Controls Engineer in Johnson City

Job DescriptionJob Description

• Elaborate plans for maintaining the manufacturing process critical equipment up to date with the latest available technologies from the manufacturer and/or competitive sources.
• Elaborate and Propose plans for CI continuous Improvement of the manufacturing process critical equipment with specific aim at improving: Uptime, MTBF and overall reliability.
• Elaborate and Propose plans for annual CAPEX projects.
• Assist and coach manufacturing and maintenance Supervisors and Technicians with prioritizing maintenance daily work schedule and PMs/TPM activities and troubleshooting.
• Assist and coach the spare parts management system coordinator.
• Write and document preventive maintenance procedures, calibration procedures and training especially during commissioning of new or upgraded equipment. 
• Liaison between IT and plant for manufacturing network issues and troubleshooting.
• Flexible work schedule includes some weekend activity and on-call support for off-hours protocol

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

• BS Degree Electrical or Electronic Engineering, proficiency in AutoCAD and MSOffice systems
• Experience with instrumentation and maintenance in industrial automation in a high-volume fast-paced environment working/trouble shooting with production and maintenance personnel
• Experience with lean techniques and structured quality systems. 
• Working knowledge of Siemens PLC programs installing, troubleshooting, programming and tuning AC/DC/VFD motor drives, single/multi loops Siemens controllers and PLC’s.
• Use ladder logic and P&ID diagrams for automation, including: extruder motors, melt and liquid pumps load cells, temperature pressure level controllers, tension winding unwinding controllers. 
• Experience in extrusion or injection molding production and/or web handling/transport, linear tension control systems, load cells, general instrumentation calibrations environment
• Experience reading/editing and understanding documents associated with electrical, instrumentation and automation systems (including process loop drawings, P&IDs, schematics, wiring diagrams, installation details, logic diagrams, mechanical prints and specification sheets).
• HMI software programming skills: WinCC, Wonderware or similar data Historians and Loggers.
• PLC programming skills: SIEMENS (required), Automation DIRECT, AB, Mitsubishi PLCs (plus).
• Networking skills with industrial networks (ProfiNet, Ethernet / IP, DeviceNet, TCP/IP protocol).
• Write inventive maintenance procedures, calibration procedures.

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