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Powertech Labs Inc is a cleantech company with the mission of being a trusted innovation partner providing solutions,
specialised 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.
Fabrication Specialist
Number of positions: 1 Job Location:
Employment type: Permanent Region: Lower Mainland
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Resident
Annual salary: $78K - $84K
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.
What you'll do
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.
