Electrical Maintenance Technician, 2nd & 3rd Shift

Troubleshooting

• Troubleshoot equipment downtime issues using prints with an emphasis on electrical issues related to wiring, switches, sensors, etc.
• Provide advanced support to various software packages and controls documents.
• Troubleshoot PLC programs, drive and scanner issues, as needed, for efficient operation of plant machinery.
• Troubleshoot HMI Interface and graphics applications for more efficient operator interaction.
• Control “PG” and laptop devices that are necessary for troubleshooting equipment.

Program Actions

• Identify and make recommendations for program actions needed to ensure that major issues are resolved.

Collaboration

• Work in partnership with maintenance technicians, machine vendors and GKN manufacturing engineers to assist in the development of effective automated PLC control and drive systems, to support the production requirements and goals.

Equipment Procedures

• Ensure that proper equipment shutdown and startup procedures are followed.

Robot Issues

• Troubleshoot robot issues and reteach/touchup points as needed.

Maintenance Guidance

• Provide direction and train maintenance personnel in corrective maintenance, proper wiring and installation of electronic equipment.

Engineering Support

• Assist controls engineers system access, backups and data recovery.

Vendor Communication

• Contact vendors to resolve problems related to controls issues.

Safety Certifications

• Maintain Lockout/Tagout, CPR, First Aid, Confined Space Entry and other safety related certifications.

Qualifications & Experience

• AS in controls technology from accredited college or university or Journey Electrician required.
• Siemens S7 programming required.
• 4 years experience in manufacturing environment (preferably in Automated production) in lieu of AS degree or Journeyman Electrician.
• Aptitude to understand logic control (relay & PLC) and how to manipulate the logic to repair problems.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distributions, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Successfully defines problems, collects data, establishes facts, and draws valid conclusions.
• Able to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.