Controls Technician - 2nd Shift

Job Purpose

Safely perform and/or assist in the design, build, troubleshooting and approval of electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and robotic controls.  Also, assist in the preparation of control standards and technical manuals.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist maintenance in troubleshooting down production equipment.
• Robot recovering and programming.
• Conduct research and development activities associated with design and testing of control circuits, power requirements, programmable controls, and hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Determine conditions for testing or evaluating existing difficulties associated with control circuits, hydraulic and pneumatic systems and help determine course of correction and implement correction.
• Contact vendors to specify control equipment necessary to maintain machine operation or development of machinery.Assist in training plant personnel regarding technical subjects related to use and set-up of machinery, as well as, use of programmable controllers and other control equipment according to specifications.
• Coordinate company personnel and external individuals to design, develop and install equipment according to specifications.
• Develop and maintain company controls specifications and maintenance procedures.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education Required/Preferred:

• Associates degree preferred
• 3+ years of controls related experience
• Plant floor experience 
• Rockwell Automation PLC programming and HMI development.
• Electronics and mechanical equipment, and hydraulics and pneumatics
• Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written forms.
• Mechanics and machine functions knowledge.
• Knowledge of problem solving experience troubleshooting.