Automation Intern

Responsibilities

• Quotes
• Advise sales needed/missing information to provide an accurate quote.
• Interact with customer/vendor to gather information required to do an accurate quote.
• Advise sales on constraints from customer that are unrealistic, costly, risky, etc.
• Request advice from others in department on issues outside of expertise.
• Provide accurate numbers & disclaimers to customers for quotes.
• Electrical Drawings
• Read and interpret electrical drawings.
• Research panel components connections & draw them on the electrical drawing.
• Appropriately mark electrical drawing for revisions & stages with proper approvals.
• Order panel component parts & account for the lead time required.
• Panel Building
• Review parts list and inventory them in an organized fashion for assigned projects.
• Contact appropriate people about missing items.
• Read the electrical drawings & build panels to specifications on drawing.
• Give feedback on electrical drawing errors.
• Automation Programming
• Identify device control boundaries of sequencers instances & pin charts.
• Produce pin charts & review with process engineer.
• Conform code structure that applies for the project.
• Document code.
• Follow directions from a superior, or an assigned superior, for a project.
• Set-up & recipe screens to organize in a logical fashion based on production mode, chronological write order, and flow paths.
• Panel Building & Programming Testing
• Program networks that support IO in panel(s).
• Double check wire labels, solenoid labels, terminal labels, etc. for correctness.
• Check every IO point for communication to PLC code for assigned projects.
• Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning
• Set-up and verify field instruments, VFD, PLC IO, and HMI clients.
• Informing supervisor of concerns or delays with commission of the automation system while onsite.
• Watch people and control system interaction and detect unforeseen bad events that can be avoided by changing the code with approval from superior.
• On the fly code changes with low risk of bringing system down.
• Assist in training operators and answer questions.
• Internal Software Development
• Take a software/idea & formulate layout for the code.
• Develop and document the code.
• Test and maintain internal software for the end users.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in college/university for automation related curriculum.