Calibration Technician
Redwood MaterialsMcCarran, Nevada
Full Time
Posted January 26, 2026
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Job Description
The Calibration Technician supports the verification, calibration, and repair of instrumentation across Redwood Materials' battery manufacturing facilities, ensuring compliance with ISO standards and maintaining equipment reliability to facilitate efficient production and quality assurance.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform calibration, verification, functional testing, and troubleshooting of instrumentation across manufacturing, laboratory, and pilot plant environments.
- Maintain ISO-compliant calibration practices and documentation to support regulatory and quality requirements.
- Coordinate and manage laboratory instrument calibrations through CMMS, including vendor interactions and record keeping.
- Repair and calibrate trade-used deck scales in accordance with Department of Agriculture requirements.
- Execute routine preventative calibrations on process instrumentation to reduce reactive maintenance and unplanned downtime.
- Partner with controls technicians, engineering, operations, and lab teams to ensure reliable instrumentation ownership and scheduling.
- Develop in-house calibration capabilities for common instruments to reduce reliance on third-party vendors and drive cost savings.
Requirements
- Perform calibration, verification, functional testing, and troubleshooting of instrumentation in manufacturing, laboratory, and pilot plant environments, with all work documented to ensure traceability, compliance, safety, quality, and uptime.
- Maintain ISO-compliant calibration practices and documentation to support regulatory and quality requirements.
- Coordinate and manage laboratory instrument calibrations through CMMS, including vendors, while maintaining instrumentation inventories, schedules, and records.
- Repair and calibrate trade-used deck scales in accordance with Department of Agriculture requirements, obtain and maintain State Registered Weighmaster status.
- Execute routine preventative calibrations on process instrumentation using CMMS to reduce reactive maintenance and unplanned downtime.
- Partner with Controls Technicians, Engineering, Operations, and Lab teams to ensure clear ownership, scheduling, and reliability of instrumentation.
- Develop in-house calibration capabilities for common instruments to reduce reliance on third-party vendors and drive cost savings.
- Possess a Certification degree in Instrumentation Technology or Electrical Systems Technology, or relevant experience in a related position.
- Have experience working in regulated technical environments with working knowledge of ISO-regulated calibration environments.
- Demonstrated experience calibrating industrial and/or laboratory instrumentation using precision standards and measurement techniques, with strong attention to detail and audit-ready documentation practices.
- Possess strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work independently or collaboratively across teams.
- Exhibit excellent organizational, prioritization, and time-management skills in a fast-paced environment, with a high level of self-motivation and ownership.
- Be able to work with personal protective equipment such as Tyvek suits and Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR).
- Be comfortable working in confined spaces and at elevated heights, including safely climbing ladders to access work areas.
- Be able to perform essential physical activities such as climbing, standing, stooping, and typing.
- Be able to operate and train on equipment such as boom lifts, scissor lifts, and other specialized machinery.
- Be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
- Work in varied indoor and outdoor environments with exposure to hazardous materials, noise, dust, chemicals, and temperature extremes while wearing PPE for extended periods.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation will be commensurate with experience
Work performed in varied indoor and outdoor environments with exposure to hazardous materials and challenging conditions
Full-time position
Some weekends and holidays work as needed
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