Assembly Automation Maintenance Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

A day in the life

You arrive to the line before the first cycle, scan yesterdays logs, and prioritize your morning: a pneumatic leak on a turntable, a bowl feeder tune-up, and a PLC fault that only shows up during changeover. By mid-morning youve rebuilt a subassembly, verified sensors, and coached an operator through a quick reset. After lunch, you review a new machine design, approve tweaks for serviceability, and join a tryout on a prototype to validate reliability and throughput. Before you leave, you close out work orders, update records, and flag a continuous-improvement idea that eliminates a recurring jam.

Role overview

As our Assembly Automation Maintenance Specialist, you keep semi-automatic assembly equipment at peak performance through hands-on repair, preventive care, and thoughtful troubleshooting. You support production teams across departments with prompt technical assistance and uphold company standards for safety, quality, and continuous improvement. You will report to the Manufacturing Engineer Manager or designee.

What youll handle

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on semi-automated equipment: pneumatics, vibratory bowl systems, rotary tables, PLC-controlled stations, and robotics.
• Troubleshoot hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and control issues to minimize downtime and drive sustained uptime.
• Contribute to procedures and process documentation by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping, and control methods to support continuous improvement.
• Respond quickly to requests from production and partner departments, ensuring clear, cross-functional communication.
• Champion safety: follow standards, escalate hazards immediately, and enforce Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) during all service activities.
• Apply Lean tools and techniques to remove waste and enhance productivity.
• Participate in new equipment design reviews, machine approvals, and tryouts; assist in prototype product development.
• Work overtime as needed to support factory schedules and project deadlines.
• Complete other related assignments and projects as needed.

What you bring

• Education: High school diploma or GED; vocational/technical training preferred.
• Experience: 4+ years in manufacturing; at least 2 years in plant maintenance.
• Technical depth: Proven troubleshooting and repair across hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical systems, and PLCs.
• Skills: Strong cross-functional communication; proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word; trained and authorized to operate a forklift safely.

Physical demands

• Extended periods of sitting and standing.
• Frequent walking, including long distances.
• Repetitive motions and material handling, with the ability to lift up to 40 lbs.

Legal notices

Note*

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, this in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.

This position is a safety-sensitive position. The position requires operating or working around heavy equipment, which if performed while under the influence of drugs (including marijuana) or alcohol could result in errors in judgment, inattentiveness or diminished coordination, dexterity or composure that could in turn result in mistakes that would endanger the health and safety of you and others.