Controls & Automation Tech

For over 100 years, BlueScope continues to build on our reputation of quality brands and products, leading technology, and a customer-first spirit. Through our global brands, we are one of the largest manufacturers of building solutions in the world. Our diverse, bright, and inspired workforce is committed to bettering the communities we serve through breakthrough thinking and innovations. Your goals, ideas, and perspective can help shape our future.

Responsibilities

• Ensures engineering drawings, maintenance procedures, and technical information are kept up to date.
• Confers with the engineering department and recommends design or material changes.
• Develops and/or updates maintenance SOPs, strategies, and standards.
• Identifies safety hazards for both maintenance and production employees and develops appropriate actions.
• Identifies and implements process equipment improvements utilizing reliability-based maintenance philosophy.
• Provides direction to maintenance associates and contract labor.
• Works with planners/scheduler to develop detailed shutdown work plans.
• Optimizes spares holding levels, develops efficient supply contracts, and minimizes stock holding costs.
• Develops and organizes training programs for maintenance associates that apply to operations, maintenance, and safety.
• Carries out root cause analysis on equipment failures and takes appropriate measures to prevent failures from reoccurring.
• Promotes the use of rational process in problem solving and decision making.
• Develops capital requests, cost justifications, and project management.
• Implements standardization of HMIs and PLCs, including training and supporting technical specifications.
• Establishes repair priorities through communications with the operating departments, line maintenance associates, and planners.
• Determines whether to buy new or repair.
• Communicates with vendors for the purpose of timely repairs.
• Creates work orders and MSOs as needed.
• Determines the most cost-effective repair method.
• Documents activities and status in the work orders.
• Communicates with engineers where design changes may be required because of repetitive repairs.
• Keeps planners informed as to the status of equipment repair.
• Reviews the addition of spare and bulk parts.
• Takes on maintenance excellence projects to improve efficiency.
• Researches purchasing department spare part procurement problems.
• Reviews PMs for best efficiency as per RCM methods.
• Handles repairable spare storeroom items.
• Executes inspection of storeroom fabricated parts.
• Assists engineers with maintenance and engineering infrastructure improvements.
• Promotes common spare parts.
• Assists in other functions as directed.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Short and long-term disability
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan