Job Description

Posting number: N-2026-61784

Department: Department of General Services

Division: GS Strtgc Spt Aud Div

Job classification: Metrologist

Posting type: NCS External

Categories: Engineering, Statistics/Mathematics, Sciences

Summary

Do you want to make a consistent, positive impact on public trust by performing professional metrology laboratory work calibrating and certifying standards of weights and measures? As a Metrologist with our Bureau of Procurement, Strategic Support and Audit Division, you will conduct calibrations of mass, volume, length, time, and force on standards used by private industry, state agencies, and law enforcement agencies. This hands-on work is critical for ensuring compliance with standards of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Step into a role where your attention to detail and technical expertise truly matter!

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Examples of duties

This position focuses on performing precision calibrations that ensure it is possible to make accurate measurements. It plays a key role in the laboratory’s maintenance and implementation of national weights and measures standards, accreditation, and continuing evaluation. As a Metrologist, you will perform the following duties:

• Calibration Work: Calibrate field standards, scales, and artifacts submitted by private industry, state agencies, and law enforcement agencies
• Equipment Operation: Safely use straps, chains, lifting fixtures, forklifts, and fork extenders to safely handle customer artifacts for calibration
• Measurement Analysis: Input and evaluate measurement assurance data in real time using basic statistical techniques commonly used in laboratories
• Documentation: Prepare calibration certificates and maintain accurate records in line with required standards
• Quality and Compliance: Participate in management system audits, analyze cause and risk, compile findings, implement corrective actions, and review effectiveness
• Laboratory Maintenance: Calibrate or prepare for the calibration of laboratory reference and working standards including peripheral equipment

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, physics or mathematics and one year of professional experience in a metrology laboratory; or
• An associates degree in metrology and three years of professional experience in a metrology laboratory. Weights and measures enforcement experience may be substituted for education at the rate of one year of experience for one year of education.

Additional Requirements:

• Once hired, you must complete the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) training seminars, including laboratory auditing problems (LAPs).
• Fundamentals of Metrology
• Mass Metrology
• Volume Metrology
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.