Automation Technician
The Automation Technician will be a member of a small team of Automation professionals who provide support for automated equipment within a state of the art and highly validated pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. The position offers a balance of hands-on field work and office-based design, programming, and planning. This will be a first shift position, but the individual will be on a three- or four-week rotation to provide 24 hour on-call automation support.
Position Responsibilities:
- Respond to trouble calls to diagnose, repair, and implement root cause countermeasures on manufacturing and packaging equipment
- Identify obsolete or unreliable automation components and integrate robust replacements
- Work with Operations and Engineering to identify improvement opportunities and perform the programming and field modifications required to implement
- Work with Capital project teams to assist with design, installation, start-up, and validation of new equipment.
- Continue to develop expertise in PLCs, HMIs, PCs, robots, motor controls, vision systems, printers, sensors, and additional automation equipment by attending training, going to conferences, and self-study
- Work with the automation team to help determine and document best practices and equipment standards
- Effectively manage multiple assignments
- Effectively communicate with all departments and levels of the organization and articulate automation details using written reports and presentations
- Provide exceptional attention to detail
- Analyze complex problems and determining solutions that address root cause
Education and Experience:
- 2-4 year Degree or Certification in Electronics, Automation, or Engineering
- 2-5 years of automation experience preferably in a GMP environment
- (possible apprenticeship opportunity for a strong candidate that does not meet experience requirement and/or currently working towards degree or certificate)
Technical Skills Required:
- Electrical system print reading and troubleshooting
- Pneumatic system print reading and troubleshooting
- Current loop calibration and troubleshooting
- PLC programming and troubleshooting (Allen-Bradley preferred)
- HMI programming and troubleshooting (Allen-Bradley/Wonderware preferred)
- Vision System programming and troubleshooting (Cognex preferred)
- VFD and Servo Controller setup (Allen-Bradley/Yaskawa/Yokogawa preferred)
- Robotics (Fanuc/UR preferred)
- Microsoft Office, VMware, and general PC proficiency