Controls Technician - Nights

Linacast, Inc.•Howell, MI

About The Position

The Controls Technician interprets and designs programs for floor equipment and completes controls-related projects. The role locates and replaces faulty electrical and electronic components, and disassembles, repairs, and reassembles plant and production machinery. The technician works with production personnel to address quality issues and continuous improvement projects, resolves operational performance problems, and consults with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems. The position involves testing, maintaining, calibrating, and assembling low-voltage (24V) electronic equipment and integrated systems. It also includes reading, interpreting, and designing electrical drawings; reviewing technical documents to plan work; creating electronic schematic drawings; developing technical methods and processes; and preparing procedural documents and maintaining operational records.

Requirements

Associate degree in controls engineering, technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience in a manufacturing setting.
Ability to deal effectively with multiple levels of people in group and individual settings.
Reading comprehension of work-related documents.
Complex problem-solving skills, including evaluating options and implementing solutions.
Critical-thinking skills, including using logic and reasoning to evaluate alternative solutions and approaches.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Siemens and Allen Bradley.

Responsibilities

Interpret and design programs for floor equipment.
Locate and replace faulty electrical and electronic components.
Complete controls-related projects.
Disassemble, repair, and reassemble plant and production machinery.
Perform, analyze, and interpret tests using various types of test equipment.
Work with production personnel to develop solutions to quality issues and continuous improvement projects.
Read, interpret, and design electrical drawings and review technical documents to plan work.
Confer with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems.
Resolve operational performance problems.
Test the performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment operating on low voltage (24V).
Maintain low-voltage (24V) electronic equipment.
Calibrate and assemble equipment or components.
Prepare procedural documents and maintain operational records or record systems.
Create schematic drawings for electronics and develop technical methods or processes.
Service, repair, calibrate, regulate, fine-tune, or test electronic equipment that operates primarily on electrical or electronic principles.