Repair & Maintenance Technician

Title: Repair & Maintenance Tech

Location: McKinney, TX

Pay: $30/hr. on W2 (1st Shift) & $32.40/hr on W2 (2nd Shift)

Duration: 12-month contract with potential extension

Citizenship Requirement: US Citizenship required

Shift: 9/80A

1st shift: 7am start time

2nd shift: 2pm start time

Ability to work weekends as needed

1st shift for approximately 6 months before moving to 2nd shift

Job Description:
The Equipment Engineering Team at Raytheon’s Optics Consolidated Manufacturing Center (Optics CMC) drives Raytheon Technologies’ competitiveness in optical components, assemblies, and systems now and in the future. We are responsible for performing all equipment innovation, selection, troubleshooting and maintenance to lead the organization in delivering a quality product on time, at or below cost, in a safe environment.

We do this by Collaborating with Engineering, Program Management, Operations, & Quality business leadership and all Optics CMC functions and proactively addressing equipment needs to meet current and future business needs.

This enables the factory to execute to these needs on time and at or below cost in a safe environment by creating innovative solutions for improving equipment uptime and process times, including the design and creation of custom hardware and software as needed.  We work with facilities and engineering teams to lead installs of new equipment and upgrades of existing equipment.

We model Raytheon values, customer focus, solution oriented, excellence in execution and a sense of urgency and encouraging the same within the rest of the organization.

What You Will Do:

•             Tests, troubleshoots, repairs, maintains, and installs a wide variety of electronic, electromechanical, mechanical, computer, laboratory, and scientific systems and/or equipment.

•             Maintaining the equipment and resources across four factories in one location: Optical Fabrication, Diamond Point Turning, Optical Coating and Assembly/Test.

•             Collaborating with and working alongside a team of experienced equipment technicians to identify equipment, machinery, and other functions specific items that through normal production, calibration or preventative maintenance activities are in needed of correction.

•             Utilizes various engineering and scientific drawings, manuals, and other related documentation in the performance of their tasks.

•             Upgrading and modifying production equipment

•             Procuring and installing new capital equipment.

•             Participating in factory equipment layouts.

•             Maintaining equipment documentation pertaining to Preventive Maintenance / Lockout - Tagout Procedures / Equipment inventories.

Qualifications You Must Have:

•             Typically requires an AA/AS degree (or other 2-year post high school training) with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.

•             Relevant experience is the following in any combination:

o            Equipment maintenance in a production or factory environment

o            Experience in electronics / or mechanical components

o            Experience troubleshooting technical, equipment, or automated equipment

o            Hand tool experience (multimeters, current probes, and/or test & measurement instruments.

•             U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract

Qualifications We Prefer:

•             Ability to work from schematics, written procedures, and oral instructions.

•             Must be able to interface with persons of multiple disciplines and job functions.

•             Proven history of demonstrating initiative, persistence, and creativity in problem solving

•             Prior experience with Optical Coating (vacuum) and Diamond Point Turning equipment.

•             RF Power systems experience.

•             High voltage experience in 480, 208 3-phase, 110 and DC voltages

•             Understanding of programmable logic controllers (PLC’s) and ladder logic.

•             Ability to lead modification or upgrade projects of existing equipment.

•             Excellent oral and written communications with ability to work with minimum direct supervision.

•             Ability to collaborate and influence development of project objectives and goals with external customers and internal stakeholders.

•             Knowledge of the optics industry.

•             Ability to multitask in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

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