Automation Service and Reliability Technician

ATS•Chicago, IL

36d•$32 - $58•Onsite

About The Position

Automation Service and Reliability Technician Make complex systems run flawlessly Imagine arriving at a plant where a critical line is down. You evaluate the symptoms, dive into the control panel, and trace the fault through electrical, mechanical, and fluid power pathways. You isolate the issue, machine a replacement part on a lathe, tack a weld, align the assembly, and bring the system back online. Then you implement preventative measures so it doesn’t happen again. If that sounds like your kind of challenge, read on. Mission Deliver expert field service—both corrective and preventive—to industrial equipment while upholding the highest standards of safety, documentation, and customer partnership.

Requirements

High school diploma/GED.
Associate degree with a technical emphasis and 5+ years in the industry, or 7+ years of relevant industry experience.
Comfortable with basic and specialized hand tools.
Demonstrated ability to analyze problems, synthesize alternatives, and perform repairs across electrical, mechanical, and fluid power domains.
Open to extensive travel—local, national, and international.

Nice To Haves

Preventive maintenance know-how, precision measurement skills, mechanical alignment experience, and general process equipment maintenance.
Exposure to PLCs, field devices, and motor/drive systems.

Responsibilities

Rapid recovery: Observe machines in operation to pinpoint root cause; disassemble to access defective parts; adjust mechanisms and control devices; repair or replace failed components; validate performance.
Right parts, right time: Identify and secure required parts, supplies, and repair materials.
Standards-driven execution: Perform maintenance with minimal instruction, aligned to industry standards and customer procedures.
Customer partnership: Work side-by-side with customer counterparts to carry out maintenance, reliability initiatives, and preventive maintenance routines.
Precision fabrication: Set up and operate machining tools (lathe, drill press, grinder, and other metalworking equipment) to make or repair parts; perform welding when required.
Professional conduct: Follow customer contractor codes of conduct, housekeeping requirements, and safety processes.
Traceability: Document all work in service reports and applicable management systems.
Controls savvy: Use industrial control systems to analyze complex faults, perform maintenance, and resolve equipment problems.
Technical depth: Apply robust electrical, mechanical, and fluid power aptitude to troubleshoot and repair equipment.
Growth mindset: Complete on-the-job training and self-guided technical study for ongoing development.
Safety leadership: Follow safety policies, rules, regulations, instructions, and guidelines; stay situationally aware and call out unsafe behaviors or conditions.