Job Title: Automation Maintenance Technician

Location: Monroe, WA

About Us

Card Kingdom has served Magic: The Gathering players across the world for over 20 years. We are a trusted source for buying and selling Magic: The Gathering singles, packs, and booster boxes from throughout the game's history. Our love of the community and game shines through everything we do. We are a customer-centric, data-driven, innovative workplace. We value our team and recognize that every role in our organization is behind delivering our renowned customer experience.

In addition to our eCommerce business, Card Kingdom owns and operates the award-winning game store and restaurant, Mox Boarding House. With unique locations in Seattle, Bellevue, Portland, and coming soon to Arizona, we deliver an elevated experience to local gaming communities.

Our Mission: We use tabletop gaming as a campfire – a place to gather, share and celebrate –for the sake of cultivating deeper relationships with our customers, amongst ourselves, with our communities, and the world.

Our Perks: Excellent benefits, generous PTO, and flexible scheduling, remote work opportunities, paid parental leave, safe harbor 401k match, paid holidays, and employee discounts. We support work life balance.

Role

The Automation Maintenance Technician at Card Kingdom Inc. is an onsite support role, responsible for repair, fabrication and maintenance of automated equipment used throughout the business. The goal of the role is to minimize downtime, reduce human intervention, increase throughput, and maximize efficiency. We are looking for a passionate problem solver, an avid learner with a great attitude who can operate with a high level of autonomy and responsibility. This position is in person and located in Monroe, WA and reports to the Automation department head.

Responsibilities

• Manage help requests in a timely manner.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve technical hardware and/or software issues.
• Support new equipment fabrication/installation, line extensions, validation activities, process improvements and equipment/software set-up.
• Support development and execution of preventative maintenance programs.
• Partner with the machine operations team to develop and execute machine operator level maintenance training plans.
• Investigate user problems and identify their source; determine possible solutions; test and implement solutions.
• Evaluate and monitor the performance of machine operator level maintenance and provide hands on training and support as needed.
• Suggest/Initiate/Support process improvement efforts within the automation department.
• Establish and maintain a safety-first culture by promoting and demonstrating safe work practices.
• May be asked to support IT help desk needs when no Automation work need and other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Associates or higher degree from a vocational school or college with a focus in technical training
• Strong aptitude and familiarity with electro-mechanical systems and components.
• Ability to communicate technical information to nontechnical personnel.
• 1+ years of hands-on Maintenance experience.
• 1+ years of experience in robotics, PLC Controls/automated systems controls.
• 1+ years of experience conducting predictive and preventative maintenance procedures.
• Experience with fabrication and hands on work
• Once proficient, the role is Sunday – Thursday afternoons and evenings.
• Will be required to carry a cell phone.
• Motivated and self-reliant, the role will be somewhat unsupervised by the department head.
  
  

Physical Requirements

• The capacity to stand and work on hard surfaces for extended periods, up to 8 hours per day.
• Occasional squatting, kneeling, bending, stooping, reaching, twisting at waist may be required.
• Capability to lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally.
  
  

Location / Work Schedule:

• Monroe, WA
  
  

Job Type / Pay Rate

• Full Time / Non-Exempt (Hourly)
• Range from $33.65 - $37.01 an hour ($70,000 - $77,000 annually) depending on qualifications and experience
  
  

Benefits

• Paid Time Off: 5 weeks accrued per year, 8 Company Holidays
• Health Benefits: Zero cost premium options for Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Retirement: 401(k) with 4% Safe Harbor match, no vesting period
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Accounts
• Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits
• Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
• Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Confinement Plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discount
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employment

We are committed to cultivating a workplace in which diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, caste, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability (physical or mental), marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, or membership in any other legally protected class.

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