Artazn - Technician, Electronics
About The Position
The Technician provides electrical and electronic technical services for process and control equipment across all operating departments, as well as for facility buildings, grounds, and utilities. The role secures equipment and oversees installation of new and improved equipment and systems to enhance the Division’s profitability. The technician maintains hardware and software for electrical and electronic control systems to optimize production-equipment uptime and provides troubleshooting. The role also supports maintenance electricians in learning new equipment and operations and establishing spare-parts and materials inventories. The technician participates in a rotating weekend on-call schedule, evaluates new electronic systems, recommends purchases, oversees installation and startup, and supports engineering staff in exchanging data and information for successful system operation. The technician promotes and demonstrates compliance with NFPA 70 safety standards, contributes to employee safety programs, and promotes lean, quality, and teamwork concepts. Work takes place in a manufacturing facility and may involve wet or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, working above floor level or outdoors, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, electrical-shock risks, and high noise. The role requires regular hand use and lifting, frequent standing and walking, and occasional sitting, reaching, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, touching or crawling, and talking or hearing. Required vision includes close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Requirements
- Associate degree in electronics technology.
- Technical strengths in PLCs, AC/DC drive systems, and process control instrumentation.
- Three to five years of experience with PLCs, AC/DC drive systems, and process control instrumentation.
- Ability to build team morale and commitment to goals and objectives.
- Ability to solve problems with judgment and a realistic understanding of issues, using reason when addressing emotional topics.
- Ability to solve practical problems involving concrete variables and limited standardization.
- Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduled instructions.
- Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including regular lifting or moving up to 10 pounds, frequent lifting or moving up to 25 pounds, and occasional lifting or moving up to 40 pounds unassisted.
- Close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with PLCs, AC/DC drive systems, and process control instrumentation in a heavy manufacturing environment is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Maintain hardware and software for electrical and electronic control systems to optimize production-equipment uptime and provide troubleshooting services.
- Assist maintenance electricians in learning new equipment and operations and in establishing spare-parts and materials inventories.
- Participate in the rotating weekend on-call schedule shared among available technical personnel.
- Identify new electronic systems, recommend purchases, and oversee installation and startup.
- Support engineering department members in exchanging data and information for successful system operation.
- Promote and demonstrate activities such as meeting NFPA 70 safety standards and developing employee safety programs.
- Promote lean, quality, and team concepts.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
