Duties

• Responsible for troubleshooting and repairing electrical and instrument problems encountered prior to and during the assigned work shift.
• Assist with the design, installation and modifications to new and existing electrical and electronic equipment. Assist in the writing of programs for PLC and AC & DC drives.
• Responsible for completing work orders as scheduled by using the procedures, tools and parts specified on the work order. Also responsible for accurately documenting the completion of work orders and submitting change requests for updating and improving procedures and PM's. Accountable for all labor, parts and miscellaneous supplies used on the work orders.
• Responsible for monitoring all plant equipment, noting each machine's performance and reporting any discrepancies or abnormalities to the E&I Coordinator and Team Manager.
• Responsible for correcting any unsafe conditions on the machines and immediately notifying the Team Manager and E&I Coordinator. Responsible for knowing and adhering to safety rules and standard operating procedures.
• Responsible for identifying preventive maintenance improvements for plant equipment and for developing preventive maintenance for new equipment and equipment expansions.
• Responsible for thoroughly understanding product quality expectations and contributors to product quality.
• Provide positive contributions and ideas at regularly scheduled maintenance work order meetings.
• Support and participate in the safety and quality improvement processes.
• Provide assistance to the Mechanical Maintenance Technicians during situations in which such actions will increase the overall effectiveness of the work being performed.
• Utilize the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to document completed work, view work order status and priority, obtain stores inventory information, obtain vendor contact information, and to view machine maintenance history.
• Provide support and assistance to the maintenance and production groups.
• Perform other duties as identified by the Team Manager or the Production Manager. Assist the shift teams as required by the Team Manager.

Qualifications

Minimum high school diploma. Associate degree in electronics is preferred with 2-4 years of industry experience in the electronics field.

Requires electrical and electronic knowledge. Specifically, E&I maintenance technicians will be required to apply knowledge and skills pertaining to PLC's, drives, panel views, wiring, proximity switches, breakers, fuses, encoders, controllers, calibration, switchgear, conduit, multimeters, wire stretching, thermocouples, transducers, relays, fault indicators, input and output devices, schematics, grounding and bonding, preventive maintenance, AC and DC motors, and system design. Electrical and Instrumentation technicians are also expected to be able to apply these concepts to troubleshooting efforts. Requires capability of learning and utilizing the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).