Controls Technician - 12-Hour Night Shift - Columbus Plant

What You'll Do

• Perform repairs and troubleshoot high speed equipment and plant utility systems; make machine adjustments to case packers, palletizers, sleevers, labelers, and other equipment for proper operation
• Perform Preventative Maintenance on equipment to ensure proper operation
• Troubleshoot and repair/replace variable frequency drives (VFDs), vision systems and barcode scanners, video-jet ink printers, computer control systems
• Install various components including: seals, bushings, couplings, bearings, O-rings, gaskets, adhesives, belts, chains, rollers, sprockets, gears and sheaves, cylinders, etc.
• Wire and repair/replace electric motors; repair basic wiring, install/replace correct size fuses, troubleshoot motor overload protection and contactors
• Use electrical tools such as Multi-meter and Megger
• Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting problems with AC drive systems and PLCs
• Ability to make emergency repairs with welding and fabricating brackets
• Use guidelines within National Electric Code (NEC); read electrical schematics and wire directly from wiring diagrams
• Access and interpret PLC logic via a laptop computer or desktop station and properly maintain a PLC
• Accountable for maintaining various hand tools and equipment; drills, wrenches, micrometers, calipers, torches, welders, lathe, mill, multimeter, grinders, bandsaw, etc.
• Follow all plant and department procedures, GMP’s and plant safety rules.
• Keep all work areas clean by following 5S protocol.
• Follow all maintenance safety procedures; LOTO

Shift

12-hour night shift - 6:00pm to 6:30am – with rotating onsite days. Example of rotating schedule: Week 1: Sun, Wed, Thurs; Week 2: Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of electrician, controls technician, or industrial experience
• Electrical technical degree, or High School Diploma/GED and 2+ years of equivalent experience in an Instrumentation or related role
• Able to access and interpret PLC logic via a laptop computer or desktop station and understanding of wiring schematics
• Understanding of the wiring schematics to properly maintain a PLC
• Experience with Allen Bradley, Rockwell, RSLogix including but not limited to VFD’s and PLC’s

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or higher in an electrical technical field
• Experience with Instrumentation – performing calibrations and critical PM’s on equipment components to ensure operation within proper tolerances
• Experience with Instruments. Examples: Pressure, flow, temperature, humidity, level, weight or scale experience; using 4-20 mA loop control, 0-10V control, calibration procedures, setup and verification with other equipment, etc.
• Able to repair and rebuild: centrifugal/positive displacement pumps, capper chucks and filler valves, etc.
• Able to work with Plant engineering team to develop sustainable more robust systems into our asset care programs