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CHEP

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Automation Technician - Beech Island, SC

Anywhere
Full-time
Posted 12/3/2025
Verified Source
Key Skills:
Mechanical maintenance
Electrical schematics reading
PLC troubleshooting
Preventative maintenance
Root cause analysis
CMMS usage
Hydraulics
Pneumatics
OSHA compliance

Compensation

Salary Range

$60K - 80K a year

Responsibilities

Maintain and repair plant production equipment, perform root cause analysis, and support reliability initiatives while ensuring safety and compliance.

Requirements

3-5 years industrial machine maintenance experience with mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills, ability to use CMMS, and knowledge of safety regulations.

Full Description

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact. What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model. Job Description About the Role: Maintain plant equipment and machinery to ensure optimal working condition while driving continuous improvements aligned with operational priorities. Perform timely and effective root cause analysis to resolve equipment failures, enhancing efficiency, quality, and overall reliability. Assist in diagnosing and repairing mechanical issues across a range of plant equipment, including conveyors, pallet handling systems, and other manufacturing machinery. Key Responsibilities may include: • Perform proactive and reactive maintenance activities with a multi-skilled approach, ensuring strict adherence to health and safety protocols at all times. • Support the site’s reliability initiatives by identifying failure modes, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions to improve equipment performance. • Assist in scheduling and executing maintenance tasks, ensuring proper documentation of work orders and tasks to maintain accurate maintenance records. • Actively seek opportunities to improve maintenance processes and procedures, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations and contributing to overall plant performance. • Conduct risk assessments for all tasks using site-specific or dynamic risk assessment procedures to ensure the safety of both equipment and personnel. • Prioritize employee health and safety, product quality, and environmental protection in all maintenance activities, ensuring all efforts contribute to improved plant performance and reliability. Are you ready to be part of a team that values safety, continuous improvement, quality, and employee well-being? CHEP is looking for a motivated Automation Technician I Day Shift to join our team in Beech Island, SC. As a proactive team member, working varying shifts, the Automation Technician I is responsible for performing and managing plant maintenance programs under the direction of the Plant Manager. Maintenance activities must ensure that employee‘s health and safety, product safety, and the protection of the environment are never compromised, and that all maintenance activities enhance product quality, plant performance and business priorities. Key Accountabilities – What you will do • Maintaining and repairingplant production equipment. • Diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical failures in all plant manufacturing equipment: conveyers, process pallet handling machines, dismantling, painting and stenciling systems. • Perform proactive and reactive maintenance activities ensuring strict adherence to health and safety protocols. • Support the site’s reliability initiatives by identifying failure modes, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions to improve equipment performance. • Assist in scheduling and executing maintenance tasks, ensuring proper documentation of work orders and tasks in the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System). • Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and contributing to overall plant performance. Experience - What you will bring • **Day shift with flexibility for on call as needed** • 3-5 years of experience in industrial machine maintenance. • Ability to read and use mechanical and electrical schematics for troubleshooting. • Understanding of and ability to troubleshoot and repair industrial electrical system components such as motors, variable AC drives, PLCs, and field sensors. • Preventative and corrective Maintenance on conveyance equipment. • Ability to climb steps over conveyor system, work in tight spaces as well as at heights. • Ability to use and navigate MS office and internet applications. • Knowledge of OSHA and Control of Hazardous Energy procedures and regulations. • Ability to use Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS). Skills & Knowledge Electrical • Control panels and power cabinets. • 3 phase 480-volt power systems. • Rockwell Automation Compact Logic (RSLogix 5000). • Ethernet IP networks, EthernetIP on machine devices