Automated Controls Technician

Thank you for your interest in joining Solventum. Solventum is a new healthcare company with a long legacy of solving big challenges that improve lives and help healthcare professionals perform at their best. At Solventum, people are at the heart of every innovation we pursue. Guided by empathy, insight, and clinical intelligence, we collaborate with the best minds in healthcare to address our customers’ toughest challenges.

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The starting rate of pay for this position is $35.08/hour, with the potential to reach $45.45/hour.

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game‑changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

As an Automated Controls Technician, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Performing routine preventive and corrective maintenance on equipment including, but not limited to: AC/DC drives and motors, programmable logic controllers, process controllers, stepper & servo motors and controllers, fire protection equipment, hydraulic and pneumatic devices, and plant support equipment
• Reading and interpreting blueprints, electrical schematics, sketches, vendor drawings and manuals in the performance of this job
• Working with engineering and production personnel during the troubleshooting, modification, fabrication and repair of plant equipment, utilities, and processes
• Providing technical recommendations regarding improvement and optimization of plant equipment, utilities, and processes
• Possessing the ability to clearly speak, understand, and write in English to communicate effectively in both verbal and written contexts

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Possess, or in the last six (6) months of pursuing, a two (2) year associate degree in Mechatronics Technology, Automation Controls/SCADA or Robotics

OR

• Possess a High School Diploma/GED (completed prior to start) and two (2) years of experience in Electro‑Mechanics, Mechatronics Technology, Automation Controls/SCADA or Robotics

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Five (5) years of experience in Electro‑Mechanics, Mechatronics Technology, Automation Controls/SCADA or Robotics
• PLC programming experience
• Industrial motor drive controls troubleshooting experience
• Experience working with electrical equipment
• Industrial maintenance experience
• Experience troubleshooting and problem‑solving in a manufacturing environment

Work location: Onsite - 601 22nd Ave S, Brookings, SD 57006

Travel: No Travel

Relocation Assistance: Not authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

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