Automation/Robot Specialist

About the role

The Dedicated Automation Technician ensures the reliability, sustainment and performance of automated manufacturing systems. This shift-based role carries out precision preventive maintenance, responds quickly to downtime, identifies early signs of equipment failure and restores automated cells safely and efficiently. It also documents maintenance activity, communicates chronic issues to Automation Engineering and helps strengthen operators' basic troubleshooting.

Key responsibilities

• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance on robots, PLCs, conveyors, vision systems, servo systems, pneumatics and electrical devices according to standardized procedures.
• Be the first responder to automation failures, diagnosing electrical, mechanical, controls, robotic, network and process faults and restoring equipment with minimal production impact.
• Monitor equipment condition and spot wear, abnormal noise and degraded performance before breakdowns.
• Complete inspections, adjustments, component replacements, backups, calibrations and functional checks within your scope.
• Record work, parts, downtime, corrective actions and failure modes in the CMMS, and escalate complex or recurring issues to Automation Engineering.
• Support root-cause analysis and train production operators on safe, basic troubleshooting and escalation.
• Follow safety procedures including lockout/tagout, electrical safety, robot safety and emergency-stop validation.

Required profile

• High school diploma or equivalent; technical certification or associate degree in industrial maintenance, automation, mechatronics, electrical technology or a related field preferred.
• Three or more years of industrial maintenance experience supporting automated manufacturing equipment.
• Mechanical aptitude, structured troubleshooting and ability to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings and P&IDs.
• Required certifications: FANUC Handling Tool Operations, OSHA 10-Hour General Industry, Lockout/Tagout Authorized Employee, NFPA 70E arc-flash awareness, and confined-space entry where applicable.

Required skills

• Rockwell PLC/HMI: intermediate troubleshooting and basic authorized modifications with Studio 5000, FactoryTalk View and RSLinx, reading ladder logic and fault codes.
• FANUC robots and collaborative robots: operational troubleshooting, teach-pendant programming, alarm interpretation, servo fault diagnosis and calibration verification.
• Vision systems: basic setup and troubleshooting of Keyence and Cognex systems.
• Mechanical and pneumatic systems, electrical and servo systems, and EtherNet/IP diagnostics.
• CMMS (e.g., SAP PM, Maximo) and basic Microsoft Excel and Outlook.