and VFDs. • Yaskawa, Fanuc or Kuka robot experience • NEC 70E Electrical Safety Mechanical Knowledge • Chain Drive Live Roller Conveyor and Belt Conveyor systems • Hydraulics pumps and circuits • Air compressors • Pneumatic circuits valves What we Offer: • Competitive Pay w/ Shift Differential • Benefits Day 1! • 401K w/ company match (up to 4%) • FREE company-paid vision, short-term disability, and life insurance!! • FREE company-provided PPE and safety equipment • Tuition reimbursement, parental leave, childcare assistance, profit sharing, and MORE! Location: Sits on a customer location Remote Type Not Remote Skills to succeed in the role Active Learning, Active Learning, Adaptability, Compressors, Vacuum Pumps and Related Equipment, Computer Literacy, Cross-Functional Work, Curiosity, Data Analysis, Data Literacy, Digital Literacy, Drawings and Schematics, Electric and Electronic Controls, Electric Motors, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Fans, Blowers and Supporting Ductwork, Initiative, Lubrication Types and Systems, Machining (Lathes, Milling, and Drill Presses), Mathematic Literacy, Mechanical Literacy, Pipe Systems and Valves, Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems, Power Transmission Systems, Problem Solving {+ 1 more} We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class. Individuals fraudulently misrepresenting themselves as Brambles or CHEP representatives have scheduled interviews and offered fraudulent employment opportunities with the intent to commit identity theft or solicit money. Brambles and CHEP never conduct interviews via online chat or request money as a term of employment. If you have a question as to the legitimacy of an interview or job offer, please contact us at recruitment@brambles.com. Remote Benefits: Transportation Allowance, Paid sick days, Employee Events, Paid Holidays, Stock Options, Work From Home, Concierge Services, Performance bonus, Maternity/Paternity Paid Leave, Vacation/paid time off, Professional Development, On Site Cafeteria, Free Food and Coffee Skills: Automation, Blowers, Business Model, Coaching, Communication Skills, Computer Skills, Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), Concrete, Continuous Improvement, Conveyor Systems, Corrective Action, Cross-Functional, Data Analysis, Documentation, Electric Motor, Electrical Components, Electrical Engineering, Electricity, English Language, Environmental Impact, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Equipment Safety, Establish Priorities, Ethernet, Failure Analysis, Forklift, Hand Tools, Human Machine Interface (HMI), Hydraulic Engineering, IP (Internet Protocol), Identify Issues, Lathe, Leadership, Literacy, Machining, Maintain Compliance, Maintenance - Electrical, Maintenance Services, Manufacturing Equipment, Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance, Manufacturing Systems, Mathematics, OSHA, On Call, Operational Improvement, Painting (Facilities and Maintenance), Pallet Jack, Performance Management, Plant Management, Power Transmission, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Product Safety, Production Control, Production Machining, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Pumps, Record Keeping, Regulations, Risk Analysis, Rockwell Automation, Root Cause Analysis, Safety Compliance, Safety/Work Safety, Schematics, Solenoids, Sustainability, Team Player, Time Management, Trucking, Welding, Writing Skills About the Company: CHEP CHEP gestisce, mantiene, trasporta e fornisce oltre 300 milioni di prodotti per i propri clienti. I nostri pallet, contenitori, imballaggi riutilizzabili in plastica (RCP), bidoni, vassoi ed espositori di altissima qualità contribuiscono alla costruzione, alla movimentazione e al trasporto di carichi di prodotti più efficienti e sostenibili. I prodotti e i servizi CHEP svolgono un ruolo essenziale in ogni passaggio e per qualsiasi partner commerciale della filiera produttiva. Il miglioramento della supply chain consiste in una continua ricerca condivisa dalle imprese di tutto il mondo. I prodotti e le soluzioni proposte vi permetteranno di soddisfare i vostri obiettivi di redditività e sostenibilità senza dover scendere a compromessi. Gestiamo, manteniamo, trasportiamo e forniamo oltre 300 milioni di prodotti, condivise e riutilizzate da agricoltori, produttori, distributori e rivenditori. Da oltre sessant’anni, offriamo ai gestori delle supply chain l’opportunità di impiegare prodotti di qualità superiore, entrare in contatto con più partner commerciali, ridurre i trasporti e gli sprechi, impiegare una quantità inferiore di risorse naturali, ridurre gli inventari e approfittare dei vantaggi in materia di efficienza offerti dalla standardizzazione. Company Size: 50 to 99 employees Industry: Transport and Storage - Materials Founded: 1949

This job posting was last updated on 12/8/2025

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