Job Title: TEMP-Engineering (Institute for Matter & Systems)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Regular/Temporary: Temporary
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 302128
About Us
Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
- Students are our top priority.
- We strive for excellence.
- We thrive on diversity.
- We celebrate collaboration.
- We champion innovation.
- We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
- We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
- We act ethically.
- We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.
Job Summary
Provide engineering services in support of systems and equipment associated with research efforts within an academic or research unit or laboratory. Specific duties will be determined based on assignment and unit needs. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: unit management and staff. This position typically will advise and counsel: unit management and staff.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on troubleshooting experience with mechanical and fluid systems (pumps, valves, chillers, HVAC, exhaust fans, various sensor types)
- Familiarity with material specification best practices for various use cases, including experience creating Bills of Materials (BOMs)
- Working knowledge of different power systems, including low-voltage control systems
- Familiarity with proper sensor specification and installation
- Experience with Rhino or AutoCAD (or similar CAD software)
- Experience using both hand tools and power tools for [mechanical/electrical/maintenance] work
- Experience with Gantt charts and project management tools.
- Experience working with mechanical and electrical contractors.
- Experience with creating scope of work
- Experience with creating SOPs (standard operating procedures)
- Experience with project execution creation -> final sign off/commissioning.
- Experience sourcing parts and materials through vendor web portals (e.g., Grainger, McMaster-Carr, etc.)
Other Information
- This is not a supervisory position.
- This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
- This position will not be required to drive.
- This role is not considered a position of trust.
- This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
- This position will not travel.
- This position does not require security clearance.
