Job Description

Position Summary:

The (Lead) Manufacturing Technician provides a variety of technical services including electrical, controls and mechanical to develop, maintain, fix, and improve our automated production equipment. The Tech III will be considered the authority on all in house automated machinery and provide the highest level of support to internal machine owners and operators.

Key Responsibilities:

Safety:

• Ensure the safety of production equipment by ensuring compliance to regulations and industry standards

• Identify and accurate any unsafe conditions related to electrical safety, shielding and guarding, safety interlocks and emergency stops

• Complete safety review checklists for all new equipment and for significant changes in processes and equipment

• Finish work in compliance with site safety procedures including lock-out-tag-out, hot work, confined spaces, etc.

Operations Support:

• Tackle and repair production equipment promptly and thoroughly to minimize downtime

• Ensure spare parts are identified and on-hand for all production equipment

• Complete scheduled preventative maintenance tasks and adjust preventative maintenance requirements over-time as vital

• Provide ongoing training and mentoring to production associates to ensure that equipment is being operated and maintained appropriately

• Assist production with updates to equipment related SOPs to ensure accuracy of written instructions

New Equipment:

Specify new production equipment including researching of available technologies and providers, determination of specifications, acquiring quotations, recommending purchases, performing factory-acceptance-tests, arranging installation, completing startup, training, and performance qualification

• Establish spare parts and preventative maintenance requirements

• Perform factory-acceptance-tests for custom new production equipment

• Perform installation and debugging of new equipment

• Complete safety review checklists

Continuous Improvement:

Identify and implement improvements to reduce costs, improve quality and customer satisfaction, and ensure product availability and delivery

Participate in site continuous improvement activities including PPI and Lean

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Associates Degree or certificate education in Engineering, Electronics, Packaging, Mechanics, or a related field

• 5+ years applicable work experience

• Proficient in electrical, electronics and controls technologies typically employed in industrial production equipment including an understanding of PLC ladder logic and HMI configuration.

• Capable of trouble-shooting automated equipment, electronics, sensors, motors, servos and pneumatics.

• Experience with automated production equipment in a manufacturing environment.

• Experience with equipment design, specifications, fabrication, installation, and validation.

• Strong mechanical skills including the ability to perform mechanical disassembly, repairs, and reassembly of complicated equipment.

• Proficient use with all hand and power tools.

• Proven solid understanding of mechanical, pneumatic, lubrication, electrical systems and industrial automation.

• Knowledge of practices and techniques in general construction, repair and maintenance in a commercial environment.

Communication:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective interpersonal interactions.

• Good writing skills for preparing specifications, experimental plans, and operating procedures.

• Proficient in PC applications, including Outlook, Word, and Excel. Ability to use factory applications such as CMMS software and inventory software.

• Position will require working in a wide variety of environments including office, laboratory, hazardous chemical production, cleanroom, general production and warehouse, occasionally outdoors around the site, on roof-tops, in mechanical spaces, interstitial spaces, etc.

• Requires occasional lifting up to 50 pounds

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards