Electrical Controls Technician - 1st shift - Food Manufacturing

LASSONDE PAPPAS AND CO INC•Boardman, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Be part of a team that is responsible for the continuous improvement in production via control sequences, drawings, and hardware. Work closely with the Maintenance Department to design and create these building automation systems along with providing technical support.

Requirements

High School Diploma
3 to 5 years’ experience as an Electronic Tech or equivalent electrical experience in a manufacturing environment.
Must have electrical education, training, and experience
Must have ability troubleshoot in Rockwell automation including Allen-Bradley, Compact Logics and SLC
Must have previous experience working with PLC & HMI
Proficient in Computer use to include Microsoft Suite Software to include Excel Spreadsheets
Excellent problem-solving skills a must
Flexibility with work assignments and hours
Manual dexterity
Ability to stand for long periods of time
Ability to reach, lift bend knees, stoop, climb and push or pull items weighing 50 lbs. or more
Ability to travel in plane, train or car if necessary
Hear, see comment – check maintenance job description
Hot and cold environment
Schedule flexibility is required to support plant operations.

Responsibilities

Maintain, repair and adjust electrical equipment including circuity, manual and electrical controls, motors inter-locking systems, heating controls, sensing devices DC and AC drives
Assist in the install of electrical for all new equipment
Document and maintain electrical modifications to equipment in schematic drawings.
Draft new PLC programs
Revise existing PLC programs
Revise existing HMI screens
Maintain PLC program archives (revision tracking)
Develop controls systems to continuously update the existing systems to newer technology.
Maintain and update PLC software to match the latest machine installs.
Design and update systems to automate processes.
Maintain robotic palletizer, including designing and maintaining robotic palletizer programs with the Palletsolver software.
Maintain and manage independent IIOT (plant floor) network, servers, and routers.
Draft new HMI screens
Maintain HMI program archives (revision tracking)
Provide after-hours tech support
Troubleshoot Rockwell automation, Compact Logics and SLC, networking switches
Part testing
Remote desktop into control network (PLC)
Select and order parts
Fill in when short handed
Input information into the maintenance management systems and keep documents and records complete.
Manage the electrical portion of the preventative maintenance program. Including a quarterly thermal analysis report on each piece of equipment.
Move systems towards predictive/preventative maintenance instead of reactive maintenance practices. Including developing a vibration analysis program for each motor and gearbox.
Oversee the electrical and programming portions of all machine upgrades and new equipment installs.
Train and update maintenance personnel on new processes and technologies.
Work on HVAC controls
Maintain servers used for control system
Maintain communication network running over TCP/IP
Maintain and track IP device map
Operator training
Develop prototypes to add to, improve or change existing equipment
Calibrate equipment
Ongoing SGFM inter-structure documentation
Wiring and installation
Analyze plant processes and continuously work to improve efficiencies.
Use standard manufacturing practices (Lean, Root Cause Analysis and Kepner Tregoe) to identify root causes of issues and work to resolve them.
Maintain electrical AutoCAD files and draft when necessary.
Develop controls solutions to enhance processes.
Work with engineering on designing new processes and projects to maintain consistency with existing processes and network.
Maintain and manage Plex/Mach 2 downtime tracking software.
Maintain and manage user database for Plex/Mach 2 downtime tracking software
Manage user database of Retort software.
Conduct Coaching sessions with Staff/Maintenance when necessary.
All other necessary duties as assigned by Supervisor.