Electronics Technician II - Automation & Controls

About the role

This position provides automation and controls support for production.

Responsibilities

• Program PLC’s and design manufacturing control devices that utilize PLC’s, sensors, motors, servos, etc. and troubleshoot ladder logic problems.
• Provide maintenance support for all production floor automation and controls equipment.
• Develop and upgrade electronic systems for monitoring packaging and production equipment.
• Program and maintain production floor automatic data collection systems.
• Absorb and assist Maintenance Department personnel in troubleshooting automation and controls problems with production equipment.
• Design and fabricate supplemental equipment for project related activities.
• Fabricate and wire control panels for conveying systems and packaging equipment.
• Perform automation and controls preventative maintenance.
• Prepare electrical drawings as required.
• Maintain and update Software and PLC files.
• Develop project schedules, including costs, review dates, and timelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Associate’s degree in electronics; 2 years’ experience in the maintenance and programming of PLC's and electronic control devices in a manufacturing environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• MUST have a thorough working knowledge and experience in ladder logic and PLC interfacing in a manufacturing / production environment (or similar).
• The ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
• Computer Skills: Computer literate and completely versed in ladder logic programming. Complete understanding of laptop computer. Ability to know/learn programming skills required to communicate with packaging hardware.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and climb or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
• The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to electrical shock.