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Engineering Technician 3rd Shift - Chattanooga, TN / Plant 1

Gestamp · Chattanooga, TN

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Level
Engineer
Team
Production
Degree
Required (or equivalent experience)
Experience asked
5+ years
Industry
Automotive
Posted
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The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level production role at Gestamp (automotive) in Chattanooga, TN.

They ask for
5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
Tools it names
Lean, PLC, Robotics, Time studies, Tooling, EHS / safety

Read from the posting. The full description is below.

From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Production Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $115k–$161k.

Median of the low and high ends of 339 live postings that list pay, out of 1055 production engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 20 other live production postings in Tennessee.

Experience asked
Typical (5+ years)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Lean 57%
  • Team leadership 57%
  • ✓ EHS / safety 29%
  • Six Sigma 24%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for PLC, Robotics, Tooling, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 5+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

Lifts up to 50 lbs

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Key Responsibilities

  • ◆Follow Standardized Work Instructions.
  • ◆Set up, maintain, program and integrate robot programs and assembly fixtures
  • ◆Set up and programming new jobs
  • ◆Monitoring and corrective actions in robot programs and assembly fixtures
  • ◆Corrective and improving in robot programs and assembly fixtures for increase the performance of the machines.
  • ◆Support the Program Management group in evaluation of new work and processes.
  • ◆Support the Production and Quality group in evaluation and improvement of product throughput.
  • ◆Definition of product cycle time, time study and methods engineering analysis.
  • ◆Support in trouble shooting
  • ◆Must follow all OSHA and plant safety rules including, lock-out tag-out, etc.
  • ◆Supports the teams in operational improvement and training.
  • ◆Develops Initial Standard Work Practices with the teams.
  • ◆Provides emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production, and performs scheduled maintenance and repairs of production equipment during machine service.
  • ◆Prepares and sets up machinery for scheduled production runs.
  • ◆Knowledge of mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
  • ◆Reads and interprets equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
  • ◆Validate parts in checking fixtures

Knowledge and Education

  • ✓Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic / Mechanical Engineering / Technical / Industrial degree or equivalent, OR; HS diploma/GED + advanced technical training in electrical, mechanical, pneumatics, hydraulics, and PLCs.
  • ✓5+ years’ experience and training in a similar role and environment.
  • ✓Experience working with VW and Mercedes highly preferred.
  • ✓Can demonstrate work experience, ideally within a manufacturing environment. Automotive industry experience preferred.

Key Qualifications/Requirements

  • ✓Full understanding of fanuc robots program and ABB and Yaskawa.
  • ✓Ability to program ROBOTS, and assembly fixtures.
  • ✓Ability to read and understand electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic prints.
  • ✓Clear understanding of Lean Principals & Tools.
  • ✓Ability to work with assembly fixture (maintain and repair)
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Engineering Technician 3rd Shift - Chattanooga, TN / Plant 1

Role Summary

The primary function is improves the capacity of the assembly cells across the proposal correctives actions or improves in the robot programs, assembly fixtures for ensure the quality of the products and the availability of the assembly area. Also with the technical, support to maintenance, production and quality area for the solving of the issues of process with the monitoring of the performance the machine.

Additional Information

  • •Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
  • •While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle, manipulate, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, talk and hear
  • •Employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds
  • •While performing the duties of the job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time
  • •The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

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