Controls Technician

2 weeks ago

Macon, United States First Quality Enterprises, Inc Full time

**First Quality** was founded in 1989 and, in nearly three decades, has grown to be a global privately held company with over 4,000 employees. Its corporate offices are located in Great Neck, New York, with manufacturing facilities and offices in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, and Canada. First Quality is a diversified family of companies manufacturing consumer products ranging from Absorbent Hygiene (adult incontinence, feminine care, and baby care), Tissue (bath and towel), and Industrial (print and packaging materials and thermoformed plastics), serving institutional and retail markets throughout the world. First Quality focuses on private label and branded product lines.

Our core business philosophy is built on a proud culture driven by safety and quality, respect, humility, integrity, customer focus, and teamwork. With leading edge manufacturing technologies and processes and visionary leadership, First Quality is positioned to continue significant growth in the coming years. We are looking for an experienced **Controls Technician **for our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility located in **Macon, GA.**

**The primary purpose of this role is to troubleshoot and maintain controls components and systems for production and associated utility equipment to insure highest reliability, proper line performance, and safe operation.**

**MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 12 HOUR NIGHT SHIFT**

**Principal Accountabilities/ Responsibilities**:

- Observes all OSHA and company safety always rules and uses the proper safety equipment. Notifies Supervisor of potential electrical hazards and takes immediate corrective action. Demonstrates basic National Electrical Code understanding.
- Troubleshoots, repairs, replaces, and calibrates electrical sensors including photoelectric, inductive, capacitive, magnetic, pressure, temperature, weight, and position sensors.
- Troubleshoots, repairs, replaces, and commissions all electrical control devices including AC drives, DC drives, Servo Controllers, contactors, motors, breakers, solenoids power supplies and indicator lights.
- Troubleshoots, repairs, replaces, and commissions all PLC/HMI based hardware including processors, discrete and analog I/O cards, power supplies, network adapters, Distributed I/O, dedicated operator interfaces such as PanelView, PC based interfaces and message displays such as FactoryTalkView.
- Diagnoses problems using laptop computers interfaced to PLC’s, HMI’s and servo systems utilizing electrical schematics, meters, oscilloscopes, and any additional resources available.
- Makes small program changes in PLC’s logic, HMI’s programs, and servo controller logic to aid in the diagnosis and repair of machine problems.
- Makes wiring/programming changes on all production equipment as required. ∙ Performs electrical preventative maintenance at scheduled intervals as assigned.
- Assists Production, Maintenance, Process and Project Engineers to meet daily priorities, coverage, and special projects.
- Assists with projects and equipment installations as necessary.
- Shares knowledge and techniques with team members and assists with training of new personnel.
- Attends all training seminars provided by the company when applicable.
- Maintains a clean and orderly work area.

**Education and experience requirements**:

- High School Diploma with Associates Degree in electronics or equivalent. ∙ Preferred 1-3 years of industrial experience.
- Has fundamental knowledge of electrical theory and principles of operation, including Solid knowledge of three phase, single phase, and DC power; Familiar with NEC and standard wiring practices; Utilizes meters and oscilloscopes to identify electrical problems; Reads electrical schematics.
- Has advanced knowledge of all controllers-based hardware and software, including Reads and make small changes to PLC ladder logic; Reads and troubleshoot motion control/servo programs; Reads HMI software to identify its effects on the equipment; Follows data and signals from one controller to another over various networks.
- Standard knowledge of product specifications, quality requirements, production goals, efficiency, and waste, including Knows products specifications and the processes that affect them; Understands the impact of downtime and waste on production efficiency.
- Good communication skills: Works closely with the production team to identify and resolve problems; Communicates with the parts department to ensure adequate spares.
- Good analytical skills: Identifies problems and isolates them to specific components through tests and observations; Performs electrical troubleshooting utilizing a logical and time effective approach.

With assistance, can operate production equipment.
- Makes quick and accurate electrical repairs and program changes: Must have in-depth knowledge of the production equipment and processes to identify a faulty device or program; Repairs must be thorough to prevent any further downtime

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