Instrumentation Technician III
Required Skills
Job Description
**Position Information**
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**Hiring Department**: Facilities Management
**Reports To:** Facilities Operations Manager
**Job Location:** El Paso, Texas
**Posting End Date:** Open until filled. This posting may close once a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received.
**Hours:** 40 hours per week, Monday\- Friday 7:00am\- 3:30pm, flexibility is required on evenings and weekends.
**FLSA status:** Non\-exempt
**Earliest Start Date:** 04/13/2026
**Salary**: Commensurate with experience.
**Required Application Materials:**
* Resume
A cover letter and three professional references are preferred and encouraged. Final candidates will be asked to provide three professional references at the time of interview.
**Position Summary**
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Under minimal supervision and with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment, performs senior level work involving the construction, operation and maintenance of specialized equipment relating to a scientific or research activity. May train and supervise others.
Supervises skilled and semi\-skilled workers and personally participates in technical work of a highly specialized or non\-standard nature.
Provides oversight of and/or ensures safety requirements are adhered to regarding BSL III, Clean Room, and other high\-risk laboratories.
Collaborates with research scientist, research engineers and faculty members, who may have overall supervision of research projects, in the design and functional application of research apparatus.
* Coordinates with Facilities Services Shops with equipment specification definition and/or installation requirements.
* Ensures equipment installation is done as per specification and is in safe working condition.
* Functions as the first point of contact for researchers and the service or maintenance of research equipment.
Provides oversight of and/or maintains and repairs specialized research/building equipment including but not limited to:
* Autoclaves
* Incinerators
* Air Compressors
* Reverse Osmosis Equipment
* Water Deionization Equipment
* Air/Vacuum Dryers
* Gas sensors (oxygen, argon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, helium, ammonia, others)
Inspects construction projects, renovations and modifications installed in\-house or by contractors to ensure compliance with respective requirements and other specifications.
Assumes supervisor responsibilities in absence of superior; team leader for projects.
Must be available on an “On Call” basis. Remote access to systems for on\-call requirements is allowed.
Overtime may be required.
Knowledge of all Microsoft Office software and able to learn and use institutional software systems.
Complies with all State and University policies.
Other duties may be assigned.
**Supervisory Responsibilities** Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's objectives, policies and applicable laws.
**Qualifications**
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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
**Required Qualifications:**
**Education:** High School Diploma or GED
**and**
**Experience:** Seven years of experience, related to the statement of duties and responsibilities; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must have knowledge of construction and maintenance equipment or apparatus relating to the statement of duties and responsibilities.
Ability to read blueprints and electric schematics.
Knowledge of Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD).
Occasional travel may be required.
Note: This position requires a valid drivers license.
**Why Pick UTEP**
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The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a comprehensive public research university that is increasing access to excellent higher education. We advance discovery of public value and positively impact the health, culture, education, and economy of the community we serve.
UTEP is America’s leading Hispanic\-serving university. Located at the westernmost tip of Texas, where three states and two countries converge along the Rio Grande, 84% of our 26,000 students are Hispanic, and half are the first in their families to go to college. UTEP offers 170 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs at the only open\-access, top\-tier research university in America.
This is an especially exciting time to join UTEP as it advances the goals of its 2030 Strategic Plan. Built around the institution’s core strengths—its location, its people, its supportive culture, and its community partnerships—the plan lays out a bold vision for the next decade, aimed at maximizing the University’s regional impact and national stature.
**About Facilities Management**
Facilities Management, under the leadership of Assist
------------------------
**Hiring Department**: Facilities Management
**Reports To:** Facilities Operations Manager
**Job Location:** El Paso, Texas
**Posting End Date:** Open until filled. This posting may close once a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received.
**Hours:** 40 hours per week, Monday\- Friday 7:00am\- 3:30pm, flexibility is required on evenings and weekends.
**FLSA status:** Non\-exempt
**Earliest Start Date:** 04/13/2026
**Salary**: Commensurate with experience.
**Required Application Materials:**
* Resume
A cover letter and three professional references are preferred and encouraged. Final candidates will be asked to provide three professional references at the time of interview.
**Position Summary**
--------------------
Under minimal supervision and with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment, performs senior level work involving the construction, operation and maintenance of specialized equipment relating to a scientific or research activity. May train and supervise others.
Supervises skilled and semi\-skilled workers and personally participates in technical work of a highly specialized or non\-standard nature.
Provides oversight of and/or ensures safety requirements are adhered to regarding BSL III, Clean Room, and other high\-risk laboratories.
Collaborates with research scientist, research engineers and faculty members, who may have overall supervision of research projects, in the design and functional application of research apparatus.
* Coordinates with Facilities Services Shops with equipment specification definition and/or installation requirements.
* Ensures equipment installation is done as per specification and is in safe working condition.
* Functions as the first point of contact for researchers and the service or maintenance of research equipment.
Provides oversight of and/or maintains and repairs specialized research/building equipment including but not limited to:
* Autoclaves
* Incinerators
* Air Compressors
* Reverse Osmosis Equipment
* Water Deionization Equipment
* Air/Vacuum Dryers
* Gas sensors (oxygen, argon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, helium, ammonia, others)
Inspects construction projects, renovations and modifications installed in\-house or by contractors to ensure compliance with respective requirements and other specifications.
Assumes supervisor responsibilities in absence of superior; team leader for projects.
Must be available on an “On Call” basis. Remote access to systems for on\-call requirements is allowed.
Overtime may be required.
Knowledge of all Microsoft Office software and able to learn and use institutional software systems.
Complies with all State and University policies.
Other duties may be assigned.
**Supervisory Responsibilities** Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's objectives, policies and applicable laws.
**Qualifications**
------------------
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
**Required Qualifications:**
**Education:** High School Diploma or GED
**and**
**Experience:** Seven years of experience, related to the statement of duties and responsibilities; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must have knowledge of construction and maintenance equipment or apparatus relating to the statement of duties and responsibilities.
Ability to read blueprints and electric schematics.
Knowledge of Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD).
Occasional travel may be required.
Note: This position requires a valid drivers license.
**Why Pick UTEP**
-----------------
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a comprehensive public research university that is increasing access to excellent higher education. We advance discovery of public value and positively impact the health, culture, education, and economy of the community we serve.
UTEP is America’s leading Hispanic\-serving university. Located at the westernmost tip of Texas, where three states and two countries converge along the Rio Grande, 84% of our 26,000 students are Hispanic, and half are the first in their families to go to college. UTEP offers 170 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs at the only open\-access, top\-tier research university in America.
This is an especially exciting time to join UTEP as it advances the goals of its 2030 Strategic Plan. Built around the institution’s core strengths—its location, its people, its supportive culture, and its community partnerships—the plan lays out a bold vision for the next decade, aimed at maximizing the University’s regional impact and national stature.
**About Facilities Management**
Facilities Management, under the leadership of Assist
Posted: 2026-03-31