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Randstad USA

Automation Technician

Randstad USA, Savannah, Georgia, United States, 31441

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Schedule:

3:00-11:00 Monday - Friday

Employment type:

Contract to hire

The Automation Reliability Technician will be responsible for executing assigned tasks with a strong focus on maintaining safe work practices, delivering high-quality, precise work, and supporting a customer service-oriented culture that contributes to the success of "Great Products & Service."

They will ensure adherence to established standards and best practices, leveraging both training and work experience.

This position also involves mentoring Reliability Electricians at levels II-IV, sharing maintenance knowledge and skillsets, while continuing to enhance their understanding of maintenance practices, equipment performance, and their impact on manufacturing processes and business goals.

Additionally, the individual will provide feedback on job assignment needs and suggest improvement opportunities to both peers and leadership.

Responsibilities

Maintain manufacturing process and support equipment to highest, reasonable performance levels, including electrical systems such as control systems—PLC’s, robotics, and other associated automation equipment.

Perform advanced troubleshooting and lead repairs of equipment causing or contributing to safety, quality, downtime/productivity opportunities and issues; differentiate between cause types among product, process, mechanical, and electrical contributors; communicate findings and lead design and implementation of correction steps; verify and update electrical schematics in a timely manner.

Execute and assist in development of proactive maintenance plans, including planned jobs on assigned equipment; preventive maintenance (PM), condition maintenance (CM), and ensuring necessary updates to schematics.

Execute assigned or scheduled work orders in support of projects and process improvement (PI) efforts identified as critical to business objectives; includes design, setup, and programming of complex PLC and other operational equipment involved in product manufacturing.

Mentor Reliability Electrician II’s‑IV’s in development of needed skills, assisting those resources with oversight and management of projects and other work assignments linked to manufacturing systems.

Requirements

Safety practices: LOTO, Confined Space, PPE, Hot Work, PIT, Fall Protection, Hoisting & Rigging.

Calculator and computer application—work order documentation, parts requisitioning.

Measurement units and techniques, application of appropriate tools including Process Calibrators, oscilloscope, IR camera, data loggers, and data archival and analysis.

Mathematical skills: arithmetic, application of formulas such as current, voltage, etc., conversion of measurement units.

Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical schematics/prints, updating electrical prints/schematics assigned for modification.

Identification and proper use of tools, focused on selection of the right tool for the work assignment application.

Working knowledge of the National Electric Code (NEC).

Advanced understanding of e‑stop systems.

Advanced troubleshooting of electrical components such as PLC’s, AC & DC drives, relay logic, single loop controllers, pneumatics & hydraulics.

Ability to create advanced PLC systems and programs for process and operational control.

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