Automation Technician

• Career opportunity with Global Company
• Permanent position - 7 /7 roster, 12hour shifts, Nights and Days
• Based at new Centre of Excellence facility in Perth
• Work in small, high performing team.

About the company

Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide. Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 43,800 people in more than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification solutions for our customers' operations and supply chains.

About the role

You will be joining a small team of experienced Technician's that monitor, maintain, troubleshoot, replace, rebuild, and repair both automated and manual sample preparation equipment. The equipment includes, but not limited to, manual LM5 and LM2 pulverizes, jaw crushers, CRB crushers and robotic systems. Other plant equipment includes dedusting systems, compressors, wastewater treatment as well as laboratory equipment including fusion machines and TGA's.

Duties

The successful applicant will assist the team with primary responsibilities of the role to include:

• Carry out daily preventative maintenance tasks on all the equipment listed in About the Role section

• This includes equipment checklists, like checking safety interlocks, greasing bearings, checking belt tensions, recording bearing temperatures, cleaning equipment, changing out crusher wear plates, replacing milling grinding bowls etc

• Troubleshooting and fault finding of both manual and automated equipment, these faults could be mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and more.
• Strip, assess and report findings on failed equipment.

• Rebuild failed equipment using mechanical and electrical schematics

• Mill rebuilds consisting of eccentric mass, bearings, seals, pulleys, shafts etc

• Crusher rebuilds consisting of multiple eccentric shafts, bearings, seals, as well as wear and cheek plates
• Automated cell equipment, including sensors, switches, PLCs, motors, pneumatic components and more
• Be able to travel to various remote laboratory sites to repair breakdowns of equipment and systems, help commission and decommission project sites and more.

Qualifications / Experience / Skills

The position would ideally suit someone with:

• WA Restricted electrical license
• Forklift License

• High level of mechanical knowledge and proven experience are essential.

• Machine strip and rebuild.

• Problem solving mechanical faults.
• Fitting and replacing heavy bowls and crusher plates
• Understand and interpret pneumatics, engineering drawings and equipment schematics to a high-level.
• Ability to work in a team and work autonomously.
• Have great communication skills.
• Previously working with any equipment listed in this advert would be beneficial.
• Motivated self-starter.
• Applications from suitably experienced and skilled interstate and international candidates considered.

Culture

Intertek is a global organisation which respects diverse perspectives, experiences, and traditions as essential, and values each employee's contribution towards achieving its business objectives.

Remuneration & benefits

You will enjoy

• A competitive salary package commensurate with skills and experience

• Access to the Intertek Australia employee benefits program, which includes

• Corporate health insurance plans

• Corporate banking options
• Intertek's employee assistance program

How to Apply?

To apply for this exciting opportunity please apply via Seek.  Your application should include both resume and cover letter:

·       An up-to-date Resume

·       A one-page cover letter explaining the following things

Draw on experience in your previous role(s) that are relevant to the About the Role description in this advert.

If you have worked closely with automation, and robotics before, please give a brief description of the equipment, and what your involvement was.

If you have worked with any of the equipment listed in this advert, please list.

Please note that only candidates selected to progress will be contacted.