Automation Technician

Clean, climate controlled environment

State of the art technology

Excellent Benefits after 30 Days

Vacation Time after 90 Days

Starting Rate $33/hr

Responsible for performing preventative and predictive maintenance on all automation systems. The Automation technician will be responsible for designing, programming, troubleshooting, and improving automated machinery or computer systems.

• Responsible for performing preventative and predictive maintenance on all automation systems.
• Responsible for designing, programming, troubleshooting, and improving automated machinery or computer systems.
• Repairing electrical parts such as switches, motors, relays, or sensors.
• Creating new automation technologies for manufacturing processes or enhancing existing technologies
• Creating detailed drawings of machinery wiring or PLC or other structures according to requirements provided by engineers.
• Testing and installing industrial controls, including computerized systems that monitor and handle operations like robots or automated production lines.
• Evaluate, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve industrial networks.
• Troubleshoots, maintains, and repairs industrial control systems and related devices including Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), distributed control systems, Servos, Drives and Robotic Controllers.
• Participates individually or in cross-functional teams focused on relentless continuous improvement and problem-solving activities throughout the company. May require traveling to other locations.
• Follows all established safety and good manufacturing practices (GMP) for area assigned company policies and procedures and recognized practices.
• Conducts preventive maintenance programs and keeps accurate maintenance records.
• May install, maintain, and calibrate industrial instrumentation and related devices as required.
• Assist and train production employees in proper operation and maintenance of automation.
• Monitor equipment downtime and operator reports and lead Root Cause Analysis initiatives to eliminate downtime or equipment variation.
• Other duties as assigned.

An associate degree in technology, Electrical, Electronics, Electro-Mechanical or certification in a similar technical area preferred or a minimum of three years related job experience.

Preferred knowledge/experience of PLCs, robotics, servos/VFDs, vision cameras/RFID scanners, electrical, and mechanical systems.

Must have strong written and verbal communication skills and strong organizational and problem-solving skills.

Must have and be able to demonstrate intermediate math skills.

Must have ability to read schematics and be able to use precision measuring/inspection equipment.

Interpersonal skills to provide training to team members and other department employees.

• Technical Aptitude: strong grasp of different technologies, software and machinery.
• Analytical skills: understand and process complex information quickly to identify any faults or inefficiencies in the automated systems.
• Problem-solving abilities: creatively and effectively draw on their problem-solving abilities to troubleshoot issues and rectify them quickly.
• Self motivation and flexibility of job assignments.
• Communication skills: conveying information about the systems’ status, the problems identified, and the measures taken to fix them.

Climbing:

Ascending or descending ladders, stairs and equipment, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Needs good body agility.

Stooping:

Bending body downward and forward by bending spine s requires the full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Crouching:

Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.

Reaching:

Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Standing:

Standing for sustained periods of time.

Walking:

Moving over long distances to accomplish tasks.

Pushing:

Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

Pulling:

Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained…