STS Machine Shop Engineering Technician 3
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Job Location:
Bellingham, MN - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 5028 - 6773
Posted on:
01-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
| Position Title | STS Machine Shop Engineering Technician 3 |
| About the University | Western Washington University with over 15000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school is nationally recognized for its educational programs students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham Washington a coastal community of 90000 overlooking Bellingham Bay the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes Bremerton Everett Port Angeles and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes such as being named one of the top public masters-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report. Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success increasing our Washington impact and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship research and creative activity. Westerns greatest strength is the outstanding students faculty staff and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can pursuit of this excellence individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff faculty administration student and external constituents. Further individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic societal environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties. |
| About the Department | Scientific Technical Services(SciTech or STS) supports Westerns mission which states that together with our students staff and faculty we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women people of color people with disabilities veterans and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity. SciTech is a department that supports research scholarship and teaching across all colleges at WWU by providing access to advanced multi-user scientific instrumentation machine and electronics shops and equipment design fabrication and repair services. Itoperates two core facilities: TheUniversity Instrument Center Westerns primary multi-user equipment facility with chromatography mass spectrometry and spectroscopy instrumentation and theUniversity Shops with electronics metalworking woodworking and design and repair services. Students staff and faculty from across campus rely onSciTechfor expert advice and training on scientific instrumentation assistance with laboratory class instruction to design build and repair equipment and assist in the analysis of research and classroom of users come through our doors each yearwith projects ranging fromthe analysis of water quality samples to the repair of antique Steinway pianos andthe construction of custom equipment for Western athletic teams. For over 30 yearsSciTechhas been a centerpiece of Westerns innovation infrastructure supporting research creativity and learning campus-wide. |
| About the Position | Scientific Technical Services (STS) provides technical support to faculty staff and students for a wide variety of teaching and scholarship activities involving instrumentation and the design manufacture and repair of equipment to all divisions at WWU. Under general direction this position will perform senior-level engineering technician work designing developing modifying constructing installing calibrating testing and repairing instruments apparatus and equipment within a scientific instructional or engineering application. Applicable skills for this position include mechanical electro-mechanical hydraulic pneumatic electronic cabinetry carpentry welding machining and sheet metal. The focus of this position will be to support the operations of the STS Machine Shop. This position is part of a Public School Employees of WWU bargaining union. |
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| Conditions of Employment | All employees must comply with our Immunization policies including Proof of Rubeola Measles Immunity within 60-days of hire. Please reach out to if you need information regarding medical or religious exemption and applicable accommodations. |
| Salary | $5028 - $6773/month depending on qualifications and experience |
| Benefits Information | Benefits Overview for Classified Positions |
| Bargaining Unit | This position is part of bargaining unit PT and is covered by the collective bargaining agreement with Public School Employees of WWU. |
| Application Instructions | Application materials should address your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications. |
| Closing Date Notes | Position open to PSE Dual Career Assistance (DCA) and permanent (including project) WWU employees; position closes 11/06/2025 at 11:55 pm. |
Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity compliance with applicable laws WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race ethnicity color national origin age citizenship or immigration status pregnancy use of protective leave genetic status sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression marital status creed religion veteran or military status disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal (including a service animal in training) by a person with a disability or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law in its programs or activities including employment admissions and educational programs. See WWUs Policies onProhibiting Discrimination Based on A Protected Class and Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Sex. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance Title IX and ADA Coordinator Western Washington University Old Main 126 (MS 9021) 516 High Street Bellingham WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay); WWU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to request an accommodation please contactHuman Resources Disability Services 360.650.3751 or 711 (Washington Relay). Annual Security and Fire Safety Report: This report is provided pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (The Clery Act). It includes statistics for the previous three calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on Westerns campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Western; and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security such as policies concerning alcohol and drug use crime prevention the reporting of crimes sexual assault and other matters. You can obtain a copy of this report in printed or alternate formats by contacting the Office of Student Life at . The report can be found at: Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. All new employees must comply with the immunization policy and show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service before beginning work at WWU. A thorough background check will be conducted on all new hires which includes a sexual misconduct background check. |
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Industrial Maintenance
- Machining
- Mechanical Knowledge
- CNC
- Precision Measuring Instruments
- Schematics
- Maintenance
- Hydraulics
- Plastics Injection Molding
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Manufacturing
- Troubleshooting
About Company
Western Washington University (WWU), located in Bellingham, WA, welcomes students at the front door of discovery. We invite you to connect, create and join in community with others who thrive on learning.
