H-1B Visa Calibration Technician Jobs
Calibration Technician roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as engineering technology, physics, or metrology. Employers in aerospace, defense, medical devices, and manufacturing regularly file LCAs for these roles. No lottery exemption exists, but cap-exempt employers like research institutions and universities can file year-round.
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Zoetis is the world’s largest Manufacturer and Supplier of Animal Pharmaceuticals.
Looking for your chance to work for the #1 Animal Health company in the world? Zoetis is looking for the next amazing colleague to join our family. Does working in a safe and fast-paced manufacturing environment in an exceptionally clean facility, using high tech products sounds like your dream job? Our Lincoln facility has received the prestigious Star Safety Award through the OSHA Voluntary Protection program which sets us apart from other manufacturing businesses in the Lincoln area.
Benefits Include:
- $500 Sign on Bonus
- 4 weeks accrued paid vacation and 13 paid holidays.
- 401(k) match with company profit sharing.
- Tuition reimbursement and Student Loan repayment program.
- Great Health, personal, and family benefits starting day 1.
Hours: 1st Shift, Monday – Friday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM. Overtime, weekends, and holidays may be required.
Position Responsibilities
Looking for a detail-focused technician who takes pride in a job well-done…
- Primary responsibility will be performing calibrations on a wide variety of equipment, utilizing calibration standards for pressure, temperature, flow, conductivity, and other equipment functions. Competently operate calibration standards, hand and power tools. Other responsibilities can include filter certification, troubleshooting and repairing equipment, and performing preventative/predictive maintenance.
- Understand and utilize Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) when completing assigned work and paperwork such as work orders, SOPs, SAP (CMMS System), and equipment logbooks. Learn and comply with regulatory requirements such as APHIS, VMD & OSHA.
- Incumbent may be required to perform Hazardous Waste Pickup and understand and comply with hazardous waste training. Incumbent may be required to perform HAZWOPER clean up.
- Actively develop skills by completing training and job progression steps.
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
You’ll need to have:
- Highschool diploma or GED required.
- A technical aptitude.
Even Better if you have:
- Associate degree in a technical field such as Electro-Mechanical.
- Relevant experience in Pharmaceutical or Food manufacturing.
Previous calibration experience is highly preferred. Prior experience in regulated (FDA, USDA, etc.) or GMP-industry preferred.
PHYSICAL POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Our team works in a variety of conditions from laboratories to farm operations…but everyone needs to:
- SAFELY work in an industrial environment using approved procedures, i.e., Lockout/tagout, confined space, line break, right to know, PPE, etc.
- Have experience in the use of hand and power tools…it’s Maintenance after all.
- Occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.…never more.
- Work in areas that may be hot, cold, stinky, noisy, ultra-clean, or require additional PPE. May be exposed to temperature variations, prolonged standing, or walking.
- Valid drivers’ license may be required.
Full time
Regular
Colleague
Any unsolicited resumes sent to Zoetis from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Zoetis mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Zoetis employees, or to Zoetis resume database will be considered Zoetis property. Zoetis will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
Zoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.
Notice: Zoetis Recruiters will contact candidates via email from an address ending in @zoetis.com and may also initially connect with candidates through LinkedIn, including LinkedIn InMail. Zoetis does not use Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, or other web-based/generic email domains to communicate about job opportunities, interviews, or offers of employment. If you receive a recruitment-related email message claiming to be from Zoetis that does not come from @zoetis.com, please treat it as suspicious. For your security, do not reply, click links, open attachments, share personal or financial information, or send money in response to unexpected or questionable recruitment communications.
Zoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity to use our online application system. We offer reasonable accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at zoetiscolleagueservices@zoetis.com to request an accommodation. Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. Zoetis retains sole and exclusive discretion to pursue sponsorship for the acquisition or maintenance of nonimmigrant status and employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified US workers. Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact. Please note that Zoetis seeks information related to job applications from candidates for jobs in the U.S. solely via the following: (1) our company website at www.Zoetis.com/careers site, or (2) via email to/from addresses using only the Zoetis domain of “@zoetis.com”. In addition, Zoetis does not use Google Hangout for any recruitment related activities. Any solicitation or request for information related to job applications with Zoetis via any other means and/or utilizing email addresses with any other domain should be disregarded. In addition, Zoetis will never ask candidates to make any type of personal financial investment related to gaining employment with Zoetis.
INTRODUCTION
Zoetis is the world’s largest Manufacturer and Supplier of Animal Pharmaceuticals.
Looking for your chance to work for the #1 Animal Health company in the world? Zoetis is looking for the next amazing colleague to join our family. Does working in a safe and fast-paced manufacturing environment in an exceptionally clean facility, using high tech products sounds like your dream job? Our Lincoln facility has received the prestigious Star Safety Award through the OSHA Voluntary Protection program which sets us apart from other manufacturing businesses in the Lincoln area.
Benefits Include:
- $500 Sign on Bonus
- 4 weeks accrued paid vacation and 13 paid holidays.
- 401(k) match with company profit sharing.
- Tuition reimbursement and Student Loan repayment program.
- Great Health, personal, and family benefits starting day 1.
Hours: 1st Shift, Monday – Friday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM. Overtime, weekends, and holidays may be required.
Position Responsibilities
Looking for a detail-focused technician who takes pride in a job well-done…
- Primary responsibility will be performing calibrations on a wide variety of equipment, utilizing calibration standards for pressure, temperature, flow, conductivity, and other equipment functions. Competently operate calibration standards, hand and power tools. Other responsibilities can include filter certification, troubleshooting and repairing equipment, and performing preventative/predictive maintenance.
- Understand and utilize Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) when completing assigned work and paperwork such as work orders, SOPs, SAP (CMMS System), and equipment logbooks. Learn and comply with regulatory requirements such as APHIS, VMD & OSHA.
- Incumbent may be required to perform Hazardous Waste Pickup and understand and comply with hazardous waste training. Incumbent may be required to perform HAZWOPER clean up.
- Actively develop skills by completing training and job progression steps.
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
You’ll need to have:
- Highschool diploma or GED required.
- A technical aptitude.
Even Better if you have:
- Associate degree in a technical field such as Electro-Mechanical.
- Relevant experience in Pharmaceutical or Food manufacturing.
Previous calibration experience is highly preferred. Prior experience in regulated (FDA, USDA, etc.) or GMP-industry preferred.
PHYSICAL POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Our team works in a variety of conditions from laboratories to farm operations…but everyone needs to:
- SAFELY work in an industrial environment using approved procedures, i.e., Lockout/tagout, confined space, line break, right to know, PPE, etc.
- Have experience in the use of hand and power tools…it’s Maintenance after all.
- Occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.…never more.
- Work in areas that may be hot, cold, stinky, noisy, ultra-clean, or require additional PPE. May be exposed to temperature variations, prolonged standing, or walking.
- Valid drivers’ license may be required.
Full time
Regular
Colleague
Any unsolicited resumes sent to Zoetis from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Zoetis mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Zoetis employees, or to Zoetis resume database will be considered Zoetis property. Zoetis will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
Zoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.
Notice: Zoetis Recruiters will contact candidates via email from an address ending in @zoetis.com and may also initially connect with candidates through LinkedIn, including LinkedIn InMail. Zoetis does not use Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, or other web-based/generic email domains to communicate about job opportunities, interviews, or offers of employment. If you receive a recruitment-related email message claiming to be from Zoetis that does not come from @zoetis.com, please treat it as suspicious. For your security, do not reply, click links, open attachments, share personal or financial information, or send money in response to unexpected or questionable recruitment communications.
Zoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity to use our online application system. We offer reasonable accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at zoetiscolleagueservices@zoetis.com to request an accommodation. Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. Zoetis retains sole and exclusive discretion to pursue sponsorship for the acquisition or maintenance of nonimmigrant status and employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified US workers. Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact. Please note that Zoetis seeks information related to job applications from candidates for jobs in the U.S. solely via the following: (1) our company website at www.Zoetis.com/careers site, or (2) via email to/from addresses using only the Zoetis domain of “@zoetis.com”. In addition, Zoetis does not use Google Hangout for any recruitment related activities. Any solicitation or request for information related to job applications with Zoetis via any other means and/or utilizing email addresses with any other domain should be disregarded. In addition, Zoetis will never ask candidates to make any type of personal financial investment related to gaining employment with Zoetis.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Calibration Technician
Verify your degree supports specialty occupation
H-1B approval for calibration roles hinges on whether your degree directly relates to the work. A degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or physics strengthens the specialty occupation argument. A general business or unrelated STEM degree may trigger a Request for Evidence from USCIS.
Target industries with consistent LCA filing histories
Aerospace, semiconductor manufacturing, medical device companies, and defense contractors file LCAs for calibration roles regularly. Searching DOL LCA disclosure data by SOC code 17-3023 surfaces which employers have certified positions in this occupation and in which metro areas.
Search Migrate Mate for verified sponsoring employers
Filter your search on Migrate Mate by occupation to find employers with documented H-1B filing history for calibration and measurement roles. This cuts out guesswork and focuses your applications on companies that have already cleared the LCA certification step for similar positions.
Ask employers about cap-exempt filing options
National labs, university research centers, and nonprofits affiliated with research institutions are cap-exempt, meaning your H-1B petition bypasses the annual lottery. If you're open to these settings, calibration roles at such organizations can be filed anytime without waiting for the April registration window.
Document your metrology credentials before the offer stage
Gather ISO 17025 training records, ASQ Certified Calibration Technician credentials, and any manufacturer-specific certifications before a job offer lands. Employers and their attorneys use these documents to build the specialty occupation argument in the I-129 petition, so having them ready shortens the filing timeline.
Confirm the prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Your employer must pay at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level I through Level IV wage for calibration technicians in your metro area before negotiating, so you can confirm the offer clears the LCA requirement.
H-1B Visa Calibration Technician: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Calibration Technician role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the position is defined. USCIS requires the job to normally require a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific related field. Calibration roles tied to aerospace, semiconductor, or medical device standards often qualify when the employer documents that the work demands applied engineering or physics knowledge at the degree level, not just vocational training or an associate degree.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas for Calibration Technician roles most consistently?
Defense contractors, aerospace manufacturers, semiconductor fabs, and medical device companies file LCAs for calibration roles with regularity because their quality systems require personnel who can maintain traceable measurement standards. You can verify which specific employers have filed for this SOC code by reviewing DOL LCA disclosure data or browsing filtered results on Migrate Mate.
How does the H-1B lottery affect Calibration Technician applicants?
If your target employer is a standard for-profit company, your petition enters the annual H-1B cap lottery, which USCIS runs each spring for an October 1 start date. Cap-exempt employers, including universities, nonprofit research organizations, and government research entities, can file outside the lottery window, which makes them worth targeting if your calibration experience fits their instrumentation needs.
What credentials strengthen an H-1B petition for a Calibration Technician position?
A bachelor's degree in electrical engineering technology, mechanical engineering, or physics is the foundation. Beyond that, credentials like the ASQ Certified Calibration Technician designation, ISO 17025 auditor training, or manufacturer-specific calibration certifications help the employer's attorney argue that the role requires specialized theoretical knowledge, which is central to the specialty occupation determination USCIS applies.
How do I find out if a company has sponsored H-1B visas for Calibration Technician roles before?
DOL LCA disclosure files list every employer that has certified a Labor Condition Application by job title and SOC code, including the work location and wage level. Reviewing these files for SOC code 17-3023 shows you which companies have a track record of sponsoring this role. O*NET also provides the occupational profile that helps you align your job description language with what USCIS expects to see.