Field Service Tech II - Denver - NOVA Automation

Description

Now Hiring Senior Automation Technician II
Location: Denver, CO 80219
Schedule: Full-Time

Are you eager to apply your diverse controls and robot programming experience to an American automation OEM and integrator? Are you looking for a stimulating and challenging career where your customer service and technical knowledge can be leveraged to assist, train, and improve business processes for customers? Do you have excellent communication skills, love troubleshooting and working to resolve problems?

As a Senior Automation Service Technician II, you will be a designated customer advocate who will assist in providing tailored service and support. It is well suited to an individual with strong technical skills who enjoys solving problems as much as working directly with people. This role has up to 50% travel and will be aid in commissioning and servicing systems in the field, while also supporting the Service and Controls team in house.

The Senior Automation Service Technician II will spend their time in-house at our Denver facility providing remote support as well as supporting our in-house Testing & Controls team during factory acceptance testing on new equipment. A willingness to learn and develop new ideas, problem solve, and think quickly is key to success in this role. A general mechanical aptitude and electrical understanding, and willingness to provide support is also key for the role.

What's In It for You:

• Pay Range: $40.00 - 60.00 hourly
• Additional Compensation includes Per Diem, Bonuses, Overtime, and Expense Coverage
• Our Field Service team travels on Mondays and Fridays, meaning they're home for the weekend + makes their own travel arrangements
• Full Employee Health Benefits/401K + Matching
• Phone Reimbursement or company phone & laptop
• Vacation/PTO
• Supportive team & dynamic environment

What You'll Do:

• Providing remote customer support: fielding support phone calls/emails/messages and being on-call during designated hours.
• Providing on-site customer support (up to 50 to 75% travel) in the event of a critical situation to expedite resolution as required.
• Managing support cases to ensure issues are recorded, tracked, and resolved with timely follow-ups with thorough documentation of all the troubleshooting steps in the ticketing system.
• Being a subject matter expert on NOVA and integrated equipment.
• Supporting NOVA's in-house Testing & Controls team.
• Supporting NOVA's Field Service Engineers and Technicians.
• Demonstrating alignment with NOVA's Mission, Vision, and Values

What You'll Need:

• Customer-focused with the ability to provide NOVA's customers a top-tier service experience.
• The ability to thrive in challenging, high-pressure, and less-than-ideal working environments.
• The ability to effectively and efficiently troubleshoot on complex customer engagements.
• Highly detail oriented throughout work duties including administrative & documentation responsibilities.
• Extensive mechanical aptitude and deep understanding of machine theory

Programming and Electrical Aptitude:

• 7+ years' experience of Electrical Knowledge, Computer Programming, Controls and Systems Engineering, and Robotics experience.
• Deep understanding of components, connected components, drives, ethernet/ethernet ip, industrial iot, machine safety, motion control, motor control, vibration, servo drives, security risks & solutions, safety, process safety, process, process networks, and networks.
• Able to modify/build Ladder Logic programs for CompactLogix, RSLogix, and Siemens controls.
• Robotic programming and troubleshooting of Kawasaki & Yaskawa Robots
• Kuka & Fanuc robot programming experience a plus
• Variable Frequency Drives - Allen Bradley Powerflex, Eaton, SEW Eurodrive.
• Servos - Allen Bradley: Kenetics 6000, SERCOS Servo Drive Interface, Yaskawa: SGDV, SGDH
• HMI Programing and Operations: Proface, Allen Bradley: FactoryTalk View Studio, RS View, PanelBuilder, Siemens: ProTool
• Ability to troubleshoot new and existing PLC control systems doing I/O checks and ladder logic edits.
• Includes knowledge of Rockwell Automation's - RS500/5000 or Siemens S7
• Alley Bradley PLC: ControlLogixCompactLogix, PlantPAx, PLC 5, MicroLogix, SLC 500, RS Logix, Studio 5000, Studio Designer, FactoryTalk SE/ME
• Siemens PLC: TIA Portal v12, TIA Portal v13, TIA Portal v14, Step 7, S7-1500, S7-1200, S7-300, S7-400, WinCC Flex
• Experience performing operator and maintenance training.
Who We Are? https://novaautomation.com/
NOVA Automation is an industrial automation company that specializes in engineering, manufacturing, and integrating large-scale packaging and palletizing systems. The company focuses on providing complete end-to-end solutions using automation and robotics for bulk product handling from the storage of material to the palletized product. NOVA's automation systems are built specifically to the customer's needs and are optimized to improve efficiencies and streamline the customer's manufacturing processes. The company operates within North America, South America and Europe and services customers including some of the largest Fortune 500 companies across a multitude of industries. These segments include Chemicals, Food, Flour, Landscape, Minerals, Agriculture, Bio-Fuel, Lugomix, Fertilizer, Sugar, Salt, Industrial Materials, Cement... etc.

NOVA is growing and the Automation Service Technician, Robot Programmer role is instrumental in ensuring NOVA Automation's customers are successfully operating NOVA equipment in their production environments. The Service team, based in Denver, CO is responsible for programming, commissioning, upgrading, servicing, and troubleshooting our deployed robotic automation and packaging systems both in-person and remotely. NOVA's Service team is committed to delivering measurable value to our customers and to continually expand that value through improvements to our solutions and processes. We're seeking a few good people to staff-up our Service Team - maybe that's you

EEO Statement:
NOVA Automation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants are given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

E-Verify Statement:
NOVA Automation participates in the federal government's E-Verify program, which confirms employment authorization of all newly hired employees and most existing employees through an electronic database maintained by the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security. For all new hires, the E-Verify process is completed in conjunction with the Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification on or before the first day of work. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates. For up-to-date information on E-Verify, go to www.uscis.gov and click on 'E-Verify' located near the bottom of the page.