Automation Technician (1st, 2nd or 3rd shift)

Summary: 

• Maintenance Technician installs, maintains, and repairs machinery, equipment, physical structures, and pipe and electrical systems in commercial or industrial establishments by performing the following duties. This person will be required to be on 24-hour call. 

Essential Functions: 

• Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Maintain rigid safety standards as it relates to plant operation. 
• Work on projects with all other plant departments. 
• Perform work on equipment and projects as assigned in a reasonable and timely fashion. 
• Keep work area, tools, and maintenance supplies in a clean and acceptable condition at all times.
• Replace lamps as needed.
• Repair and maintain bathroom facilities. 
• Keep parking lot and walkway clean and clear of debris. 
• Maintain all equipment to top level working conditions. 
• Order and follow up of repair parts to maintain inventory levels
• Be able to do paperwork that is required on the job: PM documents, etc. 
• Be able to do daily, weekly, and monthly preventative maintenance. 
• Know the sequence of operation on presses. 
• Recommend machine repairs, issue work orders and do follow up. 
• Be able to troubleshoot plastic injection molding machines and support equipment such as granulators, thermolators, material dryers and D.M.E.'s
• Must be able to troubleshoot secondary and auxiliary equipment, replacing sensors, etc. As need to maintain daily production
• Must be able to disassemble, measure, and install barrels, screws, tip assemblies, heater bands, etc. to include the complete injection unit.
• Be able to determine priority of daily work as it occurs. 
• Do all work deemed as necessary for the safe and overall efficiency of the plant and its employees. 
• Be able to work together with others to complete a task. 
• Be able to stay after scheduled work hours or come in on a twenty-four-hour call in basis. 
• Report and/or initiate corrective action for any unsafe conditions immediately
• Continue training as required
• All hi-lo drivers must maintain safe driving speeds, have an acute awareness of all surroundings, stop at all cross aisles
• Supervisory Responsibilities - In the event that this position becomes vacant, the Maintenance Manager will resume responsibilities
• Environmental Responsibilities - May be required to function as a member of the environmental response action team, fire brigade and first responder with specialized training as listed in the tracking system. Provide OJT to personnel where appropriate.

Qualifications: 

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability preferred. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 
• Ability to work with others
• Safety conscious. Must use/wear all PPE including hard hat
• Read and understand blueprint, pneumatic, and hydraulic
• Read electrical prints
• Troubleshoot hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical problems
• Self-motivated
• On call 24 hours a day
• Must have lock out tag out training

Education and/or Experience: 

• High school diploma preferred
• Basic electricity 
• Electrical distribution 
• Electrical control
• PLC's 
• Digital electronics
• Hydraulics including proportional and servo hydraulics
• Pneumatic control (per division requirements)
• Equipment specific training
• Blueprint reading
• Measuring and testing equipment
• Building maintenance
• Associates degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school; or three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Language skills - Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups or manager, clients, customers, and the general public
• Mathematical skills - Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. 
• Computer skills - Word processing, spreadsheet and data analysis, Windows, PLC programming software.
• Reasoning ability - Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. 
• Certificates, licenses, registrations
• Industrial maintenance
• Hi-Lo license required
• Crane and rigging training required

Physical Requirements: 

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste and smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job incudes close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. 

Working Conditions:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. These conditions include: 
• While performing the duties of the job, employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, or airborne particles, and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold, extreme heat; explosives, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud