Site Manufacturing Automation Technician

Hungry for challenges? Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution!

OPmobility is a world-leading provider of innovative solutions for a unique, safer and more sustainable mobility experience. Innovation-driven since its creation, the Group develops and produces intelligent exterior systems, customized complex modules, lighting systems, clean energy systems and electrification solutions for all mobility companies. With a €11.4 billion economic revenue in 2023, a global network of 152 plants and 40 R&D centers, OPmobility relies on its 40,300 employees to meet the challenges of transforming mobility.

Our ambition? Provide automakers with cutting-edge equipment and solutions to develop tomorrow’s clean and connected car.

• Continuously improve automated and other equipment by developing and implementing plans and projects to revise controls, logic, processes, maintenance plans, mechanical devices, and other equipment components
• Increase reliability, safety, and/or capacity
• Reduce overall operational costs
• Provide automation support as needed to the plant maintenance technicians and staff for the operation and maintenance of all automated equipment to the extent that all KPI targets are met

• Coordinate all technical activity and maintain accurate records pertaining to automated equipment, including but not restricted to software backups, board revisions, software revisions, ladder logic, documentation, and all associated interfaces
• Develop, coordinate, and provide training for the plant maintenance team and other personnel regarding the design intent, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and programming of the automated equipment
• Create and communicate work instructions for various tasks as they pertain to the operation, troubleshooting, and upkeep of the automated equipment
• Continuously review and consider new technologies as they apply to OPmobility. Present recommendations as to their benefits along with feasibility and justification for such technologies.
• Provide automation support as required as it applies to all other aspects of the current and any future systems
• Work autonomously – develop, communicate, and integrate improvements
• Occasional travel for training as needed, seldom more than one week at a time
• Perform other duties as directed
• Provide regular progress reports for projects

• Allen Bradley PLC equipment – Studio 5000 and Control Logix (hardware, software, and ladder logic)
• HMI software packages – Factory Talk View Studio Edition, Wonderware 8+, Panel View 32 and Plus, WinCC
• FANUC, Kuka, and ABB Robotics
• Siemens S7, TIA Portal, WinCC
• Fieldbus:
  Control Net, Modbus, Profibus, Ethernet/IP
• Integration to Injection Machines (Husky, Engel, and Kraus)
• Safety Devices and Controls– Allen Bradley, Siemens, Pilz, Keyence, Sick, and Omron
• VFDs – SEW, Siemens, Eaton, and ABB
• PC Skills and MS applications
• Automotive Assembly, Injection, and Paint a plus
• Experience reading hydraulic and pneumatic prints are preferred
• Must be skilled at reading electrical and electronic schematics
• Must have demonstrated project and continuous improvement experience
• Demonstrated exceptional oral and written communication skill required

As a responsible company, OPmobility pays particular attention to diversity and equality within its teams and the Group commits to treat all job applications equally.