Sr. Technician, Maintenance

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What We Offer

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary

Magna is an innovative leader in the development and manufacturing of high quality complete seating systems. Our solution includes seating structures, mechanisms and hardware, as well as foam and trim products for global automotive, heavy truck and bus industries. Our capabilities include market and consumer research; full concept development; design and engineering capabilities; testing, validation and world-class manufacturing. Our award-winning seating solutions are developed from consumer research, finding the ease of operation to be comfortable, convenient and connected.

Job Responsibilities

Principal Responsibilities And Duties:

• Responsible for maintaining safe working conditions while adhering to all Safety Rules at SHSS. Follows and promotes all Plant Standards, policies, procedures and ensures compliance to the SHSS Employee Handbook. Responsible to ensure compliance to the correct and safe way to operate and repair equipment, follows all instructions, and complies with Company Standards on the use of personal protective equipment, lockouts, and hot work permits. Responsibilities include recognizing and rectifying all unsafe working conditions while maintaining excellent housekeeping and 5S principals and standards at SHSS.
• Attend breakdowns, identify fault and problem solve with minimal downtime to production
• Carry out diagnosis of faults, the maintenance, and repairs to types of plant equipment in a safe, timely and professional manner and return equipment to operational service.
• Maintaining the EOS log to ensure communication across shifts.
• Maintaining the PLC Change Matrix to ensure communication across shifts.
• Maintaining the Call Log to ensure communication across shifts.
• Maintaining the PM system
• Ensure that all maintenance departmental objectives and activities participated in at SHSS are aligned to the Magna Employee Charter and Magna Corporate Constitution.
• Perform mechanical predictive and preventative maintenance work. Plan and repair work on machines, tooling, and fixtures to ensure daily assembly production targets are obtained. Perform electrical predictive and preventative maintenance work and complete assigned work orders on a timely basis.
• Responsibilities include maintaining and optimizing shop floor control systems including the Manufacturing Execution System (MES). The successful candidate will provide technical support to problem solving activities while interfacing with all other facility employees.

• Continuous Improvement activities supporting all other departments.
• Support new program development and participate in the selection of equipment. Support continuous improvement initiatives by constantly looking for ways of improving equipment reliability, cycle times and technical standardization.
• Ability to learn new processes and keep up to date with new technologies within the field and able to take training as required.
• May suggest design changes and/or modifications of tools for improved usage. Perform tool changes and tryouts for tooling improvements.
• Provide process information, automated equipment utilization and assist management team in achieving goals and objectives of the SHSS facility.
• Perform special projects in support of the organizations business objectives
• Other projects and duties as assigned.

Health, Safety & Environmental Responsibilities:

• Ensure all safety and non-safety plant rules and regulations are followed
• Ensure adherence to established quality and housekeeping standards.
• Respond immediately to items brought to his/her attention with respect to hazards, defects or non-compliance issues
• Taking appropriate corrective actions when substandard performance is observed.

Technical Skills

Mechanical:

Must have hands on experience with trouble shooting of pneumatic controls, cylinders, valves and make necessary repairs

Ability to replace gearboxes, bearings, drive shafts, sprockets, and drive chains

Be able to operator lathe, milling machine and Tig welding equipment

Have the ability to make mechanical repairs to fixtures and assembly aids

Electrical :

Read electrical schematic drawings and control logic programming

Knowledge of PLC and controls using Allen Bradley, and Control Logix

Hands on experience with conveyance systems and controls

Ability to trouble shoot electrical failures and make necessary repairs to motors, contactors, relays, power supplies, fuses, frequency drives, PLC cards, RF readers, inductive and capacitive proximity sensors.

Understand Device NET

MES (Manufacturing Execution System):

Ability to trouble shoot and interface PLC Logic with MES control systems

A demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft and other manufacturing related software.

Qualifications:

• University degree or College diploma in related field, certification in Industrial Electricity or Electronics required or a minimum of 8 years' experience in Industrial Electricity. Experience in Hydraulics / Pneumatics and Fabricating is preferred. Knowledge of manufacturing, maintenance operations and related processes with 5 years progressive experience in an automotive (JIT) Tier 1 manufacturing environment.
• Must have good leadership skills and excellent interpersonal skills. Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work independently and strong project management skills.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure

As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.

Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.

Worker Type:

Regular / Permanent

Group:

Magna Seating