SENIOR ELECTRICAL CONTROLS TECH OPENING IN SILVER SPRINGS, NY AT A LARGE FOOD MANUFACTURING PLANT. SALARY RANGE IS 70-90K WITH OVERTIME PAY AS WELL. GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN WITH A FAST GROWING ORGANIZATION.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain a safe working environment. Understand, follow, and support company policies, procedures in addition to corporate and local safety initiatives. Be proactive with safety, including anticipating unsafe behaviors, conditions, and unusual circumstances.
- Serve as a technical resource for the Silver Springs facility. Advise, consult, and facilitate activities with operators, engineers, managers, electricians, outside contractors, manufacturing representatives or other outside consultants on maintenance problems and projects. This includes identifying the hardware and software needed to provide solutions to problems.
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and train users on facility PLCs, robot controls, automated equipment, and automation systems.
- Maintain, calibrate, and train users on facility instrumentation, controllers, chart recorders, and alarm enunciators.
- Assist in the customization and adaptation of existing programs to meet users' requirements, including databases, spreadsheets, PLC software, and automation software.
- Deliver quality products and services to all internal and external customers.
- Follow all Safety, Environmental and Quality Control policies and procedures to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of facility equipment. This includes staying current with all required company and job-related training.
- Oversee capital and expense projects as requested.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:
- Familiar with the electrical and mechanical interrelationships of automated machine components.
- Familiar with intricate high-speed packaging/conveying/palletizing machinery.
- Experienced in instrumentation maintenance, calibration, and operation.
- Strong interpersonal skills, self-motivated, hands-on individual with strong team and analytical skills required to establish and maintain professional trust relationships.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Conflict resolution skills.
- Trained and well-versed in project and time management.
Position Qualifications:
- Associates degree or similar course completion in mechanical, electrical, or instrumentation technology preferred.
- Three years related industrial controls experience.
- One to three years of experience with theory/field practice of analog and digital instrument control.
Physical Requirements:
- Normal working schedule – flexible hours, weekend and overtime may be required.
- Responds to urgent or emergency situations outside of normal working hours, as needed.
- Works in seated or standing positions for prolonged periods of time.
- May perform sustained manual activities at moderate levels of exertion including lifting and moving loads of up to 50 pounds, climbing ladders/stairs and working on elevated platforms.
- Works and travels throughout surface plant environment of varied temperatures and humidity.
- Must be capable of wearing all required PPE and must be physically able to access all plant work areas.
- Uses full range of motion.
- Works in general office and manufacturing plant environment.