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Job Title: Calibration Technician

Job Description

The Gauge/Calibration Technician position is responsible for managing the crib that handles all of the gauges, ensuring accurate setup, recall, and verification at specific intervals. This role includes collaboration with various departments to assess gauging needs, generate purchase requisitions, and maintain gauge control software.

Responsibilities

+ Setup and recall all gauges and fixtures requiring verification or calibration at specific intervals.

+ Collaborate with various departments to assess current in-house and external supplier gauging needs for manufacturing or inspection.

+ Generate purchase requisitions for new or replacement gauges.

+ Issue gauges and timely update gauge status and assigned locations in gauge control software.

+ Establish and track calibration intervals, monitoring gauges due for calibration, overdue gauges, and lost/missing gauges.

+ Work with engineering to identify gauging needs for new products or processes.

+ Generate and distribute monthly recall reports to manufacturing areas.

+ Work with manufacturing to improve gauge recall performance.

+ Set and verify gauges to documented procedures and/or manufacturer’s recommendations to assure conformance to applicable specifications.

+ Train associates in the use of gauges, as required.

+ Actively participate in training operators using heat-treating and NDT processes.

+ Maintain a clean and safe working environment and assess potential improvements to assure safe working conditions.

+ Perform tasks as assigned by supervisor.

Essential Skills

+ High school graduate or equivalent

+ 3 years of gauge control experience

+ Drawing interpretation skills - blueprint reading

+ Gauge setting or gauge setup experience

+ Understanding of ISO1000012-1 / AS9100 industry or customer calibration requirements

+ Good computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, GAGEpack)

+ Solid industrial mathematics knowledge

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ Experience with calipers, final inspection, aerospace, metrology, gauge calibration, GD&T, quality technician, quality control, quality inspection, metrology technician.

Work Environment

The work environment is a very clean and neat aerospace manufacturing floor within a mid-large size manufacturing company. You will be working in a team in the quality department, but it is a loud machining environment.

Why Work Here

Enjoy a 5% bonus potential every March depending on company performance, merit increases each year, and tuition reimbursement. Benefit from various training programs including GD&T and LEAN training, along with life insurance which is twice your annual base salary. Accrue PTO as you go and enjoy 12 paid holidays. Participate in company-wide events such as BBQs, holiday parties, and community activities like blood drives and toy drives. Celebrate Veterans Day with a breakfast and receive a turkey for Thanksgiving.

Pay Rate: Entry level- $23.70, mid level $28.72 and senior level 32.69

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $49296.00 - $59737.00/yr.

5% bonus potential every March depending on company performance.

Merit increases each year

Tuition reimbursement

Many trainings offered- GD&T , LEAN training, in house training programs

Life Insurance which is 2 times their annual base salary

PTO accrued in as you go

Weekly pay

12 paid holidays

Company wide bbqs, holiday parties, etc.

Blood drive

Veterans day breakfast

Give turkeys out to every employee for Thanksgiving

toy drive

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in MANCHESTER,CT.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 6, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.