Automation Engineer

Teamvantage, a Velosity Company is searching for an Automation Engineer. In this role, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the optimal performance and reliability of our automated manufacturing systems. Your primary responsibilities will involve troubleshooting, maintaining, and optimizing automation solutions across our plastic injection molding processes. The successful candidate will possess a strong background in automation, with expertise in mechanical and electrical maintenance, repair, and proactive problem-solving.

Salary: $80,000-$105,000 (based on experience)

This is an on-site position supporting our Forest Lake location.

Who is Teamvantage?

Teamvantage is not your typical manufacturing company.

Founded in 1972, we are a state-of-the-art, custom contract manufacturer and injection molder providing creative solutions to our customers' unique manufacturing challenges.

At Teamvantage, our culture & values are our competitive advantage. Engrained in everything we do are our values of Collaboration, Results-Driven, Continuous Improvement, Integrity, and Customer Satisfaction. Sound like you? Apply to join our team today.

What You'll Love about Teamvantage:

• Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, short term and long-term disability, flex spending, 401k match, and MORE!
• Quarterly bonus opportunity
• Generous PTO offerings & 9 paid holidays annually
• Great opportunities for growth & advancement
• Clean, friendly, and air-conditioned work environment
• A collaborative employee centric environment that hires and develops talent based on our values
• Casual Dress Code

Requirements

• Preferred technical degree in automation, robotics, or equivalent field.
• A four-year degree in engineering or related discipline is desirable.
• Valid identification and the ability to work legally in the United States.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience, preferred, in a production environment maintaining, troubleshooting, and integrating automation solutions to drive continuous improvement and efficiency.

Essential Functions

• Work cooperatively with all employees.
• Identify and integrate automation solutions to increase efficiency and throughput.
• Understand the budget/schedule, manage capital expenditures, and provide ROI justifications to leadership.
• Responsible for the management, design, deployment, and implementation of automation projects hardware and software that monitor and/or control the manufacturing process.
• Troubleshoot, program, maintain and repair automation systems in a timely manner.
• Provide technical support to the new product development team to develop and integrate design for automation solutions into product designs and assemblies during the development phase.
• Support the development of automation system specifications when requests for quotations are required for custom work cell solutions that involve automation.
• Provide technical support to the manufacturing development engineering team and external suppliers as work cell designs that involve automation solutions are being developed.
• Provide technical support to the production and manufacturing teams for continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide technical support to the maintenance team and/or external contractors to install, modify and/or adapt automation and automation systems.
• Develop preventive maintenance schedules for automation equipment/systems and work with the maintenance team to implement the specific tasks in IQMS.
• Stay abreast of automation and automation trends to continually improve, advance, and implement automation to better support production needs, increase efficiency and throughput and reduce product costs.
• Other duties as assigned.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran, marital, or disability status.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

Velostiy is an E-Verify employer.

Velosity maintains ITAR-compliant operations in our facilities. Due to ITAR regulations, this role is only open to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders) or foreign nationals granted refugee or asylee status. Individuals with temporary visas (e.g. E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, TN or OPT) are not eligible for hire in this role.