Senior Electrical Machine Builder or Electrician
Sapience Automation
Other Engineering
Charleston, SC, USA
Posted on Jul 11, 2025
Benefits:
Charleston, SC has been rated the #1 city to visit by Travel and Leisure for the past 13 years and the most beautiful city in the U.S. by Forbes. Charleston offers a rare combination of a coastal city, a growing manufacturing base, and a highly cultural city known for its history, dining, and other activities.
The Senior Machine Builder - Electrician is a key role at Sapience with a strong compensation package. It is a role for people that have past experience performing electrical build, debug, and installation of automation equipment or industrial machinery. In this role, you will be the lead person on projects and will also work with other machine builders and engineers for the system build and test.
Role and Responsibilities: Senior Machine Builder Electrician
Executing the installation, debugging, and production launch of the robot systems equipment during the pre-build at Sapience and the site installation.
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Training & development
Charleston, SC has been rated the #1 city to visit by Travel and Leisure for the past 13 years and the most beautiful city in the U.S. by Forbes. Charleston offers a rare combination of a coastal city, a growing manufacturing base, and a highly cultural city known for its history, dining, and other activities.
The Senior Machine Builder - Electrician is a key role at Sapience with a strong compensation package. It is a role for people that have past experience performing electrical build, debug, and installation of automation equipment or industrial machinery. In this role, you will be the lead person on projects and will also work with other machine builders and engineers for the system build and test.
Role and Responsibilities: Senior Machine Builder Electrician
Executing the installation, debugging, and production launch of the robot systems equipment during the pre-build at Sapience and the site installation.
- Assemble, debug, and test robot systems including the electrical and pneumatic elements of the system.
- Build control panels and power distribution panels from electrical prints.
- Install and commission robot systems and other automation equipment in customer facilities.
- Coordinate with other engineers involved in the project such as PLC Programmers, Robot programmers and Project Managers.
- Perform electrical inspection and assembly approval of equipment built by others
- For larger projects, coordinate the work of other electrical machine builders or contract electricians for the overall build
- Have the opportunity to work on a broader related area such as adjust existing robot programs or PLC programs ( this is optional, and training will be provided)
- Using electrical and mechanical prints and manuals to assemble equipment
- Debugging electrical and pneumatic systems
- Thorough knowledge of all electrical safety guidelines and procedures
- Prior experience as an electrician, building electrical panels or electrical machinery
- Prior experience with robotics, industrial automation or machinery
- Post high-school degree in a technical discipline.
- Strong written and spoken language skills
- Proficient on PCs and Microsoft Office applications
- Proficient at reading technical drawings
- Strong benefits program included
- Travel to customer sites to support system installations required at times, but only on a limited basis