Job Description

• Comply with all company and departmental policies and procedure.
• Troubleshoot equipment downtime issues using prints with an emphasis on electrical issues related to wiring, switches, sensors, etc. while providing advanced support to various software packages and controls documents.
• Troubleshoot PLC programs, drive and scanner issues, as needed, for efficient operation of plant machinery. Also troubleshoot HMI Interface and graphics applications for more efficient operator interaction.
• Control “PG” and laptop devices that are necessary for troubleshooting equipment.
• Identify and make recommendations for program actions needed to ensure that major issues are resolved.
• 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.
• Ensure that proper equipment shutdown and startup procedures are followed.
• Troubleshoot robot issues and reteach/touchup points as needed.
• Provide direction and train maintenance personnel in corrective maintenance, proper wiring and installation of electronic equipment.
• Assist controls engineers system access, backups and data recovery.
• Contact vendors to resolve problems related to controls issues.
• Maintain Lockout/Tagout, CPR, First Aid, Confined Space Entry and other safety related certifications.
• Endure strict adherence to OSHA, ISO-TS 16949, ISO 14001 and other standards.

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.