Automation Technician

**Title : Automation Technician**

**Salary**:
**Type**:
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**Location : Brampton, Ontario**

**Get your logistics together. Evolve here.**

SSI SCHAEFER is a leading material handling company that’s been in business since 1937. We’re a privately held international company with lots of diversity. You may be wondering about what a material handling company does, and that’s okay. We’re behind the scenes of our customers, and we make everything happen. Basically, we build small to large-scale projects that provide storage and distribution for manufacturers and retailers alike. This involves a lot of cool stuff too like energy-efficient robotics, warehouse management software, data analytics, engineering, mechatronics, project management, and software development. Of course, we have a full support team of great people in our customer service, human resources, sales, marketing, accounting, and our very own warehouse teams. Here at SSI SCHAEFER, we’re family and we know it takes all of us to get the job done.

We’ve been certified as **Great Place to Work** multiple times in a row and offer competitive benefits like RRSP match, medical, dental, and vision benefits at no cost to our employees, education reimbursement, discount programs and referral incentives. How do we do it? We put our customers first and we’ve got a great culture DNA here at SSI SCHAEFER—it’s that simple.

We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we engage in proactive employment practices to increase the representation of designated groups: women, people with disabilities, Aboriginal peoples, and visible minorities. We’re committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.

**Position Overview**:
The Automation Technician provides technical support for automated material handling equipment in customer warehouses and distribution centers. The Position works with PLC Engineers, Software Developers, and Software Support Engineers to install, troubleshoot, maintain, and repair mechanical systems. The Position is part of a customer service team in-residence to ensure systems are running at peak efficiency with maximum uptime.

**Essential Functions**:

- Coordinates on-site installation/maintenance of electrical and mechanical automated system machines.
- Troubleshoot, repair, calibrate and align electrical and mechanical automated system machines.
- Capable of reading and editing electrical, mechanical and layout drawings.
- Preventative maintenance and repair of diverse production equipment.
- Demonstrate experience in a maintenance field with good working experience in mechanical repairs.
- Supporting new machine builds, installations and modifications.
- Assisting with the preventative maintenance program to ensure production downtime is minimized.
- Develops and maintains standards and tools for hardware projects.
- Monitors automated system machine performance.
- Demonstrated organizational, interpersonal and problem solving skills.
- Must have a high mechanical aptitude.
- Ability to work rotating shifts.
- Actively communicates with team members, project manager and software developers about the work and project status.
- Effectively communicates with customers in high-impact scenarios.
- May occasionally performs extended hours, weekend and holiday work in support of customer service and change requests.
- May travel to other sites for paid training, installations, and vacation relief.
- Works independently with little or no supervision.
- All other duties as assigned.

**Qualification/Requirements**:

- A degree/diploma in Mechanical technology, Electromechanical or Similar.
- Valid Driver’s License
- 1-3 years of equipment maintenance experience preferably with automation.
- Working knowledge of basic electrical and mechanical principles, motors, drivers, belts and bearings.

**What’s in it for you?**
- Competitive compensation plan
- Excellent performance bonuses
- RRSP match
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits (all premium costs paid by us)
- Educational reimbursement
- Work-life balance
- Safe work environment
- Discount programs and referral incentives
- Excellent opportunities for internal growth

**How to apply?**

We would love to hear from you

**Want to know more about us?**

As the leading provider of intralogistics solutions, SSI SCHAEFER is always looking for dedicated employees who would like to shape the future of intralogistics with us. Our product spectrum ranges from highly dynamic storage and logistics systems to state-of-the-art workshop, company and office equipment to innovative products for waste engineering and recycling.

Our organization will, on request, provide accommodations for disabilities to support your participation in all aspects of our Recruitment Process.