The technician will assume the lead responsibility for repair, maintenance and calibration of laboratory and research equipment. Recommend new test equipment that will be needed now and in the future equipment services and calibrations. 

35% Repair of equipment:

Repair equipment in the field or shop. Equipment that may be serviced, shakers, balances, pipettes, Co2 incubators, centrifuges, ovens, PCR machines, hot plates, stirrers, mixers and other pieces of equipment that maybe found in research and teaching laboratories. The  technician will reach out to vendors, to obtain technical assistance in the service and repair of equipment as needed. The technician instruct end users on proper use of equipment when the need arises, to ensure the equipment is used in the scope it was design to function in.

50% Calibration and Preventive Maintenance of Equipment

Calibrate equipment in the field or in the shop. Equipment that may be calibrated; shakers, balances, pipettes, Co2 incubators, centrifuges, ovens, shaking incubators, PCR machines and other types of equipment might be found in research and teaching laboratories.

10% Documentation:

Reply to service inquiries by, phone, e-mail or face to face conversations. Prepare price quotes for repair and calibration services, enter service calls into service call database, enter calibration into calibration database.

5% Customer Interface:

Promote the shop services to laboratories on all campuses.
 

Required Qualifications

-High school graduation and two years of recent trade school training or military training in electronics should provide the necessary background for this work. Equivalent combinations of related experience and education may be substituted. Some positions may require licensure by the state of Minnesota to perform electrical work (see MN Statue 326B.33 Subd. 7. Power Limited Technician).

Preferred Qualifications:

-The technician must have proficient experience in serving 1 to 2 of the listed equipment: Pipettes, centrifuges, Co2 incubators, shaking incubators, PCR machines, balances.

About University of Minnesota Twin Cities

The University of Minnesota, founded in the belief that all people are enriched by understanding, is dedicated to the advancement of learning and the search for truth; to the sharing of this knowledge through education for a diverse community; and to the application of this knowledge to benefit the people of the state, the nation, and the world.

Connections working at University of Minnesota Twin Cities