Continental Tire has been around for nearly 150 years, we’ve been changing the way the world moves while making it more safe, smart, sustainable and accessible to all. Hoosier Racing Tire is the largest race tire manufacturer in the world. Hoosier has grown to produce over 1000 different types of race tires. The company has its own 300-mph test wheel; a technology center; state-of-the-art, fully-integrated production facilities recently adding a high-tech mixing plant, with enough capacity to produce not only for Hoosier Racing Tire, but to have the ability to produce rubber for additional entities as well as a model sales and distribution network. Our Hoosier location at Plymouth, IN is seeking a Automation Technician to join our team. Are you ready to shape the future with us? Are you seeking a new opportunity where you can design, implement, and maintain automated systems to boost efficiency and productivity? Do you have a passion for troubleshooting and repairing control systems, sensors, and robotics? If you thrive on ensuring seamless operations while collaborating with engineers and mentoring junior technicians, we have an exciting opportunity for you at our Hoosier Tire plant in Plymouth, IN!. Essential Functions: (Individual tasks, duties and responsibilities of the position accounting for highest % of time) + Plan and aggressively pursue equipment and building projects. These projects will include: overhauls, upgrades, re-designs and installations. New and rebuilt equipment must be tracked using Reliability and Maintainability guidelines and techniques from conception to decommissioning. + Coordinate with Plant Engineering department on schedules for labor, materials, downtime requirements and estimates of downtime length for individual projects. + Work with Plant Engineering Staff to lower vendor base by: + Standardizing components to equipment types by make, model and distributor. + Specifying standardized components to equipment vendors/rebuilders. + Specifying the best component available at the best price. + Compose and maintain equipment files, support documents, machine control + media/programs, BOM's, drawings, manuals and updates to the CMM database. + Perform various duties involving machine support, and engineering design work. + Compose (Electronically or sketched) instructions, BOM's and wire schedules needed by Maintenance personnel for upgrades, installations, and engineering changes. + Pursue training, mentoring, and offer instruction to maintenance personnel. + Provide training, mentoring, and offer instruction to junior Automation Technicians. + Provide expert knowledge and be a leading point of contact for all projects involving Automation Technicians. + \#LI-KF1 + Associate's Degree in related field. + 5 Years Automation Experience. + Ability to lift up to 70 lbs. is required. + Limited travel within the US is required. + Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. + Relocation is not offered for this position. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. **EEO-Statement:** EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Continental complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to Careers@conti-na.com or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application, if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a call back. Ready to drive with Continental? Take the first step and fill in the online application.