Bench Technician - Automatic

Company: Yamato Corporation
Location: Grafton
Posted on: March 1, 2025

Job Description:

Description:Join Yamato - Innovating Weighing Technology for Over 100 YearsAbout YamatoYamato is a global leader in advanced weighing, filling, and inspecting solutions, with a legacy dating back to 1920. Yamato manufactures weighing technology used for heavy industrial, automotive, and food applications. About Yamato CorporationYamato Corporation, a subsidiary of Yamato Scale Company in Japan, sells and services Yamato equipment across North, Central, and South America. Our primary focus is providing weighing solutions for food manufacturers and co-packers, including precision combination scales, bulk-weighing scales, automatic tray-filling machines, and checkweighers. Our commercial scales can be found in retail environments, such as grocery stores and restaurant kitchens. Yamato Corporation is headquartered in Grafton, Wisconsin. We have additional offices in Lake Forest, California, and Quer--taro, Mexico.Our mission is to cultivate customer trust by providing the best weighing technology and service in the world.If you are seeking a challenging and rewarding career, consider joining our team and contributing to our vision of being the innovators of weighing technology.Learn more at YamatoAmericas.comYamato Corporation Offers Exceptional Employee BenefitsAt Yamato Corporation, we prioritize the well-being of our employees. As a valued member of our team, you can expect:Comprehensive Health Benefits: We provide 100% company-paid premiums for health, dental, and vision coverage, along with life insurance and both short- and long-term disability options. Your health is important to us, and we are committed to supporting it.401(k) with Company Match & Immediate Vesting: Eligibility for our 401(k) plan begins the first day of the month following 30 days of service, with a 4% company match on employee contributions of 5% or more. Best of all, you are fully vested in the employer match from day one.Generous Paid Time Off (PTO): We understand the importance of work-life balance. Our employees accrue 18 days of PTO each calendar year, allowing you to rest, recharge, and focus on what matters to you most.PTO Carryover Benefits: Enjoy flexibility with our PTO carryover policy, which allows a portion of unused PTO to be carried over into the following year, providing you with additional time off when needed.10 Company-Paid Holidays: Celebrate and unwind with 10 paid holidays each calendar year, ensuring you have time to relax and enjoy life outside of work.Authorization to work in the United States is required.Requirements:JOB FUNCTION: Bench technicians will diagnose equipment failures, disassemble equipment, recondition, or replace parts, rebuild, and test their rebuilt equipment that has been sent in by customers. They may also be asked to work on the assembly of new equipment engineered by our engineering department. Technicians will work independently but in a team environment.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:-- Rebuilding, and testing equipment to ensure the quality of rebuilt equipment prior to shipping to customers.-- Diagnosing customer equipment malfunctions or failures through logical deduction and systematic testing procedures.-- Reading and interpreting basic technical memos, mechanical diagrams, and electrical diagrams.-- Executing general shop functions: storage, shop, and equipment clean-up.-- Setup and tear down of demonstration equipment.-- Assembly and testing of new equipment.-- Meets daily production goals.-- Assists sales and applications engineering personnel during product testing or customer demonstrations.-- Additional duties as assigned.QUALIFICATIONS:-- High school diploma/GED along with a minimum of 3 years of related experience. Technical degree or certification preferred.-- Working experience in technical assembly or service of technical equipment preferred.-- Ability to understand and work with mechanical and electrical components of equipment, including disassembly, assembly, troubleshooting, and repair. -- Critical thinking with the ability to evaluate complex technical issues systematically and make informed decisions to resolve issues efficiently. -- Proficient using hand and power tools to repair machinery.-- Sense of urgency and pride in the quality of their required. -- Attention to detail.-- Basic to Intermediate Excel and Word experience.-- Requires validated driver's license and must be insurable.Highlights -- Each technician is provided with a dedicated indoor work bench located in a temperature-controlled environment, alongside other technicians. -- This position allows for primarily independent working in an area that is semi-quiet.PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing duties of this job, employee is regularly required to stand for extended periods of time, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Technician must also be able lift 50 lb. Must be able to use standard hand tools. Drive a forklift truck. Climb ladder, height tolerance (not afraid of heights). Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be able to operate motor vehicle.PI6d85bc11f825-25660-36984434

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