Technical Operator (Test Lab)

Job Title

This person will be a member of an engineering team focused on the development and testing of windows, doors, related accessories, and materials.

Responsibilities

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Demonstrate the "Pella Total Competitiveness System" through projects associated with growth, customer satisfaction, and profitability.
• Work with engineering teams to develop evaluation plans that will thoroughly test products and materials and provide meaningful information.
• Read and understand test methods (ASTM, AAMA, etc.). Influence industry standards by providing feedback where tests could be improved.
• Lead the industry in testing technology, methodology, and science. Collaborate with others in the improvement of existing standards and the development of new standards.
• Facilitate product development. Serve our customers by creating a place where designs can be prototyped and tested.
• Both learn and teach others to operate a wide variety of test and prototyping equipment within the lab and across the company.
• Validate product quality, design and manufacturing repeatability through testing.
• Understand perceived quality from a customer point of view.
• Support research and testing to ultimately enable high-performance product design work.
• Communicate with internal (product engineering, sales, marketing, etc.) and external customers (builders, architects, etc.) and guide tours of the Design Assurance Lab.

Supervisory responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or experience:

Associate's degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school; Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university preferred; and six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical skills:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer skills:

Word, Excel, CAD, Solid Edge, SharePoint, Thrive, Agile

Certificates, licenses, registrations:

None required.

Travel requirements:

Minimal

Physical demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.