Maintenance/Engineering - Repair & Maintenance Electrical & Instrumentation Clerk I

Gildan•Martinsville, VA

95d

About The Position

The Maintenance Tech IV provides maintenance services and support for the VSC’s Total Productive Maintenance program. The role assists with facility-wide preventive maintenance, breakdowns, repairs, and projects, and provides advanced programming, troubleshooting, and improvement support for automated systems. The technician serves as a lead technician, providing training and support to other technicians, including new hires. The position maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs VSC equipment and facility systems, following operation manuals, drawings, manufacturer specifications, and applicable building and electrical codes. It includes responsibility for assigned preventive maintenance, work orders, continuous improvement, and safe, reliable, efficient operation of machinery. The technician also performs a variety of facility, vehicle, lift-truck, and snow-removal maintenance tasks.

Requirements

External candidates: A two-year A.A.S. or A.E. degree in Electrical & Instrumentation, Electronics, Mechatronics, or Applied Engineering & Design.
External candidates: At least 2 years of relevant maintenance experience; 4 years preferred.
Internal candidates: 3 years of experience as a Senior Maintenance Technician (Maintenance Technician III).
Ability to read, write, and perform basic math functions.
Ability to follow oral and written instructions and communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Intermediate PC skills, including MS Excel, MS Word, internet, and email.
Ability to adhere to safety guidelines and procedures and safely use a digital multimeter.
Ability to work independently with little direction and establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
Ability to lift heavy objects and work at heights up to 90 feet.
Ability to fabricate items using machinery such as a milling machine, lathe, brake, shear, band saw, and drill press.
Ability to service forklifts, forklift batteries, battery chargers, and battery changers.
Ability to interpret and use complex technical manuals, electrical schematics, flow diagrams, ladder logic, and block diagrams.
Ability to perform the job professionally and as a team-oriented employee.

Nice To Haves

External candidates: 2–4 years of experience troubleshooting and repairing automated systems such as conveyors, storage and retrieval systems, and tilt sorters.
Experience with PLC setup, programming, and troubleshooting.
Experience with VFD setup, installation, and troubleshooting.
Experience with HMI and SCADA systems.
Internal candidates: A two-year A.A.S. or A.E. degree in Electrical & Instrumentation, Electronics, Mechatronics, or Applied Engineering & Design is preferred but not required.
Internal candidate knowledge of and troubleshooting experience with Buemer Tilt Tray Sorters and automated storage and retrieval systems.
Internal candidate familiarity with Eaton Kenway Case Cranes, Webb Triax Pallet Cranes, and Dematic EMS systems.
Internal candidate knowledge of conveyor systems, MDR setup and troubleshooting, accumulating roller conveyors, belt and chain conveyors, and diverts and merges.
Internal candidate experience with PLC setup and troubleshooting and VFD setup, installation, and troubleshooting.
Internal candidate experience with HMI and SCADA systems, including Rockwell FactoryTalk View and Wonderware.
Internal candidate knowledge of plant systems such as air compressors, HVAC systems, and exhaust fans, as well as forklift and battery maintenance.
Knowledge and experience across hydraulic, mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, and electronic trades.

Responsibilities

Provide advanced programming, troubleshooting, and improvement support for automated systems, including PLCs, VFDs, scanners, communication modules, and HMIs.
Serve as lead technician and provide training and support to other technicians, including new hires.
Install, perform preventive maintenance on, and repair advanced system components such as PLCs, AC and DC drives, HMIs, scanners, ASCII converters, communication modules, and encoders.
Maintain assigned departments according to management guidelines, including conducting routine checks and scheduled audits of preventive maintenance and work orders.
Create, allocate, and audit work orders for assigned departments.
Participate in continuous improvement activities to ensure preventive maintenance and work orders sustain equipment in good working order.
Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair assets using manuals, drawings, manufacturer specifications, and applicable building and electrical codes.
Ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of machinery and equipment, including clearing faults, jams, and crashes.
Record required data for reports concerning analysis, errors, and maintenance activities.
Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair conveyors and their mechanical and automated components.
Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair automatic storage and retrieval cranes and their components.
Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair automatic sorters and their components.
Maintain and test general functions of the fire safety monitoring system, including reporting, pump and generator maintenance, valve and sprinkler-head replacement, and calibration.
Complete all assigned preventive maintenance.
Develop the understanding of HK system software and WonderWare needed to safely and effectively operate, maintain, and repair VSC equipment.
Install, perform preventive maintenance on, and repair dock doors, locks, levelers, chocks, and lights.
Install, perform preventive maintenance on, and repair facility lights, fixtures, and ballasts.
Install, perform preventive maintenance on, and repair facility plumbing, including sinks, toilets, faucets, ice machines, and garbage disposals.
Install, perform preventive maintenance on, and repair plant equipment such as bailers, cardboard conveyors, heat seal machines, and pallet jacks.
Safely use and maintain facility and Maintenance Department vehicles and equipment, including trucks, loaders, scissor lifts, boom lifts, and forklifts.
Assist with the VSC lift-truck and battery program, including vehicle maintenance, towing disabled or stuck vehicles, battery changes and watering, and maintenance of battery-changing equipment.
Assemble, repair, or relocate office furniture and equipment.
Remove snow and ice from the plant and perform preventive maintenance and repairs on snow-removal equipment.
Perform directed work safely and reasonably, work independently with little direction, and maintain effective working relationships with others.