Location: Phoenix, AZ
You clock in and head straight to the HMIs—overnight alarms tell a story. A conveyor sensor flagged an intermittent fault, and a robot cell needs a safety check. You trace signals through an Allen-Bradley PLC, verify I/O, and bring the line back up. An hour later, you’re collaborating with an automation engineer to fine-tune a pick-and-place routine. By midday, you’re swapping a failing VFD, then implementing a small controls change to prevent repeat downtime. Before shift-end, you run preventative maintenance on a high-throughput material handling line and document root causes uncovered during the day. This isn’t basic maintenance—it’s hands-on ownership of highly automated equipment that keeps production moving.
You’ve spent time around automated machinery and know the difference between component swaps and true troubleshooting. You’re comfortable in fast-paced manufacturing and enjoy turning complex problems into stable, repeatable solutions.
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