Automation Technician

Brooksource
Memphis, TN

This critical role supports ongoing maintenance of our automation, conveyance, and sortation equipment to enable the distribution center to serve patients around the world.


A Day in the Life


  • Proactively performs scheduled preventive maintenance on automation, conveyance, and sortation equipment to minimize unplanned downtime and ensure equipment is maintained in like-new condition
  • Works flexibly with Operations leadership to perform maintenance activities during shift changes, lunch breaks, and other opportune times where possible
  • Acts with urgency and leverages experience and deep knowledge of automation and conveyance to quickly restore equipment to operation following an unplanned event
  • May perform repairs and maintenance in plant or office facilities, or on machines and equipment.
  • May perform work in additional maintenance trades: carpentry, plumbing, painting, machine and equipment repair, electrical, sheet metal fabrication, and welding.
  • Conducts routine, periodic, or special inspections to determine repair and maintenance work necessary to prevent breakdowns of facilities, machinery, and equipment.
  • Implements reliability best practices in alignment with Medtronic Facilities Maintenance Excellence strategy
  • Uses hand and power tools.
  • Tests, inspects, troubleshoots, and repairs machines and equipment.
  • Uses blueprints, sketches, layouts, wiring diagrams, drawings, and specifications


Must Have: Minimum Requirements


  • Requires minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
  • High school diploma or equivalent


Nice to Have


  • Experience in a distribution center, warehouse, and/or fulfillment operation
  • Troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing Exotec warehouse robotics systems, Sparck box-on-demand equipment, automated shipping sorters, material handling equipment, conveyors, etc.
  • Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
  • Ability to use multi meter to troubleshoot incoming power and low voltage controls
  • HVAC experience
  • Electrical experience
  • EPA universal certification
  • Desirable demonstrated knowledge and understanding of GMPs, FDA regulations, Quality System Regulations (QSR), ISO 13485 requirements.
  • Knowledge in EHS field.
  • Works under moderate degree of supervision.




Brooksource provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, citizenship, disability, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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