Insulet Corporation
CONTROLS & INSTRUMENTATION TECHNICIAN
LOCATION
Acton, MA
COMPANY
Insulet started in 2000 with an idea and a mission to enable our customers to enjoy simplicity, freedom and healthier lives through the use of our Omnipod® product platform.
JOB SUMMARY
The Controls and Instrumentation Technician will be a critical contributor in a mission that truly represents an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a company that is making significant investments in establishing US manufacturing, expanding internationally, and delivering a consistent cadence of product innovations to the market and investing in its people.
The successful candidate will be responsible for bringing to life assembly and process equipment for the startup of new Manufacturing Operations in Acton, MA. The role will then transition to direct engineering and maintenance of equipment in Acton, MA with accountability to ensure a high level of machine uptime and minimal production scrap on complex discrete component assembly equipment.
This individual will be responsible for the installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and improvement of process equipment. They will also be trained and cross-trained to repair, maintain and improve the reliability of various stations including: lasers, optical gaging devices, continuity testing, inspection, etc. Controls and Instrumentation technicians must be quality-conscious, aggressively self-directed, motivated team players, and willing trainers—eager to gain and share new knowledge.
SALARY
Starting at $37/hr – Commensurate with experience
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Take a rigorous, disciplined and hands-on approach to maintain equipment and processes reliability and execute process improvement activity
- Direct hands on involvement in installation, start-up, qualification, and debug of new automation.
- Onsite acceptance testing of new equipment under construction at the machine builder’s facility
- Thoroughly document maintenance activity using the maintenance database, adequately communicate maintenance issues to appropriate employees, and properly utilize the maintenance inventory system.
- Interface directly with manufacturing representatives to help drive preventative maintenance schedules, techniques and training.
- Ability to partner with cross functional team(s), manufacturing and the broader technical community during startup to define and document machine setup, maintenance and troubleshooting.
- Troubleshoot and identify potential decision or solutions for controls and instrumentation related errors, safety issues or general operating inefficiencies with assembly production processes.
- Organize, report, train and present technical work to various levels within the organization.
- Create and train standard operating procedures for the baselining, setup and maintenance of assembly equipment.
- Champion process improvement
- Provide Preventative Maintenance support for plant and equipment.
- Repair and maintain items necessary to maintain process equipment in cGMP condition
- Assist in day-to-day support of operators, adjustments, setups, and change over
- Responsible to report safety, quality, and regulatory compliance concerns to leadership.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of installation, maintenance and repair of electrical controls and instrumentation experience
- PLC OR HMI programming experience required
- Experience with HMI, automated, high speed or vision equipment a plus
- Electrical License a plus
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills, and strong presentation skills
- Highschool or GED; any technical training or Associate’s Degree a plus
Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity in our workforce. EOE/M/F/D/V