Eng, Automation

Job Responsibilities

• To direct and follow Decostar Industries health and safety policies and procedures.
• To exemplify the Charter principle for a safe and healthful workplace by correcting unsafe behaviors.
• To immediately respond to any Decostar employee’s health and safety concern or suggestion.
• To immediately report any accidents, incidents or near misses to the Safety Department and complete the required Accident Reporting Forms within 24 hours.
• To complete all required safety-related inspections.
• To ensure all employees, under your guidance, have received all required training to perform their job safely.
• To manage all aspects of The Magna Employee’s Charter and ensure that the charter is adhered to by all Decostar staff by providing guidance and leading by example.
• To ensure that automation/robotic technical support is provided to all pertinent production department employees.
• To participate in new program launch activities with the specific goal of assisting in the identification, installation and commissioning of the needed capital assets to support production requirements.
• To coordinate training activities for appropriate personnel regarding the design intent, operation, and maintenance of automation and/or robotic system equipment.
• To provide engineering support to the Manager of Operations with respect to automated and robotic systems.
• To participate fully in Decostar continuous improvement team activities as directed by the Manager of Operations to ensure CI goals are met.
• To coordinate new projects and/or engineering modifications as assigned.
• To ensure all work is in accordance with all local, state and federal regulations.
• To assume project management responsibilities for any project assigned by the Manager of Operations and ensure that all timelines are met.
• To assist as required in writing bid specifications for potential vendors for specific projects and create bid comparison matrices for the purposes of vendor selection.
• To provide regular progress reports on the timeline schedules for all projects.
• To continuously review and consider new technologies as they might apply to Decostar Industries.
• To provide automation and robotics support as required as it applies to all aspects of current and any future production systems.

Skills And Experience Required

• Must have 4 years minimum experience in programming Fanuc, Sepro, Motoman and/or other robot systems.
• Must be able to develop path programming from scratch, along with programming all sub-system interfaces (light curtains, safety circuits, other process equipment, SPI interfaces, etc…).
• Must have two year’s minimum experience in programming PLC’s.
• Two years minimum experience in creating drawings in AutoCAD 2010 or newer preferred.
• Must be experienced in reading mechanical, system and layout drawings.
• Must exhibit strong PC skills.
• Must have strong engineering project management experience.
• Must have a demonstrated understanding of electrical and mechanical equipment and operational principles of mechanical components and systems.