Automation Technician

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

The Automation Technician is responsible for maintains a high technical aptitude of automated systems hardware and software, provides on-shift automation support working in conjunction with operations and other maintenance employees, assist in troubleshooting systems, coordinating project work, and maintaining equipment functionality. Additionally, this role plays a key part in our reliability of equipment to ensure production operate safety, in compliance with quality requirements and, has limited downtime.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career.  These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Monitor and maintain updated all machinery automation systems.
• Execute automation and electrical preventative maintenance, inspection, and corrective actions on machinery operations. 
• Troubleshooting on automated system problems and make necessary repairs.
• Update and troubleshooting on recipes system.
• Perform equipment breakdown analysis related with electrical and automation issues, implementing solutions to increase reliability of equipment.
• Recommend improvements and modifications to production machines.
• Documenting completed work and the conditions found and analysis, utilizing Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Interacting regularly with peers and management to pursue continuous improvement of machinery operations.
• Work within an operations driven team environment to resolve issues and improve performance.
• Execute maintenance troubleshooting and equipment improvements by reading and comprehending automation program, electrical schematics, blueprints, and/or operation manuals.
• Capable of knowledge sharing in terms of equipment maintenance good practices through work instruction review, one point lesson development and perform automation training for maintenance and operations team.
• Follow safety procedures, recommended practices, LOTO, job safety analysis (JSA), safe work permits and complies with plant safety programs at all time.
• Execute the maintenance routines following the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and quality compliance.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Certification from a trade school in Electrical, Computer Operations, or Automation, or a degree in a maintenance-related field. Alternatively, relevant military experience or at least two years of hands-on experience in electrical maintenance, particularly with PLCs, VFDs, and other automated systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Have a working knowledge of troubleshooting of PLCs, HMIs, robots, AC motor drives, servo drives, vision system, sensors, industrial printer systems and electronic components.
• Knowledge of PLC ladder logic, Scada system and historian software.
• Ability to perform Automation Network troubleshooting with TC/IP and Profibus.
• Knowledge in using hand tools, electrical meter, and testing equipment
• Ability to interpret electrical prints and schematics and produce as-built drawing for work performed.
• Ability to perform electrical routine service, setup, adjustment and repairs of manufacturing mixers, high-speed packaging lines and palletizer system.
• Strong working knowledge of job site safety with the ability to thoroughly evaluate job hazards and complete job safety analysis with an emphasis on identifying electrical hazards and proper safety procedures, handling low to high voltage up to 480 VAC.
• Technical understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to be able to review and maintain facility related GMP documentation.
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