Fabrication Specialist

Powertech Labs Inc is a cleantech company with the mission of being a trusted innovation partner providing solutions, specialized testing, and technical expertise for a safe and sustainable global energy future. Powertech has a global reputation for delivering transformative solutions in both the electric power industry as well as the transport sector. A clean future will be driven by electric and hydrogen power, and we will help get there. 

We are always guided by our values as a global clean-technology and engineering company: 
•    Safety: This top everything. We do our work safely or we do not do it at all. 
•    Challenges: We ready ourselves for the hardest challenges – through attaining accreditations, developing industry-leading innovative products & services, investing in our labs, hiring great people, and making them better. 
•    Diverse Teams: We are strongest together and capitalize on our varied attributes – together we are more than the sum of parts. 
•    Our customers: Customers fuel this company, and we constantly work with them to earn and retain their trust and loyalty. We expect that our customers hold us accountable to our commitments.
•    Excellence: Striving for excellence, acting with integrity, and having the highest standards in quality are core to what we do.

Position Highlights 
Maintains, operates and oversees the operation of the model shop. Devises special test equipment required for the performance of high-level testing and research within the lab.

Duties
1. Produces, by fabrication and high precision machining, specialized research equipment by analyzing user requests in order to understand the intended application of equipment and to determine the most suitable materials, designs and fabrication techniques, determining and and/or modifying requirements and details to improve or meet specifications or allowing for machining/fabrication capabilities.
2. Devises special test equipment and designs new or prototype equipment required for internal and external clients, preparing working or finished drawings for tender, manufacturing or inclusion in reports, estimating the time and cost required to fabricate equipment and if required arranging for fabrication by outside shops; liaises with others within the industry to secure future work for Powertech.
3. Takes industrial quality photographs of test procedures, test equipment, installations, prototypes and samples; sets up photographic equipment including illumination; examines, processes photographs and selects suitable ones for inclusion in reports or marketing requirements.
4. Recommends acquisitions of new or replacement model shop equipment parts, materials or model shop consumables; investigates prices and alternative suppliers, maintains laboratory equipment, tools, jigs, consumables and safety equipment.
5. Provides operating instructions and guidance to other staff using shop equipment and tools; ensures safety of other staff using shop.
6. Performs duties of a minor nature related to the above duties which do not affect the rating of the job.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Required:

• Good working knowledge of the procedures and methods required to machine and fabricate specialized research and testing equipment and components.
• Ability to estimate the time and cost required in equipment fabrication.
• Good drafting skills.
• Working knowledge of how to calibrate, maintain and repair related machine shop instrumentation and equipment and apply accepted testing standards.
• Good working knowledge of the properties of metals and plastics.
• Basic technical report writing skills.
• Ability to assess the quality of fabrication work done by others.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent knowledge of related testing standards and procedures.
• Good written and verbal communications skills.
• Basic project management skills.
• Good organizational and planning skills.
• Basic marketing skills.
• Excellent knowledge of related safety and WHMIS regulations.
• Basic knowledge of MS Office applications.

Qualifications:
Completion of Machinist trades qualification and four (4) years of related fabrication shop experience.
--OR--
Completion of a formal trades' qualification (other than Machinist) and four (4) years of directly relevant machining or fabricating experience in a fabrication shop.

Please be advised that this role has been assessed as safety sensitive and pre-qualification alcohol and drug testing will be required as a pre-condition to employment. 

What we offer
MoveUp: Group 10
Location: Surrey, BC
Annual Salary - $78K - $84K

Powertech Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We include everyone. We welcome applications from anyone, including members of visible minorities, women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. We are also happy to provide reasonable accommodations throughout the selection process and while working at Powertech Labs.

Maintaining customer-confidence and our reputation is key: To this end, all our campus and laboratories are accredited to ISO9001 (quality), ISO14001 (environment stewardship) and ISO45001 (safety) and IEC/ISO 17025 for over 100 standards. To complement the focus on accreditation, we encourage our experts to drive global standards and provide development opportunities for all staff to grow in their role and to advance in their careers. 

Working at Powertech is not a job but a career. If you want to be a part of a growing clean technology company that is impactful and working towards a common goal of accelerating the world towards a net zero carbon future, come and join our team.