SMS Staffing Inc is Hiring Immediately for a skilled Automation Technician!
Job Title: Automation Technician
Job Location: Mukwonago, WI, U.S.A. 53149
Job Type: Direct Hire
Pay: COMPETITIVE PAY!!!
Shift Structure: Night Shift, 6:20 PM - 6:30 AM on a 2-2-3 Rotating Schedule
The role of the Automation Technician:
- 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.
About the Automation Technician:
The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:
- High school education or equivalent.
- 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.
- Strong mechanical aptitude.
- Good communication skills, verbal and written.
- Basic computer operation skills with current software operating systems and programs.
Come join the SMS team! It takes more than top-notch facilities, modern equipment, and innovative technologies to become our customer’s most trusted supplier. It takes people who are committed to our customer’s success and who are willing to go the extra mile to get the job done right.