Job Description
Job Posting Start Date 05-05-2025 Job Posting End Date
Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.
A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.
Job Summary To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add an
Equipment Maintenance Technician 4 located in
Columbia, SC. Reporting to the
Automation Engineer the
Equipment Maintenance Technician 4 role is responsible for repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment such as conveyor systems and production machines and equipment. This position will also maintain and repair manufacturing equipment to ensure it is operational.
What a typical day looks like: - Through troubleshooting, identifies machine malfunctions and isolates the failure mechanism.
- Repairs the failure mechanism in the most cost-effective manner.
- Performs preventive maintenance at specified intervals and schedules.
- Performs calibrations and re-qualifications on equipment at specified intervals and schedules.
- Assists process technicians and engineers with the installation and removal of process equipment.
- Ensuring all maintenance activities comply with safety regulations and company protocols
- Records times and problems in equipment logs.
- Provides daily equipment functioning activity information.
- Disassembles instruments and equipment and inspects components for defects.
- Aligns, repairs, replaces and balances component parts and circuitry.
- Assists engineers in formulating test, calibration, repair and evaluation plans and procedures to maintain precision accuracy of measuring, recording and indicating instruments and equipment
The experience we're looking to add to our team: - Typically requires an Associate's Degree in related field, military technical training or equivalent education
- Requires 7 years of related experience and/or trade knowledge.
- Demonstrates knowledge of advanced technologies as well as functional techniques and improves processes
- Ability to read and comprehend schematics, and maintenance manuals.
- Electronic Assembly: schematics, PCB loading, mechanical assembly;
- Cables: crimping, harness assembly, chamber/wire soldering, cable prepping; Testing: oscilloscope, cable & harness testing
- Machine Operations: automatic component insertion equipment, surface mount insertion equipment, wave soldering;
- Mechanical & Electrical Tools: power air guns, taps & dies, alignment tools, measuring tools
- Able to read and comprehend moderately complex instructions.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
What you'll receive for the great work you provide: - Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
- Life Insurance
- Short-term and Long-term Disability
- Matching 401(k) Contributions
- Vacation and Paid Sick Time
- Tuition Reimbursement
Job Category Operations
Is Sponsorship Available?
No
Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email accessibility@flex.com and we'll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex, you must complete the application process first). Flex Ltd.
Job Tags
Temporary work, Visa sponsorship, Flexible hours,