Automation Technician

About the Role:

Maintain plant equipment and machinery to ensure optimal working condition while driving continuous improvements aligned with operational priorities.

Perform timely and effective root cause analysis to resolve equipment failures, enhancing efficiency, quality, and overall reliability.

Assist in diagnosing and repairing mechanical issues across a range of plant equipment, including conveyors, pallet handling systems, and other manufacturing machinery.

Qualifications & Experience

2nd shift: 3:30pm to 12:00am, Monday to Friday

Flexibility to work on saturdays too

Maintenance Mechanic /Electrical Technician /strong automation understanding

This position requires demonstrated experience in maintaining and repairing plant production equipment. Specific areas of expertise include:

• 3-5 years of experience in industrial machine maintenance.
• Knowledge of HMI operation and troubleshooting.
• Proven track record of production machine maintenance and repair success.
• History of effectively working in a team environment.
• Mechanically inclined – Knowledge of and demonstrable ability to use common mechanics tools.
• Willing to work non-traditional hours including nights, weekends and holidays with on-call availability.
• Associate’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Ability to stand and walk on concrete floors for up to 12 hours and lift 75 pounds.
• Ability to read and use mechanical and electrical schematics for troubleshooting.
• Ability to use an electrical Multimeter for troubleshooting.
• Understanding of and ability to troubleshoot and repair industrial pneumatic and hydraulic system components, such as pumps, valves, cylinders, motors and solenoids.
• Understanding of and ability to troubleshoot and repair industrial electrical system components such as motors, variable AC drives, PLCs, and field sensors.
• Understanding of industrial air compressors and peripheral components such as, dryers, water separators and automatic bleed off.

Key Responsibilities may include:

• Perform proactive and reactive maintenance activities with a multi-skilled approach, ensuring strict adherence to health and safety protocols at all times.
• Support the site’s reliability initiatives by identifying failure modes, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions to improve equipment performance.
• Assist in scheduling and executing maintenance tasks, ensuring proper documentation of work orders and tasks to maintain accurate maintenance records.
• Actively seek opportunities to improve maintenance processes and procedures, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations and contributing to overall plant performance.
• Conduct risk assessments for all tasks using site-specific or dynamic risk assessment procedures to ensure the safety of both equipment and personnel.
• Prioritize employee health and safety, product quality, and environmental protection in all maintenance activities, ensuring all efforts contribute to improved plant performance and reliability.

Major/Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for hands on maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of all plant pneumatics, hydraulics, and electric systems including program logic control (PLC) systems controls machine network devices (EthernetIP Network). The Maintenance Technician will diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical failures in all plant manufacturing equipment. This includes, but is not limited to, conveyers, process pallet handling machines, dismantling, painting and stencilling systems.
• Responsible for hands on maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of all process hand tools, such as pneumatic or electric reciprocating saws and nail guns
• Performs minor unscheduled maintenance and repair on trucking equipment such as forklifts and yard shuttle trucks
• The Maintenance Technician is responsible for accurate and timely documentation of performance and processes as required by local and regional leadership. The Maintenance Technician will schedule, execute and properly document work orders within the corporate Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• The Maintenance Technician will accurately complete additional scheduling and repair material documentation and reporting as required. Active participation in machine process and design improvement forums is required. The Maintenance Technician will provide coaching on use and repair of industrial production equipment.
• Maintenance Technician will participate in health and safety programs including council or committee meetings, OSHA and corporate mandated training, certification and recertification.
• Basic use of welding/cutting equipment.
• And any other duties as assigned

Specific Skills & Knowledge

This position requires knowledge in maintaining and repairing plant production equipment. Specific areas of expertise include:

Electrical

• Control panels and power cabinets.
• 3 phase 480-volt power systems.
• Rockwell Automation Compact Logic (RSLogix 5000).
• Ethernet IP networks, EthernetIP on machine devices and VFDs.
• Yaskawa, Fanuc or Kuka robot experience

Mechanical Knowledge

• Chain Drive Live Roller Conveyor systems
• Chain Conveyors
• Belt Conveyors
• Hydraulics pumps and circuits
• Air compressors
• Pneumatic circuits valves

General

• Ability to use and navigate MS office and internet applications.
• Knowledge of OSHA and Control of Hazardous Energy procedures and regulations.
• NEC 70E electrical Safety.
• Ability to use Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Language

English required, Spanish desired