Equipment Service Technician - Transmission Plant - Georgia-2nd Shift $5,000 sign on and Relocation at American Honda Motor Co.

EQUIPMENT SERVICE TECHNICIAN - 2nd Shift

Location:  TMP-G, TALLAPOOSA, GA

Pay Rate:  $34.65 - $39.60/hour & $5,000 Sign on Bonus

Workstyle - Onsite

*Relocation assistance for candidates relocating over 50 miles*

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one.  We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. 

At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success.  We strive to be a company which serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

About this Position: 

Provide equipment availability through technical expertise, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance to achieve manufacturing production targets.

Responsibilities include:

• Confirm equipment operates to and maintains compliance to safety, quality, and environmental standards
• Support production team to achieve daily targets
• Successfully complete required preventive and planned maintenance per plan, utilizing CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) to meet equipment quality and availability
• Support projects to ensure the success of new model and business plan strategies to improve department characteristics
• Understand equipment functionality and operational characteristics to perform an efficient equipment repair and/or recovery
• Utilize any and all available troubleshooting tool and resources to facilitate efficient equipment repair and/or recovery
• Develop capability of self and team by mentoring, training, and sharing of experience to ensure technical skill set growth
• Utilize basic root cause analysis logic to improve equipment availability and apply countermeasures to meet Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Morale, and Environment targets
• Maintain daily communication and reporting to ensure accurate transfer of information utilizing and accurately documenting activity in CMMS (Maximo) to capture labor time, resources applied (parts), conditions identified, and details of tasks performed
• Understand equipment safety specifications and maintain its integrity to ensure associate safety
• Complete scheduled work and training as assigned by ESTC and MESD engineers to meet production and MESD goals

Who we are seeking:

Required Work Experience:

• Technical experience with asset management or industrial maintenance

Required Education:

• Technical Associate Degree or equivalent experience preferred

Desired skills:

• Electrical troubleshooting and repair skills
• Be able to read electrical and mechanical prints

• Mechanical repair skills
• Use of electrical test meters
• PM (preventive maintenance) completion
• Equipment uptime in assigned area
• Mean time to repair (MTTR)

Additional Position Factors:

• Workstyle:       Production floor
• Travel:             As needed
• Must be willing to work nights and weekends as required
• Must be willing to work overtime if needed

At Honda, you will play a key role in our journey to become a company that society wants to exist now, and in the future. Your endless curiosity will drive innovation and your courageous spirit will challenge the status quo.  We believe having a workforce made up of diverse thinkers and innovators makes us a better Honda.  Respect for each other and respect for diversity each and every day drives our associates to contribute at the highest level and work effectively in a team environment.  We make the dream of mobility a reality with our innovative and high-quality products. Together, we Bring the Future to our customers, associates, and communities.  We are Honda!

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary
• Annual Bonus
• Overtime Pay
• Industry leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, personal days
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth:

• Advancement opportunities
• Career mobility
• Education reimbursement for continued learning
• Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings:

• Wellbeing program
• Community service and engagement programs
• Product programs
• Free drinks onsite

To be eligible for a signing bonus, the applicant must not have been previously employed by Honda as a fulltime associate. 

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.