Automation Technician

About the role

This position involves performing all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on automated equipment as outlined in manuals and company policies. The role also includes setting up automation equipment, supporting production floor emergencies, designing and manufacturing equipment control devices, rebuilding prime moving hardware, conducting preventative maintenance, completing Lockout Tagout training, Forklift training, maintaining a clean workspace, adhering to food safety, ISO, and plant safety policies, and ensuring all tasks are completed in a safe and professional manner.

Responsibilities

• Set up automation equipment for each mold/automation equipment combination, as required.
• Support production floor(s) by answering emergency equipment down requests, including gathering information from equipment operators.
• Design and manufacture equipment product control devices.
• Rebuild equipment prime moving hardware as required.
• Perform preventative maintenance on all automation equipment.
• Complete Lockout Tagout training.
• Forklift training required.
• Keep the entire areas of responsibility clean, including the machines and floor.
• Understand the importance of Food Safety, ISO, and Plant Safety Policies.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED, and three to five years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several variables.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Demands

• Regularly stand, walk, use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, speak and listen.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock.
• Frequent exposure to wet and/or humid conditions, high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions.

Work Environment

• Exposure to moving mechanical parts, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock.
• Frequent exposure to wet and/or humid conditions, high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.