Creative Engineering Coordinator

Love where you work! Contribute your creativity and know-how to oversee our state-of-the-art machining and makerspaces in our brand-new engineering building! Discover our close-knit campus and find out why Fortune 300 rated Pitt-Bradford as one of the top employers in the country!

Pitt-Bradford is looking for an imaginative and safety-focused professional to be our Creative Engineering Coordinator. This position plays a critical role in the safe and successful operation of the fabrication facilities in our state-of-the-art George B. Duke Engineering and Information Building.

Hiring Range: Salary commensurate with experience

Duties and Responsibilities: Serves as the manager and resident expert for the engineering building’s machine shop, makerspace, and student project lab. You’ll help to build a robust fabrication program and assist our faculty and students by providing thoughtful solutions, support, and opportunities.

Your day to day will include:

• Helping students bring their ideas to fruition and encouraging educational excellence
• Demonstrating how to use machines for classes and instructors and comply with best practice
• Opening and closing facilities at the beginning and end of shop hours
• Maintaining a clear, safe, and orderly shop
• Communicating with community members and local companies to find intern opportunities for promising students
• Crafting plans for additional programing and identifying potential revenue streams for the fabrication space
• Servicing machinery and tools
• Purchasing perishables and tools and maintaining shop inventory

Requirements: An associate degree with at least 10 years’ experience; Journeyman’s Machinist papers and relevant experience may be substituted for education requirement.

Must be competent with wood, plastic, sheet and general metal fabrication tools. The shop is equipped with a variety of advanced tools. A basic understanding of CNC and manual mills, lathes, and saws is necessary in addition to welders, 3D printers and laser-cutters.

An ideal applicant would have a strong working knowledge of 3D and 2D CAD software as well as relevant programming for toolpaths to be used by CNC machines and printers. Familiarity with Microsoft office is also required.

Must have strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong collaborative relationships. Previous supervisory or leadership experience preferred.

Extra attention will be paid to applicants with strong examples of previous experience and projects in a visual format (portfolio)

Benefits: Excellent benefits package, including education benefit (university-paid tuition) for employee and dependents; retirement plan with up to 12% employer match; group medical insurance, life insurance, optional vision, and dental insurance; and generous vacation, sick and personal time. For more information visit www.hr.pitt.edu/benefits.

 The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity and diversity. EOE, including disability/vets. The University of Pittsburgh requires all Pitt constituents (employees and students) on all campuses to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved exemption. Visit coronavirus.pitt.edu to learn more about this requirement. 
Department Details: Pitt-Bradford—a regional campus of the University of Pittsburgh—is a welcoming, close-knit campus community, where people are respected, valued and heard. Additionally, Pitt-Bradford is a beautiful location to work and live during all four seasons, and is near a national forest and a state park that offers a wide range of recreational opportunities, including hiking, fishing, canoeing, mountain biking and skiing. Just a days drive away is the metropolitan centers of Buffalo, and Pittsburgh. Low cost of living makes Bradford a great home-base for a relaxed life. As one of Fortune 300’s top employers in the country, Pitt-Bradford is the ideal workplace for a comfortable work-life balance!
Assignment Category: Full-time regular
Job Classification: Staff.Precision Production.III Non-Exempt
Campus: Bradford
Minimum Education Level Required: Associate
Minimum Experience Level Required: 10+ years experience
Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m – 5:00 p.m.
Work Arrangement: On-Campus: Teams that work on campus, in an office, or in a lab.
Hiring Range: To be determined based on qaulifications
Relocation Offered: No
Visa Sponsorship Provided: No
Background Check: For position finalists, employment with the University will require successful completion of a background check
Child Protection Clearances: Not Applicable
Required Documents: Resume, Cover Letter
Optional Documents: Not Applicable