Automation Technician 3rd Shift

Company Description

Why is ITW a great place to work?  We think and act like entrepreneurs, we embrace autonomy, make decisions, and take ownership.  We are always focused on helping our people reach their full potential.  Most importantly, we value our 5 core values that drive our decision making; integrity, respect, trust, shared risk, simplicity.   

We offer competitive pay and benefits that supplement your life both inside & outside of work. We support your community involvement from financial gifts with our 3-for-1 matching program and volunteering opportunities with our strong partnerships with United Way and David Speer Academy.  ITW Automotive Body & Fuel NA manufactures interior components and fuel housings for OEMs and their top-tier suppliers.  Are you up to the challenge? 

ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 200 global multi-industrial manufacturing leader with revenues totaling $14.1 billion in 2019. The company’s seven industry-leading segments leverage the unique ITW Business Model to drive solid growth with best-in-class margins and returns in markets where highly innovative, customer-focused solutions are required. ITW’s approximately 45,000 dedicated colleagues around the world thrive in the company’s decentralized and entrepreneurial culture. www.itw.com. 

Division Description: 

ITW Deltar Fasteners serves all the major OEMs and their tier suppliers with plastic fasteners totaling approximately $260M in revenues. Units include:  Frankfort, IL;  Chippewa Falls, WI and our Commercial Sales and Engineering in Troy, MI. 

The division drives profitability by leveraging its innovative solutions and application engineering.  In addition to ITW’s industry leading research and development capabilities, ITW Deltar Fasteners enhance our customers’ competitive advantage by…

• Maintaining advanced engineering and manufacturing facilities in NA.
• Exchanging product, process and benchmarking information with sister units worldwide.
• Continually improving processes, material and designs to ensure every product exceeds customer specifications while providing unparalleled value

Job Description

Position Summary:

The Automation Technician will report to the Maintenance Supervisor and will be responsible for a wide variety of automation, vision, assembly, and injection molding equipment. This will include projects on new automation requirements, robot and PLC programming, machine connectivity, alarm and discrimination configurations, improvements to existing equipment, general repairs and preventative maintenance.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support production technicians by troubleshooting equipment and making improvements to equipment as-needed (Safety opportunities, user interface, cycle time, quality opportunities, standardization efforts). This will include a rotating on-call schedule on weekends. 
• Function as point-person for new projects involving automation, assembly, or vision equipment. Work with vendors to understand proposed designs, safety and quality considerations and capabilities, and train others on how the equipment works.
• Drive integration of systems to hardware covering a variety of sensors (RJG eDart, production cell HMI systems, intelligent valves, PLC’s, Central SCADA systems).
• Setting up performance monitoring systems to track and log performance over time of specific parameters as assigned/specified
• Configuring alarms and notifications for production equipment and supporting systems
• Setting up real-time machine data collection systems
• Support training efforts with other maintenance and production technicians.
• Act as the go-between person for vendors for new automation equipment, and for troubleshooting existing equipment.
• Provide background and explanations on programs, vision systems, robots, or any piece of automation equipment, to both technical and non-technical employees, so that we can work together to understand how things “Do” and “Do Not” work. This usually becomes necessary for Safety and Quality projects.
• Comply with OSHA and other regulatory agencies in the design, repair, and installation of all automated equipment.
• Use electrical prints to define problems and to troubleshoot with a logical, step-by-step process. This will include reviewing prints for non-automation equipment as well, as most of the our automation equipment is integrated into machines or other auxiliary equipment.
• Participate in Design Review meetings that require assemblies or automation perspectives.
• Program, Install, Maintain and Repair PLC Hardware and Ladder Logic, Robot Programs, Inspection Systems/Part Discrimination.
• Support manufacturing engineers and manufacturing team in continuous i