Shift Controls and Metrology Technician

Corning•Town of Erwin, NY

25d•Onsite

About The Position

Corning is a world leader in glass, ceramic, and materials science, known for its innovation and ability to push the boundaries of what's possible. The company's technologies impact various sectors, including life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. This role serves as an Electrical Controls and Metrology Technician resource for process improvement, cost reduction, and continuous improvement projects at a manufacturing site. The primary function is on-shift technical support for the manufacturing process, including first-level process and equipment troubleshooting. The technician will support daily manufacturing operations by providing technical assistance to the plant's control and metrology systems for the production of cellular ceramic products. This involves troubleshooting electrical and controls issues affecting equipment availability and product quality, monitoring equipment and product performance, and providing technical guidance to multidisciplinary operations groups. The role also involves interfacing with the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), submitting production reports, performing shift turnovers, collecting and analyzing data for troubleshooting, and assisting with the introduction of new operations, equipment, processes, and products.

Requirements

Minimum HS diploma or equivalent required
Equipment/controls/lab/programming experience
Experience with graphical user interface. human machine interface (HMI), and programmable logic controller (PLC).
Experience with control system troubleshooting.
Experience working within cross functional teams.
Possesses an understanding of general mechanics and ability to apply that understanding during troubleshooting and system implementation.
Sound problem solving and decision-making skills.
Highly motivated, results oriented, customer focused, with a high commitment level.
Dependable, highly motivated self-starter, able to work with minimal supervision
Flexible and adaptable; willing to work outside of role to move the business forward
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Able to work across multiple functional areas
Technical curiosity

Nice To Haves

Two-year technical degree or Bachelor’s Degree preferred
Experience with Allen-Bradley, Allen-Bradley Safety PLCs, FANUC robots, FANUC CNC machines.
Familiar with state-of-the-art technologies in the following areas: control systems integration, controls architectures, motion control systems, electro-mechanical drive systems, robotics, part sensing, vision, risk assessment, and safety systems.
Experience with PID control loop tuning and techniques.
Experience working closely with IT & process engineers to implement control sequence logic (both time-based and event-based), fail-safe states and process / equipment recovery sequences.
Manufacturing experience and ability to work in a manufacturing environment.
Computer vision system experience.
Experience with programming manufacturing systems using higher level programming languages: C++ or C#, VB or VB.Net
Robot programming skills.
Sound knowledge of the rules and regulation relating to implementation and best practices in electrical system design and implementation: National Electric Code, NFPA 79 Specification, NFPA 70e Specification, ANSI and IEC electrical symbols, Grounding and shielding of electrical systems

Responsibilities

Serve as an operational resource for troubleshooting of production equipment / process in the Diesel Manufacturing facility in Painted Post NY to support 24/7 manufacturing.
Initiate and maintain relationships with Operations, Maintenance, Controls, Process, Equipment Engineering to provide first responder support for manufacturing. Focus will be to safely get the process/equipment back in operation and performing at established rates and quality. Detailed reports of activities will be communicated to Operations and within the Engineering groups.
Work closely with controls engineers to implement control sequence logic (both time-based and event-based), fail-safe states, and process /equipment recovery sequences.
Drive daily improvement of metrology systems though use of calibration and statistical process monitoring.
Provide on floor leadership for solving technical issues with a cross functional team.