Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Automation System Technician to join our team in Bartlett, IL, 60103. In this role, you will play a crucial part in building and installing our systems, ensuring smooth operations and optimal performance. If you have a passion for technology and a knack for problem-solving, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Assemble components of a machine or multi-station system according to assembly drawings, manuals, sketches, and verbal instructions

• Test, troubleshoot, and debug systems for successful runoff with customers

• Fabricate or modify critical machine components as required to complete the system build, and consult with engineering when changes are major or of a critical nature

• Redline changes to detail/assembly drawings, electrical, and pneumatic schematics

• Provide status updates to Build Teams Leads on assigned projects

• Ensure parts are on hand, drawings are ready, and customer specifications are met

• Follow work instructions and maintain checklists

• Move equipment using rigging and a forklift

• Solve problems and challenges that arise in the build process

• Willing and able to travel up to 15% of the time

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a System Technician or machine builder.

• Fanatical about safety and quality

• Strong understanding of power tools, hand tools, and schematics with troubleshooting techniques.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.

Physical Requirements

• Contribute 45 hours on average per week

• Able to work in an office and manufacturing floor environment where a computer, telephone, machines, and other equipment are used as needed to perform duties

• Regularly required to sit, reach, grasp, stand, and move from one area to another

• Regularly required to work in constricted parts of machine cells

• Constant and repeated use of the keyboard and mouse

• Occasionally required to push, pull, bend, lift, and move up to 50 lbs.

You should be proficient in:

• Driver's License
• Customer Service
• Continuous Improvement
• Equipment Troubleshooting
• Electrical Schematics
• Facilities Maintenance Experience
• Electrical Troubleshooting Skills
• Troubleshooting Skills
• Machine Building/Assembling
• Mechanical Troubleshooting Skills
• Soldering
• Pneumatics Experience
• 120/208/240/480 Voltage Systems
• Conveyor Chain Replacement
• Hydraulics Experience
• Electrical Systems Diagnostics & Repair
• CAD Software
• Preventive Maintenance & Inspection
• Electrical Installation
• Electrical Troubleshooting
• Electrical Repair
• Troubleshooting Industrial Automation Equipment
• Kaizen
• Mechanical Testing
• Relay Testing
• Field Measurements
• Material Handler Experience
• Lean Manufacturing Principles
• Forklift Licensed
• Deburring Experience
• Manual Machining Skills
• High School / GED
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Shop Math Skills
• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment
• Blueprint Reading
• Basic Computer Skills

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• MIG Welder
• Labeling Systems
• Heat Gun
• Multimeter
• Automotive Vehicles
• Manual Grinder
• Manual Lathe
• Extrusion Machine
• Manual Vertical Mill
• CAD Software
• Palletizer
• Calipers and Micrometers
• HMI
• Conveyor Systems
• Forklifts
• Box Folding Machine
• Sliding Table Saw
• Band Saw
• Belt Sander