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Our mission is to exceed our customers' expectations as their most reliable, innovative, and trusted lab resource. We achieve this by partnering with customers to solve their most pressing day-to-day challenges and always holding ourselves to a higher standard of product quality, exceptional service, and unmatched support. We are seeking an experienced and motivated Lead Shop Technician to assist in overseeing the repair and rebuild operations of medical equipment. This is a hands-on leadership role that requires extensive mechanical and electrical knowledge of medical equipment or a related field. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of experience supervising multiple production areas and technicians.

Summary / Objective

The Lead Shop Technician is a hands-on position responsible for repairing, rebuilding, and quality checking medical equipment to support equipment sales orders. This role includes quoting customer repairs, assigning and managing daily tasks for the production team, and working directly on machines as part of the rebuild and repair process. The technician will also provide guidance and support to other team members, troubleshoot technical issues, and help keep work moving efficiently and safely. This position reports to the Shop Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and participate in repair and rebuild projects for various medical equipment
• Manage daily work schedules and prioritize assignments
• Evaluate and quote inbound customer equipment for repair
• Rebuild and repair histology machines and related lab equipment
• Identify required parts and submit requests for ordering
• Ensure the shop remains clean, organized, and properly equipped
• Maintain oversight of tools and equipment
• Transport and deliver equipment as needed
• Provide daily support and direction for three shop technicians
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment

Skills and Competencies

• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting ability
• Proficient in setting up and operating programmable equipment
• Comfortable using computers and learning new systems
• Fast learner with adaptability in a dynamic environment
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking abilities
• Valid drivers license is required

Travel Requirements

This role may occasionally require delivering or transporting equipment to customer locations.

Please note this job description is intended to provide a general overview and may be updated to reflect changing business needs.

Avantik is an integrated medical products and services company delivering superior quality instruments, reagents, consumables, and service to the anatomic pathology market consisting of hospital, reference, and physician office laboratories in the US. The company is headquartered in Montville Township, NJ.

Avantiks experienced team and consultative partner approach integrates consumables, service, equipment, and education so that labs focus on what matters most - having everything under control in their laboratory to deliver fast and accurate diagnoses. Avantik offers a full line of consumables and reagents for the histology lab sourced and private label Avantik branded and by distribution of other brands. Avantik has serviced all brands of OEM histology lab equipment for over 40 years and offers best-in-class responsiveness and an industry leading 97% first time fix-rate.

Avantik offers a team orientated, customer service focused environment with competitive compensation, bonus programs, medical (company covers 80% of the cost), dental and vision insurance, 401K (with a match) and more.

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Avantik is an Equal Opportunity Employer.