Production Technician

Symbotic•USA Tolleson, AZ

18h•Onsite

About The Position

Symbotic is seeking a Production Technician responsible for ensuring the processing of pallets into and out of automated and manual de-palletizing and automated palletizing cells in a mixed pallet distribution center. The Production Technician is part of the Customer Operations organization, which leads the day-to-day operations of Symbotic’s robotic material handling system. This organization drives operational excellence by engaging and partnering with onsite customers to achieve best-in-class quality, safety, and system performance.

Requirements

Demonstrates commitment and ability to work safely.
Reliable and maintains satisfactory attendance.
Produce quality work.
Ability to maintain required productivity/work expectations.
Proficient in performing all System Inspection functions including: cleaning, lubrication, tolerance checking, current measurements, and checking electrical systems.
Ability to prioritize work to gain maximum uptime and throughput from an automated cell.
Ability to analyze stoppages and resolve/escalate accordingly.
Ability to work with limited supervision following system procedures and manuals.
A high sense of urgency.
Takes critical feedback and recognition positively.
Ability to Multi-task and perform multiple job functions at once.
Must be literate, written and verbal, in English Language.

Nice To Haves

Assist Automation technicians with breakdown calls and continuous system availability.
Perform basic duties of the Automation Technicians as needed.

Responsibilities

Ensure safety commitments in compliance with OSHA, Symbotic, and customer processes and procedures are met daily.
Perform pre-production checks on automated adapters, ensuring equipment is in a 'ready to run' state.
Process and monitor the flow of the automated storage and retrieval system through adapters, including manual inbound, automatic inbound, and automatic outbound, to achieve maximum throughput and cases per hour.
Prepare pallets for induction into the Symbotic storage and retrieval system.
Assess the cause of system stoppages and return to service using Human/Machine Interface (HMI) and manual intervention.
Assist other team members in the operation of systems troubleshooting.
Analyze recurring faults and determine the best corrective action.
Communicate and escalate all issues impacting production immediately to operational leadership.
Contribute to overall system uptime through system preservation, robot recovery, suspect removal, and bot health actions.
Make recommendations for process/continuous improvement.
Perform periodic system inspections, including cleaning, lubrication, tolerance checking, and component validation.
Report all out-of-spec conditions and perform root cause corrective action.
Maintain continuous operation of system components.
Monitor and utilize common radio etiquette while obtaining instructions from leadership and operational leads.
Perform rover bot upkeep, including replacing wheels, cleaning, ESD brushes, sensors, etc.
Responsible for automated robotic vehicle recovery in the Symbotic Matrix select system, including working in restrictive environments.
Assist Automation technicians with breakdown calls and continuous system availability.
Perform basic duties of the Automation Technicians as needed.
Other duties as assigned by leadership.