tester and spectrometer verification testing
• Perform hardness testing, chemical analysis, and microstructure evaluation
• Work with maintenance and production personnel to troubleshoot laboratory equipment, process, or analytical problems.
• Perform daily shop and lab equipment preventative maintenance.
• Create and maintain laboratory procedures and processes.
• Maintain "Sustain" level of 5S in the Materials Engineering lab.

Skills and experience:

• Understanding of part prints, process instructions, and industry standards.
• Knowledge of iron/steel making or heat treatment processes and application to materials analysis.
• Microstructure interpretation/evaluation of steels
• Knowledge of production and analytical equipment, and maintenance activities needed to produce or verify a quality product.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in metallurgical analysis

• Experience with heat treatment processes
• Experience within manufacturing environment
• Experience within an engineering or laboratory environment

Education:

• 2-year associate technical degree or equivalent work experience.

Shift: 1st Shift

Duration: 12+ Months (Possible extension)

Location: Waterloo, IA 50704

Pay rate: $28/hr. to $32/hr.

*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.

Benefits: Volt offers benefits (based on eligibility) that include the following: health, dental, vision, term life, short term disability, AD&D, 401(k), Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Volt is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, colour, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please email hr_dept@volt.com or call (866) -898-0005. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed.

Volt does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b.

The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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