Machine Vision Engineering Technician Jobs (NOW HIRING)

We, at Leggett & Platt Inc., are searching for an Engineering Technician (Controls Technician) within our Engineering team to help support our business. Did you know we are the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of seating support and comfort systems for transportation manufacturers, as well as tier one and two suppliers within the automotive industry? That's right! In fact, in 2019, we were named as one of GM's Supplier of the Year recipients. Our automotive products fall into four primary groups: Seating and Lumbar support, Wireless Charging, Motors and Actuators, and Mechanical Cables. If you join our team, your work will ensure people across the world have a little more comfort in their lives.

As an Engineering Technician you will be responsible for the smooth operation and maintenance of machine control systems, robots, and vision inspection systems in our automated manufacturing environment. You will work in a collaborative team environment supporting each other and striving to achieve cost and quality objectives.

So, what will you be doing as a Manufacturing Technician (Controls Technician)?

• Ensure safety practices are executed, including use of protective equipment as required.
• Working closely with Quality, Production, Maintenance, and Engineering Departments.
• Support production and improve processes for any controls, machine vision, and robotic systems.
• Maintaining machine vision systems and making quality adjustments when necessary.
• Maintaining, troubleshooting, and programming Allen Bradley PLCs and peripheral equipment.
• System integration development, implementation, and troubleshooting.
• Performing preventative maintenance, aligning, and calibrating robots.
• Maintaining robot end of arm tooling mechanically.
• Creating, improving, and maintaining documentation with these systems.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• Previous experience in similar position.
• PLC, robotics, and machine vision systems knowledge.
• Basic math skills.
• Mechanical skills and ability.
• Know or be willing to learn basic electricity/electronics.
• Computer skills in Word and Excel.
• Good communications skills.
• Drafting skills and be able to read blueprints.
• To be eager to learn.
• To be committed to 100% quality and continuous quality improvement.
• To be committed to safety and good housekeeping.
• To be able to work in teams on continuous improvement projects.

Reasons You’ll Love It Here

Our benefits may vary slightly from one location to the next, but what you will find, is that we offer: medical, dental, and vision insurance; as well as paid vacation, paid personal time, and various opportunities to give back to your local community.  One convenient fact about our medical plan, is that we offer tele-visits, so you don’t have to leave the comfort of your home when you are feeling under the weather!  We also strongly encourage and provide opportunities for learning and professional development.  Our Learning & Development team has put together in-house training on subjects like front-line supervisor essentials, how to manage conflict in the workplace, and many others.

What to Do Next

Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for!  Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team.  Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available.

Our Commitment to You

We’re proud of the fact that we are strongly rooted in being an inclusive, people-focused organization.  Our company culture reflects values like integrity, ownership, and authenticity. We take these to heart, and if you do as well, you’ll fit right in.

Leggett & Platt is committed to making a reasonable accommodation to the known of physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability unless the accommodation would create an undue hardship on the operation of the business.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Veteran/Disability Employer

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