Job Description

**Job Title : Automation Technician

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**Location : Lincolnton, NC 28092

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**Duration : 3+ months (Higher possibility of extension)

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**Pay Rate : $30.00/hr on W2 Without Benefits

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**Shift : 12 hour shift (6:45pm - 7:00am) on a 2-2-3 rotation (Night Shift)

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**Job Details:

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• Maintain, diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair equipment and systems, resolving all problems.

• Design and implement basic modifications to resolve machine problems.

• Dismantle, inspect and overhaul equipment, as required by preventive maintenance program and production schedules.

• Document repair and maintenance activities and quality checks.

• Participate in new equipment design.

• Train others on job duties, including outside molders.

• Perform daily systems checks to verify all quality checks are working properly.

• Perform required housekeeping, keeping all storage areas organized.

• Continuously maintain and advance skill level by attending seminars and vendor training, keeping up with current and future automation technologies.

• Set up new equipment.

• Build crates for equipment relocation.

• Do conversions on assembly, lining and closing machines.

• Other duties as assigned.

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**Required Qualifications:

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• Ability to work alone with minimal direct supervision.

• Acquire and develop, at acceptable rates, an extensive knowledge of electronics, programmable logic controllers, pneumatics, and vision systems through technical college level courses and supplier seminars.

• Strong mechanical aptitude, measured by the STM testing.

• Acquire and develop proficiency in machining and fabrication, including proficiency in MIG and TIG welding and drill press, lathe, milling machine, and surface grinder operation.

• Acquire and develop ability to work from mechanical prints and electrical schematics.

• Ability to work with associates from all levels of the organization.

• Completion of fork truck training and the ability to operate fork trucks safely.

• High school education or equivalent.

**Non-Mandatory Job Qualifications

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• Strong mechanical aptitude.

• Good communication skills, verbal and written.

• Basic computer operation skills with current software operating systems and programs.

You should be proficient in:

• Troubleshooting Industrial Automation Equipment
• Blow Molding Experience