Warehouse Automation Technician

Job Location

DLMC DALLAS MIX CENTER

Job Description

Procter & Gamble (P&G) is the largest consumer packaged goods company in the world. We have operations in over 75 countries, with 65 trusted brands that improve lives for 5 billion consumers worldwide. Our portfolio includes Tide, Bounty, Charmin, Gillette, Pampers, Crest, Old Spice, Pantene, and many more.  This brings many advantages, including the opportunity for our employees to enjoy a diverse and rewarding lifelong career filled with new and exciting challenges.

We are currently looking for entry level Warehouse Automation Technicians to join our warehouse distribution and customer fulfillment center team in Wilmer, TX located 20 miles south of Dallas, Texas. We are conveniently located right off I-45 at Exit 269.  

If you would like to be a part of our team, then we want you to apply!

What will you do?

Warehouse Automation Technicians are hired as members of a work team. Technician work teams are responsible for keeping the operation flowing, for meeting performance goals and for maintaining the high level of quality that consumers expect from our products.  Our technicians develop and demonstrate skills in the automated distribution operational processes, including operating equipment, troubleshooting, performing preventive maintenance, controlling processes from a computer, and maintaining accurate records and data.  From the beginning, you will be getting involved, impacting situations, and influencing business-related problems.  We hire you at entry level and you advance by demonstrating growing levels of various skills.

We are currently hiring for the following departments:

• Automated Layer Picking System Equipment Owner (ALPS) - Responsible for resolving faults and troubleshooting losses on the equipment to ensure the Automated Layer Picking System (ALPS) department runs smoothly. This may include but is not limited to resolving twisted pallets, resetting conveyors, resetting crane errors, manually restacking products if a spill occurs.

• Automated Guided Vehicle Equipment Owner (AGV) - Technicians who oversee recovering their equipment whenever errors occur as well as keeping their equipment at base condition. Recover any AGVs that error out, clean the AGVs, know when to take AGV out of service.

We offer you:

• Very competitive pay
• Job stability and full-time employment
• Promote from within – possible future opportunities for advancement
• A respectful work environment that is obsessed with Safety
• Full benefit packages on Day 1 including paid holidays; paid vacation; life, medical, dental and disability insurance; retirement benefits (company-paid profit-sharing plan + 401K savings plan); health & wellness programs.
• Employment with a global company that improves the lives of billions of consumers and provides trusted brands that people count on to take care of themselves and their families
• Training and on-the-job skill development on new, state of the art advanced automation technology
• The chance to influence the handling and quality of our products
• Challenging work and continuous learning 
• Mentorship, coaching, training, and guidance

Job Qualifications

We are seeking individuals who have the following qualities:

• Reliable and eager to learn new systems and technology at a quick pace
• Sense of urgency and bias for action to deliver expected results 
• Successfully manages multiple priorities, can operate under pressure, can internally assess risk and knows when to ask for help 
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with multi-functional teams, both internal and external to the site
• Ability to use computerized administration systems (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• The chance to influence the handling and quality of our products
• Maintaining accurate records and data
• Display strong technical, interpersonal and analytical skills
• Flow to the work mentality and hungry learner
• Willing to work any shift, weekends, and holidays.
• Prior experience is preferred but not required. P&G provides on-the-job training for many roles.

We are looking for individuals with the following skills: 

• Ability to own technical systems and processes
• Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve
• Experience operating manufacturing or material handling equipment
• Strong technical, interpersonal and analytical skills
• Experience in Warehouse, Distribution Center, Manufacturing, Logistics, or Quality Assurance
• Working computer knowledge
• Warehouse management systems such as JDA/Blue Yonder/Red Prairie or SAP