Automation Technician

Flex•Columbia, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. Job Summary At Flex, we welcome people of all backgrounds. Our employees thrive here by living our values: we support each other as we strive to find a better way, we move fast with discipline and purpose, and we do the right thing always. Through a respectful, inclusive and collaborative culture, a career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference, invest in your career growth and join our purpose -- to make great products that create value and improve people’s lives. Job summary: To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add an Automation Technician located in Columbia, SC. Reporting to the Equipment Maintenance Supervisor the Automation Technician role supports automation engineering services activities such as hardware and software design and development (non-production).

Requirements

Typically requires an Associate's degree, military training, equivalent vocational training, or equivalent experience
Typically requires 5 years of related experience
Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and customers.
Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts and operations.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Nice To Haves

Electronics experience preferred but not required
Experience with SMT and PCBA is preferred but not required
IPC and workmanship experience knowledge preferred

Responsibilities

Maintain continuous system operation by adjusting, repairing, replacing, or modifying automation/robotic system components
Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems and components and return to serviceability
Perform scheduled preventive maintenance actions on all subsystems and related components
Ensure preventative maintenance of robotic and process support equipment are completed on a regularly scheduled basis.
Understanding of PLCs
Read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical diagrams including complex automated system drawings.
Analyzes engineering test results and implements changes to resolve problems.
Collaborate with the automation team in the qualification process of automated systems.
Records procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and recommendations for changes in product or method