Paint Seibi Technician

Overview

We’re seeking a Seibi Paint Technician to join a leading automotive manufacturer’s Paint Production Engineering team.

This role will perform Digital Engineering studies, commissioning, robot teaching, and quality adjustments for paint robotic processes, including Sealer, UBC, LASD, Primer, Topcoat, and Plastics, at manufacturing facilities and vendors across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Reporting to the Paint Seibi Manager, this role will support the Paint Seibi Group’s objective to plan, implement, and achieve high-quality, robust robot processes in the paint shop.

Responsibilities

• Program paint shop robots.
• Adjust quality for paint processes.
• Perform Digital Engineering studies in Carrot 3.
• Create and adjust Digital Engineering programs for download in the paint shop.
• Lead, plan, coordinate, and communicate with manufacturing facilities and the North American Production Engineering team.

Must Have Skills

• Technical certificate, diploma, or degree in Industrial Robotics or Automation Engineering.
• Kawasaki robot programming experience, including the ability to adjust robot parameters to achieve process quality for the respective area.
• Offline simulation software experience, including studies and downloadable programs using Carrot 3, RobotStudio, or similar tools.
• Offline robot simulation exposure and CATIA background, including RobotStudio and Omron.
• Robot teaching experience with CATIA.
• Industrial robot experience with Kawasaki, FANUC, Motoman, ABB, or similar platforms.
• Intermediate or higher proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Intermediate or higher proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and shutdown periods.
• Ability to travel up to 50% at times, including international travel to the U.S., Mexico, and Japan.
• Ability to travel between both Canadian facilities in Woodstock and Cambridge.

Nice to Have

• At least one year of paint experience as a team member or contractor working directly for an automotive manufacturer.
• Seibi experience as a Seibi member or through exposure to and interaction with a Seibi team.
• PLC programming experience.
• Ability to use and interpret Elcometer, Wavescan, and X-rite.