Laboratory Technician - Mechanics

Under general supervision, performs technical work in a college instructional laboratory and operates a supporting laboratory stockroom including hazardous material storage, clean up, and disposal; receives and issues laboratory supplies and equipment; maintains and repairs equipment used in a mechanics and/or auto laboratory; and builds accessory equipment.

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Maintains and repairs precision tools used in mechanics and/or auto laboratories; and maintains storeroom accountability records. Estimates cost factors, including labor and material for purchased and fabricated parts and costs for assembly, testing, and installing; orders new materials; and receives, checks, and stores ordered materials. Prepares parts, sketches and writes work orders and purchase requests to be furnished by outside contractors; devises, fabricates, and assembles new or modified mechanical components; and builds, installs, repairs, and calibrates laboratory and bench equipment. Maintains laboratory areas in a clean, safe, secure and orderly condition; maintains supply and equipment inventories in a technical storeroom; and maintains storeroom expenditure records. Provides guidance to students in proper care and use of materials and equipment; oversees and participates in the preparation of materials and equipment for classroom instruction; and does conventional as well as T.I.G. and M.I.G welding on tools and equipment. Discusses changes in design, method of manufacture and assembly, and drafting techniques and procedures with staff and coordinates corrections; analyzes tests results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives, and modifies or adjusts equipment to meet specifications. Reads dials and meters to determine amperage, voltage, electrical output and input at specific operating temperature to analyze parts performance; confers with technicians, and submits reports of test results to engineering department and recommends design or material changes. Operates drill press, grinders, engine lathe, or other machines to modify parts tested or to fabricate experimental parts for testing; drafts detail drawings or sketches for drafting room completion or to request parts fabrication by machine, sheetmetal or wood shops; and performs related duties as required.

Applicants applying to this position are REQUIRED to complete and submit:

1. A Los Rios Community College District Application
2. Resume or Curriculum Vitae
3. Letter of Interest

• Applications submitted without all required documents, listed above, will be disqualified.
• Applicants indicating "see resume" on the application will not have that referenced experience considered for minimum qualifications, which may lead to the application being disqualified.
• Only information (education, experience, etc.) listed on the application will be considered for minimum qualifications.
• Applicants, including current Los Rios Community College District employees, are required to provide official transcripts, if required to meet the minimum qualifications for the position.
• Applicants are required to submit official transcripts within 60 days of the time of hire.
• Graduate advising documents and grade reports will not be accepted as official transcripts.
• Individuals who have completed college or university course work at an institution in a country other than the United States must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees, and other relevant documents.
• A foreign transcript evaluation is required any time foreign course work is used to meet minimum qualifications and/or salary placement even if the foreign transcript has been accepted by a college or university in the United States.
• Foreign transcript evaluations are ONLY accepted from AICE (Association of International Credential Evaluations, Inc.) or NACES (The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) agencies or evaluators. For additional information on foreign transcript evaluations click here.