Victaulic · 10 hours ago
Engineering Lab Technical Lead
Northampton County, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expVictaulic is a company focused on engineering solutions, and they are seeking an Engineering Lab Technical Lead. This role involves providing leadership and technical direction to a team in an Engineering R&D laboratory, ensuring efficient processing of work orders and promoting team development.
IndustrialManufacturing
Responsibilities
Responsible for leading technical technician team, ensuring work orders are being processed timely, supporting company priorities, identifying and resolving problems including resource capacity limitations, and providing technical advice and development to team members
Responsible for working with your technical staff to perform work orders and promote and drive team development (in teaching/training and learning) by aiding in seeking internal or external training opportunities. Use employee performance appraisals as a professional development tool to provide goals, direction, and guidance for group members
Encourage your team’s communication with engineering staff and other departments to keep them advised of developments with their requested support
Encourage continuous improvement developments in the lab in accordance with Lean & Safety initiatives
Monitor the quality of the team’s work, overseeing team’s adherence to established lab methods and procedures
Communicate resource constraints to lab management as necessary, if unable to resolve timely
Be able to perform all tasks of team members following established procedures for doing such work, as required. Tasks include, but not limited to:
Inspection of samples, castings, gaskets or rubber components for defects and compliance with Engineering Specifications and Drawings
Assemble products for hydrostatic, flex, bending moment test, low temperature testing, and heat aging to comply with Engineering specifications
Prepare, assemble and test new products for UL & FM tests to comply with their respective specifications
Set up and operate flow test, cycle test, torque test, and hardness test to comply with engineering specifications
Set up and operate all Victaulic grooving and cleaning tools (clean and maintain, as needed)
Set up and operate pipe threading machine
Operate cut-off saw, drill press, belt sander, post grinder, as necessary, to prepare pipe for assembly
Use creativity and self-direction to setup, machine and fabricate high-quality components and prototypes
Maintain a professional, organized, clean work area in the lab environment in accordance with Lean initiatives
Log and estimate all hours using Liquid Planner (LP) and use LP as a primary communication tool
Set up displays and perform demonstrations for Sales Department and customers
Follow all company safety requirements and procedures and participate in testing safety reviews
Perform related duties as assigned
Willingness to travel
Specific policies and procedures have been established by the Engineering Department to provide for the security and accessibility of electronic data and confidential information. It is the responsibility of the employee, in the daily course of doing business, to follow said policies as they relate to document management (see EOG-26). The extent to which departmental research and development information is stored electronically has vastly increased and will continue to do so. The new Federal rules pertaining to electronic discovery stipulate that substantive email communication constituted "records" under the Federal Records Act. It is therefore the responsibility of each departmental employee to understand their role in communicating via e-mails and that all e-mails must be written/responded to in a professional manner, as outlined in EOG-26
Qualification
Required
Proven Leadership Capabilities
Ability to effectively provide hands-on job training to technical staff
Respect for Job, Co-Workers & Company
In-depth knowledge and familiarity with Victaulic products
Minimum five (5) years industrial or lab experience
Proficient in blueprint reading, shop math and precision instrument operation
Ability to maintain records and logs; utilizing software to prepare charts and graphs
Capable of taking verbal and written instructions
Capable of performing all Laboratory functions
Preferred
Associate and/or technical degree preferred
Company
Victaulic
Victaulic is a producer of mechanical and grooved pipe joining systems.
5001-10000 employees
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Rick Bucher
President & CEO
Joe Savage
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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