Automation Technician
Listed on 2026-02-08
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Maintenance/Cleaning
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic
Job Title
Automation Technician
Position OverviewShaw Industries is hiring an Automation Reliability Tech V paying $40.57/hr in Port Wentworth. The Automation Reliability Technician will be responsible for executing assigned tasks with a strong focus on maintaining safe work practices, delivering high-quality, precise work, and supporting a customer service-oriented culture that contributes to the success of "Great Products & Service." They will ensure adherence to established standards and best practices, leveraging both training and work experience.
This position also involves mentoring Reliability Electricians at levels II-IV, sharing maintenance knowledge and skillsets, while continuing to enhance their understanding of maintenance practices, equipment performance, and their impact on manufacturing processes and business goals. Additionally, the individual will provide feedback on job assignment needs and suggest improvement opportunities to both peers and leadership.
$40.57/hrly
Schedule varies
Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing, commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design, innovation and operational excellence, the company takes a people-centered, customer-focused, and growth-minded approach to meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands:
Anderson Tuftex, COREtec, Shaw Floors, Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Contract, Shaw Sports Turf, Shawgrass, Southwest Greens, Watershed Geo and more.
Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with more than $6 billion in annual sales and 18,000 associates worldwide
Responsibilities- Electrical system components - MCC’s, inverters, motors, etc.
- Control systems - PLC’s, robotics, and other associated automation equipment
- Differentiate between cause types when troubleshooting among product, process, mechanical, and electrical contributors
- Communicate findings and, leading design and implementation of correction steps
- Verify, provide feedback, and update electrical schematics appropriately and in a timely manner
- Preventive Maintenance (PM) - inspection & measurement of equipment components for proper function applying specifications, drawings, and written instruction on pre-defined schedules
- Condition Maintenance (CM) – repair and replacement of components identified as requiring attention through PM & PdM activities based on detailed job plans, including development of detailed job plans and ensuring any necessary updates to schematics are completed
- Includes design, setup, and programming of complex PLC and other operational equipment involved in product manufacturing
- Safety practices - LOTO, Confined Space, PPE, Hot Work, PIT, Fall Protection, Hoisting & Rigging
- Calculator and Computer application – work order documentation, parts requisitioning
- Measurement units, techniques and application of appropriate tools including Process Calibrators, oscilloscope, IR camera, data loggers, and data archival and analysis
- Math skills to include
- Arithmetic
- Application of formulas such as current, voltage, etc.
- Conversion of measurement units
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical schematics/prints, updating electrical prints/schematics assigned for…
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