Environmental Systems Calibration & Service Technician (Manufacturing)

Location: Newport News, Virginia, United States; field service throughout Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, and surrounding regions, with travel up to 50%.

Company

hirify.global provides testing, inspection, certification, calibration, and compliance services across manufacturing, power generation, aerospace, medical, and defense markets.

What you will do

• Inspect, calibrate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair environmental chambers, refrigerators, freezers, freeze dryers, incubators, ovens, and related equipment.
• Perform temperature mapping, qualification, validation, commissioning, installation, startup, and operational qualification activities.
• Calibrate sensors, transmitters, controllers, data loggers, chart recorders, and environmental monitoring instruments.
• Diagnose and repair electrical, mechanical, refrigeration, and control-system failures, including component replacement.
• Prepare calibration certificates, service reports, maintenance records, and qualification documentation.
• Coordinate service schedules, communicate findings and recommendations to customers, and support continuous improvement.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent; an associate degree in electronics, instrumentation, HVAC/R, mechanical technology, or a related field is preferred.
• At least 3 years of experience servicing, calibrating, maintaining, or repairing environmental chambers, refrigeration systems, freeze dryers, or controlled-environment equipment.
• Knowledge of temperature and humidity measurement, calibration techniques, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, control drawings, PLC-based controllers, and refrigeration systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and control-system failures independently and document work in computerized maintenance systems.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to ITAR export-control requirements.
• Ability to work 40 hours per week plus overtime, travel up to 50%, hold a valid driver's license, pass background screening and drug testing, and lift up to 55 pounds.

Nice to have

• EPA Section 608 Universal Certification.
• Technical training in HVAC/R, instrumentation, electronics, or industrial maintenance.
• Experience with pharmaceutical stability chambers, GMP-qualified equipment, temperature mapping, and environmental qualification studies.
• Experience with Thermotron, Weiss Technik, Binder, Blue M, Tenney, Espec, Caron, Panasonic, Forma Scientific, Revco, Steris, or Virtis equipment.

Culture & Benefits

• Work across laboratory, manufacturing, healthcare, pharmaceutical, life science, and industrial customer environments.
• Follow ATS quality standards, ISO/IEC 17025 requirements, customer procedures, and applicable industry regulations.
• Maintain a professional, customer-focused approach while managing multiple service commitments.
• Support training and mentoring for junior technicians and initiatives focused on quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.