Job Details

Hungry for challenges? Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution!

With 38,900 team members located in 28 countries and a 2024 revenue of €11.6 billion, Opmobility is world leader in intelligent exterior systems, clean energy systems and front-end modules.

Through its offer in the exterior body panels market, Opmobility provides customized multi-material solutions with high added value that increasingly integrate functions and enhance safety to reduce vehicle weight and CO2 emissions.

Our ambition? Provide automakers with cutting-edge equipment and solutions to develop tomorrow's clean and connected car.

As a responsible company, Opmobility pays particular attention to diversity and equality within its teams and the Group commits to treat all job applications equally.

General Job Duties:

• SAFETY

• HSE requirements satisfied

• Complete all documentation / deployment for Incidents

• Drive safety culture within team

• QUALITY

• Closely monitor quality levels and root cause and correct any maintenance related non-conformances

• PRODUCTIVITY

• Closely monitor equipment availability levels, perform root cause analysis, and resolve issues

• Continually work to understand the customer's requirements in terms of quality and delivery

• Create and drive actions to cross functional team members

• Develop, Implement, and evaluate continuous improvement plans

• COMMUNICATION

• Communicate openly with colleagues and hierarchy

• Escalate properly when equipment is unavailable per guidelines

• Immediately communicate with his/her managers in case of any process deviations, problems, incidents

• OTHER

• To exhibit an objective, fair and professional attitude

• To exhibit teamwork skills and actively participate in team activities in a positive working environment.

• To demonstrate problem solving skills in a work environment that is striving for continuous improvement.

• To follow OPmobility policies and display conduct expected of OPmobility employees as described in the employee handbook.

• To follow safety rules of OPmobility and work in a manner that is conducive to maintaining a safe workplace.

• To meet and maintain all customer quality standards as well as the standards of OPmobility.

• To perform daily cross-functional job assignments as required and per the department's established procedures and work instructions.

Specific Job Duties:

• Continuously improve automated and other equipment by developing and implementing plans and projects to revise controls, logic, processes, maintenance plans, mechanical devices, and other equipment components

• increase reliability, safety, and/or capacity

• reduce overall operational costs

• Provide support as needed to the plant maintenance technicians and staff for the operation and maintenance of all automated equipment to the extent that all KPI targets are met

• Coordinate all technical activity and maintain accurate records pertaining to automated equipment, including but not restricted to software backups, board revisions, software revisions, ladder logic, documentation and all associated interfaces

• Develop, coordinate, and provide training for the plant maintenance team and other personnel regarding the design intent, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and programming of the automated equipment

• Create and communicate work instructions for various tasks as they pertain to the operation, troubleshooting, and upkeep of the automated equipment

• Continuously review and consider new technologies as they apply to OPmobility. Present recommendations as to their benefits along with feasibility and justification for such technologies

• Provide automation support as required as it applies to all other aspects of the current and any future systems

• Work autonomously – develop, communicate, and integrate improvements

• Occasional travel for training as needed, seldom more than one week at a time.

• Perform other duties as directed.

• Provide regular progress reports for projects

Skills and Experience:

• Allen Bradley PLC equipment – Studio 5000 and ControlLogix (hardware, software and ladder logic).

• HMI software packages - RS logics, Wonderware 8+, PanelView 32 and Plus, WinCC

• Fanuc, Kuka, and ABB robotics

• Siemens S7, TIA Portal, WinCC

• Field bus: Controlnet, Modbus, Profibus

• Integration to injection machines (Husky, Engel, and Kraus)

• Allen Bradley, Siemens, Pilz, Keyence, SICK, and Omron safety controls and devices

• SEW, Siemens, Eaton, ABB VFDs

• PC skills, MS applications

• Automotive Assembly, Injection, and Paint a plus

• Experience reading hydraulic and pneumatic prints preferred

• Must be skilled at reading electrical and electronic schematics

• Must have demonstrated project and continuous improvement experience.

• Demonstrated exceptional oral and written communication skills required.

As a responsible company, OPmobility pays particular attention to diversity and equality within its teams and the Group commits to treat all job applications equally.

Date: Jul 1, 2025

Location:

Greer-South Carolina, US

Custom Field 5: 384323