Process Automation Technician

Process Automation Technician

Job Description

Job Title: Electrical & Controls Technician

Department: Maintenance

Supervises: N/A

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Rate: 56.65 Hourly + 1.50 differenial for nights

Shift: Mid or nights

Benefits: We offer a substantialbenefits package including insurance (medical/dental/vision/life/disability/supplemental offerings), 401k (company contribution regardless of employee participation – plus match), liberal paid time off (vacation, personal floating and standard holidays), Employee Assistance Services, and offer a Stock Purchase Program.

Summary

The Electrical & Controls Technician coordinates and executes maintenance automation and controls functions safely in the facility so the plant equipment and services perform at maximum levels and minimize unscheduled interruption of the plant operation. This position also trains, coaches, teaches and counsels others on electrical controls maintenance procedures and best practices. Strong skills in planning and organizing are required. Knowledge of programmable logic controllers, electrical systems, and process control systems is required.

The Electrical & Controls Technician is a key contributor to the continuous improvements of critical plant performance metrics in the areas of safety, quality and productivity. This role is essential to the successful operations of the Denver Roofing plant. The Electrical & Controls Technician is an hourly position reporting to Maintenance Leader.

• •Follows the plant safety process and ensures that good safety habits are instilled in the craft labor.
• •Maintains an awareness of all safety issues within area of responsibility and responds with appropriate urgency to correct safety issues identified.
• •Designs program safety into the electrical systems.

• •Ensures operation of machinery and electrical controls equipment by completing preventive maintenance

• •Instructs crafts persons in proper electrical controls installation and repair techniques as appropriate
• •Recommends qualified contractors to the Maintenance Leader for performing electrical controls work at the site.
• •Responsible for insuring contractors follow NEC and OC standards when doing electrical controls work at the Site.
• •Inspects electrical controls work in progress to ensure correct labor utilization and evaluate training

• •Accountable for keeping the Maintenance Leader appraised of electrical controls equipment conditions so that situations of major significance can be planned for to avoid major production downtime
• •Provides technical information to support planned electrical controls preventive maintenance to minimize production downtime
• •Defines electrical controls spare parts needs, such that inventories are maintained at appropriate levels
• •Plans and lays out repair work, using diagrams, drawings, maintenance manuals, and schematic diagrams
• •For planned new equipment purchases and installations where no maintenance history exists, applies maintenance and repair “best practices” to assure maximum reliability
• •Insures electrical drawings are kept up to date.
• •Other duties that are reasonably associated with the above functions of the job.

JOB

• •Two-year associates degree in electrical technologies or equivalent preferred
• •3 years relevant industrial electrical maintenance experience preferred

• •Programmable Logic Controllers: PLC components, I/O Systems, instructions, PLC programming, communication protocols, drivers, power supplies, expansion/retrofits, and system development (Allen Bradley Suite and Ignition preferred).
• •Electrical Systems: servos, variable frequency drives, measuring systems, DC circuits, batteries, transformers, AC circuits, three-phase systems, wiring, control relays, across-the-line starters, limit switches, electronic switching and electrical energy and power relationships.
• •Process