Maintenance Controls Electrician

Ponca City Development Authority-posted 6 days ago

Full-time • Mid Level

Ponca City, OK

1-10 employees

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The primary role of the Controls Electrician is to provide leadership within the engineering department in the areas of electrical, mechanical, and control systems design and documentation. The successful Controls Electrician will also recommend and implement process improvements, assist engineering management in project development, planning, and installation, and be a resource to all floor engineers and operations personnel.

Design and install: PLC control systems and operator interfaces on major projects as well as smaller scale projects. Effectively maintain programming, hardware networking and communication; troubleshoot, determine causes of failure and perform corrective actions; oversee full industrial control system project implementation on both hardware and software problems
Project support: Support internal projects to include plant control system upgrades. Ability to read and interpret mechanical blueprints, electrical schematics and parts specifications.
Preventative Maintenance and troubleshooting: Support predictive and preventative maintenance programs. Will be using electro-mechanical knowledge to troubleshoot, repair and perform PM's on conveyors, blenders, and other equipment used in the manufacturing process
Safety in the workplace: Promote a safe and clean working environment by following clean as you go procedures. Ensure that all safety procedures and guidelines are properly adhered to. Inform appropriate management and floor engineers of potential electrical/mechanical problems and inherent dangers involved. Attend and participate in all safety, staff, etc. meetings and activities.
Indirect supervision of contractor work on projects and floor engineers when troubleshooting equipment

Extensive hands-on PLC programming experience including new design and installation startups
Must thoroughly understand and have experience interfacing PLC’s with: AC/DC and servo drives, instrumentation, sensors, bar code readers, and HMI.
Experience programming and replacing various operator interfaces including: PanelView/ PanelView+
Thorough understanding of drive parameters and how to apply them on the plant floor: Entering basic motor nameplate data, 2-wire/3-wire control, dynamic braking, DC Hold, drive tuning, scaling analog inputs and outputs.
Ability to interpret existing drive wiring and parameters from one brand and retrofit with another
Ability to develop HMI applications beyond simple buttons and data entry boxes. Examples of this include but are not limited to: utilizing parameter files and a single screen to operate duplicate devices, macro’s, VBA, and various proprietary scripting
Extensive background with Controls networking: DeviceNet, Ethernet/IP, Serial-over-Ethernet, Hart, DH+, RS232, DH485
Ability to troubleshoot Multi-PLC messaging between different classes of PLC’s: SLC 5/03-4-5, PLC5/40, ControLogix
Through knowledge of communications software: RSlinx Classic, RSlinx Enterprise, and RSNetWorx products
Basic understanding of DCOM and computer security
Ability to provide network troubleshooting using: BOOTP, ARP, PING, ROUTE, IPCONFIG, DHCP, and SNMP
Good understanding of Ethernet managed switches in a controls environment and basic understanding of routers
Ability to support SCADA data collection systems used to collect plant floor information.
Ability to write simple SQL queries against a database within Excel
Working knowledge of implementing and tuning PID loops to control industrial processes
Must be able to work well with all levels of personnel from equipment operators to upper management, both individually and in a team environment
This position requires an organized individual, who is self-motivated and can work independently
1 to 2 years of previous experience with troubleshooting and programming PLC's (preferably Allen Bradley)
Prior experience in a protein/dairy manufacturing facility
Ability to interpret blueprints and schematics
Must have own set of tools (non-negotiable)
Training with PLC, HMI, Visual Basic, etc.
Strong background in industrial communication with the ability to design, install, and troubleshoot Ethernet/IP, DeviceNet, DH+, Hart, RS232, and DH485 etc.
Ability to install operating systems and Industrial applications on Microsoft Windows XP, 2000-2003 server, Windows 7

AutoCAD Mechanical, Electrical, and Inventor drawing skills preferred
Experience with Client/Server architecture, VM’s, SQL databases, RSSQL, and Ignition by Inductive Automation is a plus

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