Automation Technician

Position Type: Direct Hire

Position Salary: 28/HR - 32/HR (Depending on Experience)

Position Location: Columbia, SC

Shifts

6am-6pm Sun/Mon/Tues/every other Wed

6pm-6am Sun/Mon/Tues/every other Wed + shift differential

6am-6pm Thur/Fri/Sat/every other Wed

6pm-6am Wed/Thur/Fri/every other Saturday + shift differential

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision
• Life Insurance
• Matching 401K
• PTO
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee discounts at local retailers

General Purpose:

Automation : Supports automation engineering services, production automation, and activities

Mechanical: Repairs and maintains process machinery and mechanical equipment such as conveyor systems and production machines and equipment

Electrical: Maintains and troubleshoots in-circuit and functional testers, associated test fixtures, stress chambers and chamber racks to ensure manufacturing test equipment is on-line

Principle Accountabilities:

• Maintain continuous system operation by adjusting, repairing, replacing, or modifying automation/robotic system components
• Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems and components and return to serviceability
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance actions on all subsystems and related components
• Ensure preventative maintenance of robotic and process support equipment are completed on a regularly scheduled basis
• Understanding of PLCs
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical diagrams including complex automated system drawings
• Collaborate with the automation team in the qualification process of automated systems
• Records procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and recommendations for changes in product or method
• Maintains software, documentation and equipment to the latest revision or operational specifications
• Assists engineers in developing and designing hardware and software required for all automation solutions per specifications
• Trains other technicians and operators on products, processes and equipment
• Proper use of power tools and measuring equipment
• Strong awareness of safety
• Through troubleshooting, identifies machine malfunctions and isolates the failure mechanism
• Repairs the failure mechanism in the most cost-effective manner
• Performs preventive maintenance at specified intervals and schedules
• Performs calibrations and re-qualifications on equipment at specified intervals and schedules
• Assists process technicians and engineers with the installation and removal of process equipment
• Analyzes and implements corrective action reports and process tracking mechanisms
• Records times and problems in equipment logs
• Provides daily equipment functioning activity information
• Disassembles instruments and equipment and inspects components for defects
• Aligns, repairs, replaces, and balances component parts and circuitry
• Assists engineers in formulating test, calibration, repair and evaluation plans and procedures to maintain precision accuracy of measuring, recording and indicating instruments and equipment
• May require travel to other Flex sites or equipment vendors’ locations
• Highest level may perform both software and hardware maintenance