Test Lab Technician 2nd Shift

Job description

Trainee position starts at $18.00/hr, plus $1.00 shift differential 2nd shift is Monday through Thursday 3:15 pm to 1:45 am STS Aerospace in Laconia, NH is searching for a 2nd Shift Test Lab Technician to join the team. This position is responsible for testing experimental or prototype mechanical parts or structural products by conducting tests and recording results at various stages of the production process to determine and maintain quality and reliability of products. • Performs and documents preventative maintenance • Examines parts for conformance with dimensional specifications. • Understands the necessity of instrument calibration and notifies supervisor when calibrations are due • Sets up equipment and conducts tests in accordance with established test procedures • Coordinates and participates in installing unit or system to be tested in test fixtures, connecting valves, pumps, hydraulic, mechanical or electrical controls, cabling, tubing, power source, and indicating instruments. • Measure and pour specified test media into the fixture and test samples. Test media are hydraulic fluids, hydrocarbon-based fuels, solvents, etc. which require mindfulness when pouring, transporting, measuring, handling, wiping, etc. • Activates controls to apply electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or mechanical power and subject test item to successive steps in test cycle. Accurately records test data results • Reject pieces that do not fall within accepted test procedures. • Confers with engineering personnel to resolve fabrication problems relating to specifications and to review test plans such as types and cycles of tests, conditions under which tests are to be conducted, and duration of tests • Consistently, regularly and dependably at work and on time • Other duties may be assigned as needed Flex-Tek is a global provider of high-performance engineered components and solutions for fluid transfer and heating. We manufacture flexible and rigid tubing, ducting, and heating systems to support the safe, efficient movement and heating of gases and liquids, serving the construction, aerospace, and industrial market sectors. Our products are used in heating and cooling systems in 50% of the homes in North America; they are crucial components found in the airframes of aircraft; they are found in outer space supporting the safe passage of spacecrafts, and across many more applications in the world around us. Flex-Tek goes to market through its sub-brands. These include Tutco SureHeat and Farnam Custom Products in its industrial heat segment; STS Aerospace (Kreisler, Scotia Technologies, Titeflex and Lewis & Saunders), in its aerospace segment; Gastite, HCP, Royal Metals, Thermaflex, and Tutco in its construction segment; and Habia Teknofluor, Fulton Bellows, Flexschlauch Producktions GmbH, Flexible Technologies, US Hose, and Amnitec in its industrial segment. Flex-Tek is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defense, space & aerospace and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs c.16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.