Field Service Technician

About Acme

Acme Manufacturing Company has been a trailblazer in surface finishing automation since its founding in 1910. Over four generations, the Carlson family has continuously owned and operated the company, spearheading innovations across more than 20 global industries. As the leading robotic integrator in the surface finishing sector, Acme nurtures a family-oriented culture rooted in values that drive our technology-centric approach.

We invite talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Grow with us and discover the limitless opportunities Acme Manufacturing offers in the robotic surface finishing field.

Acme Mission

Our mission is to be a world-class organization that provides innovative and cost-effective automation solutions for everyday material removal and surface finishing challenges. Our culture emphasizes strong relationships, safety, quality, technology, and profitability. By partnering with our customers from project inception to factory floor production, we create significant advantages for both our employees and our valued customers.

Acme Manufacturing seeks a motivated Manufacturing Technician who enjoys learning and working in a fast-paced and challenging environment. If you are customer-focused, driven, and seeking the opportunity to experience exciting challenges and growth, look no further. The successful candidate will join our talented team of 80+ in our beautiful Auburn Hills, Michigan office and get the opportunity to work globally.

The successful candidate will be self-motivated, be willing to travel, have good organizational skills and attention to detail, strong interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to follow work instructions, cooperate with co-workers; demonstrate an attitude of helpfulness, and possess mechanical aptitude along with time management skills.

The Field Service Technician role involves building mechanical equipment, running pneumatic and compound lines according to supplied CAD drawings, and wiring machines per engineering specifications. This role regularly collaborates with engineering to resolve technical issues, travels for machine installations and service assignments, and proactively completes assigned tasks on the manufacturing floor.

Responsibilities:

• Build equipment to supplied CAD drawings.
• Run pneumatics/compound lines to supplied CAD drawings.
• Wire machines to supplied CAD drawings.
• Learn new technology and skills to further their mechanical ability.
• Confer with engineers to resolve wiring or assembly issues.
• Travel for service and new machine installations.
• Proactively accomplish assigned tasks.
• Make recommendations to other functional departments to achieve quality improvement and to lower design and manufacturing costs.
• Update the Operations Manager on the activities of your assignment.
• Perform other duties or special projects as required.

Experience / 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 ability required.

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1-3 years of mechanical assembly.
• 1-3 years of pneumatics.
• 1-3 years of wiring / electrical
• Willing to work over-time and possible weekends.

• Possesses working knowledge and experience regarding electrical, mechanical, and fluid power systems in related fields. Can analyze problems, synthesize alternative solutions, and perform repairs.
• Ability to travel is required. (Local, National, International).
• Experience in preventative maintenance techniques, precision measuring, mechanical alignments, and general maintenance of applicable process equipment.
• Exposure to programmable logic controllers, field devices, and electrical drive and motor systems.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands listed below are indicative of those that must be met by the

employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job:

• Regularly required to communicate with others by talking and hearing.
• Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle or feel objects and tools, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.
• Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• A work physical and drug screening will be required before start date.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described below are indicative of what the

employee will encounter while performing required duties.

• Employee will occasionally work near moving mechanical parts.
• Work may be required in hot conditions during spells of seasonal heat.
• Noise level in the work environment is described as industrial.

Travel:

20 - 50% domestic and international (average travel will be 25-30%)

Disclaimer:

This is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position. As with everything in life, things change. The tasks and responsibilities can be changed, added to, removed, amended, deleted, and modified at any time by the manager involved.

7:00am - 3:30pm (30 minute lunches)
There are weeks with mandatory 50 hour workweeks 6:30am - 4:00pm (30 minute lunches)