Position Purpose: The Maintenance Technician - Automation is responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting, and repairs on various types of assembly, subassembly, printing, and/or packaging machines.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Maintain a clean and safe work area and report any unsafe working conditions
- Read, use, and interpret measuring devices, gauges and inspection tools
- Perform all required necessary preventive maintenance and repairs on equipment
- Check and maintain quality of product being produced by identifying acceptable and non-acceptable product in accordance with Quality policies and procedures
- Actively participate on teams and offer suggestions for improvement
- Answer machine alarms as they occur and identify and address the root cause.
- Follow all 5S guidelines
- Perform and document inspections per cGMP for work instruction sheet, on device history sheet records, and work instruction sheet tables
- Follow all Lock Out/Tag Out rules
- Diagnose and troubleshoot any pneumatic, mechanical, or electrical malfunction on a variety of machines
- Adjusts assembly machine units for major/minor lot production operations following department specification
- Repair and maintain electrical controls on equipment (assembly and packaging machines), including servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines and devices primarily on the basis of electronic principles
- Assist with uploading programs to controls in the events of program loss or CPU replacement
- Repair robot arms and controls, including replacing bad boards, motors, encoders, etc.
- Conduct TPM activities as required
- Input Maintenance work orders into the Computerized Maintenance Management Software (SAP)
- Monitor processes, show an awareness of issues and demonstrate corrective actions to address those issues
- Perform weekly, monthly, and as required preventive maintenance (PM)
- Perform root cause analysis for safety, quality, and processing issues
- Suggest ways to improve the efficiency and safety of our work and environment
- Comply with all company policies
- Troubleshoots and locates the source of the problem by observing the operation of the equipment.
- Brainstorms with other maintenance personnel, and outside technical support as needed.
- Restores damaged or malfunctioning equipment to operation by repairing, replacing and or adjusting electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
- Controls down time by scheduling repairs with the Maintenance Leader
- Maintains good communications with Maintenance Leader
- Maintains ongoing list of CMMS work orders with timeline to be addressed and completed.
- Assists other maintenance personnel as needed,
- Conserves maintenance resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
- Ensures the work is completed with technical excellence, and in an efficient and cost-effective fashion.
- Other duties as assigned