Electro-Mechanical Technician

ENGEL embodies a spirit of innovation, built on decades of experience. With a dynamic workplace, ENGEL is the injection molding industry leader in technological advancements, ensuring sustainable global growth. The ENGEL company history is a success story that we keep on writing everyday together with our employees.

Do you have what it takes to spur game-changing innovation, generate creative solutions and add world-class value to our customers? Then get ready to join the ENGEL team and become part of the next chapter in our history as we continue to grow the business in North America!

ENGEL Machinery North America has a job opportunity for an Electro-Mechanical Technician to be based out of ENGEL’s North American Facility in York, PA to support our North American assembly functions.

ENGEL provides excellent benefits including health, dental and vision insurance all upon first day of hire (no waiting period and very robust coverage at an affordable price), 401k with match, 3 weeks’ PTO, personal time off, employer paid life insurance, long and short term disability, and an employee-centric environment.

Job Summary:

Assembles and rewires injection molding machines according to customer specifications. Performs electrical/electronic changes to machines, including mechanical and hydraulic modifications. Adds options to machines at customers’ request and disassembles machines for shipment. Sets-up, tests and correctly calibrates machines to ensure 100% operation for the customer. Ensures work meets quality and service requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assembles ENGEL machinery to meet customer specifications, including electrical mechanical and hydraulic assembly.
  • Performs electrical assembly and rewires machines to customer specifications. This includes relays, connectors, switches, breakers, running new lines. Builds new cable assemblies. Mounts and wires robots to machines.
  • Performs mechanical assembly by Installing or removing sheet metal parts on machines as needed. Adds components to match customer specifications. Marries clamp and injection parts of machine together and levels to ensure all electrical, hydraulic and water connections are sound for testing. Upon completion, packages machine for transport to customer to ensure no damage upon arrival.
  • Performs hydraulic assembly: during retrofits, installs manifolds, runs hoses, rebuilds or replaces valves as required by customer specifications.
• Performs start-up processing and machine testing.
  • Connects water and electric to assembled machines to test.
  • Upon start-up, checks all systems for functionality, and troubleshoots electrical, hydraulic and water systems, correcting any deficiencies.
  • Installs software update if needed.
  • Performs final test with machine in production to ensure 100% operation for customer.
• Performs miscellaneous duties relating to machine assembly.
  • Fabricates small electrical subparts as necessary.
  • Builds small cylindrical and toggle assemblies.
  • Bends hydraulic pipe assemblies and galvanized water pipe assemblies.
  • Loads and unloads truck as needed.
• Performs other duties or special projects as required or as assigned by a supervisor.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Educational/Training Requirement:

• High school diploma or GED required. Some vocational/technical school preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years related experience is required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proficient with the following equipment: hand tools used in the electrical, mechanical and hydraulic trades, forklifts, overhead cranes, jib cranes, boom and scissor lifts, volt and amp meters, soldering irons, mig welders, drill presses, sanders, grinders and saw and bench grinders.
• Ability to follow specific instructions.
• Ability to adhere to relevant work processes, work sequences and standards.
• Ability to read electrical and hydraulic blueprints.
• Good communications skills as role exchanges information on a daily with co-workers and immediate manager, employees in other departments and department managers.
• Customer-oriented attitude is a plus.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Physical Requirements:

Requires standing for more than 2 hours at a time on a continuous basis and walking on a regular basis. Lifting of machine parts and tools required on a regular basis, possibly up to 50 pounds. On a regular basis, assuming an awkward position to assemble machinery is required. Ability to read blueprints on a regular basis is required as is working at a computer for brief periods of time (less than one hour). Exposure to noise and to chemical and/or toxic substances (e.g., paint) may occur on a regular basis. Occasional exposure to heat and cold is possible. There is regular exposure to mechanical equipment and occasional exposure to hot plastic. Safety equipment is required for certain activities, including safety shoes, safety glasses, ear plugs (during grinding), rubber gloves and a respirator (during painting).

WHY ENGEL? The ENGEL group has been thriving for decades. This is because as a family-run company, we rely on long-standing relationships and aim to live up to our own exacting standards of expertise and experience in all fields of plastics processing. We see ourselves as a driving, innovative force that has continually set new standards in a dynamic and diverse industry. Our competitive edge has come from generating added value for customers worldwide.

ENGEL attaches great importance to flexibility, innovation and self-responsibility of all of its employees and business units. This is the only way to consistently supply and guarantee results of the highest global standards.

ENGEL offers a competitive total compensation package to eligible employees, including: health, dental, LTD and life insurance, 401k with match, contribution to HSA, Dependent and Health FSA, vacation pay and holiday pay.
We are looking forward to receiving your application and resume and going over the position with you.

ENGEL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protective veteran status or any other category protected by state or local laws.

ABOUT THIS COMPANY ENGEL is a global leader in the manufacture of plastics processing machines. Today, the ENGEL Group offers a full range of technology modules for plastics processing as a single source supplier: Injection molding machines for thermoplastics and elastomers, and automation. In 2016/2017 ENGEL’s turnover totaled approximately 1.36 billion euros worldwide, with 5,900 employees across nine production plants in Europe, North America and Asia (China and Korea), and subsidiaries and representatives in more than 85 countries. ENGEL offers its customers the excellent global support they need to compete and succeed with new technologies and leading-edge production systems.