Controls Electrician - Full-time / Part-time

The primary role of the Controls Electrician is to provide leadership within the engineering department in the areas of electrical, mechanical, and control systems design and documentation. The successful Controls Electrician will also recommend and implement process improvements, assist engineering management in project development, planning, and installation, and be a resource to all floor engineers and operations personnel.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Other duties may be assigned):

• Design and install: PLC control systems and operator interfaces on major projects as well as smaller scale projects. Effectively maintain programming, hardware networking and communication; troubleshoot, determine causes of failure and perform corrective actions; oversee full industrial control system project implementation on both hardware and software problems
• Project support: Support internal projects to include plant control system upgrades. Ability to read and interpret mechanical blueprints, electrical schematics and parts specifications.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Indirect supervision of contractor work on projects and floor engineers when troubleshooting equipment

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.
• Extensive hands-on PLC programming experience including new design and installation startups
• Must thoroughly understand and have experience interfacing PLCs with: AC/DC and servo drives, instrumentation, sensors, bar code readers, and HMI.
• Experience programming and replacing various operator interfaces including: PanelView/ PanelView+
• Thorough understanding of drive parameters and how to apply them on the plant floor: Entering basic motor nameplate data, 2-wire/3-wire control, dynamic braking, DC Hold, drive tuning, scaling analog inputs and outputs.
• Ability to interpret existing drive wiring and parameters from one brand and retrofit with another
• Ability to develop HMI applications beyond simple buttons and data entry boxes. Examples of this include but are not limited to: utilizing parameter files and a single screen to operate duplicate devices, macros, VBA, and various proprietary scripting
• Extensive background with Controls networking: DeviceNet, Ethernet/IP, Serial-over-Ethernet, Hart, DH+, RS232, DH485
• Ability to troubleshoot Multi-PLC messaging between different classes of PLCs: SLC 5/03-4-5, PLC5/40, ControLogix
• Through knowledge of communications software: RSlinx Classic, RSlinx Enterprise, and RSNetWorx products
• Basic understanding of DCOM and computer security
• Ability to provide network troubleshooting using: BOOTP, ARP, PING, ROUTE, IPCONFIG, DHCP, and SNMP

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• 1 to 2 years of previous experience with troubleshooting and programming PLC's (preferably Allen Bradley)
• Prior experience in a protein/dairy manufacturing facility
• Ability to interpret blueprints and schematics
• Must have own set of tools (non-negotiable)
• Training with PLC, HMI, Visual Basic, etc.
• Strong background in industrial communication with the ability to design, install, and troubleshoot Ethernet/IP, DeviceNet, DH+, Hart, RS232, and DH485 etc.
• Ability to install operating systems and Industrial applications on Microsoft Windows XP, 2000-2003 server, Windows 7
• AutoCAD Mechanical, Electrical, and Inventor drawing skills preferred
• Experience with Client/Server architecture, VMs, SQL databases, RSSQL, and Ignition by Inductive Automation is a plus

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• RSLogic 500 and RSLogix 5000 Programming
• Fanuc Handling Tool or Pallet Tool
• RSview Supervisory Edition