Electrical Automation Specialist

We are Viskase, a global market leader in our industry, offering a full range of Best-in-Class food packaging solutions and services. Our comprehensive casings portfolio includes artificial casing and service solutions.

With over 100 years of experience, we have been revolutionizing the meat processing industry. In fact, we make 30% of the world's hot dog casings. We operate 11 manufacturing facilities and 9 sales offices throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, Poland, and Philippines.

We are dedicated to improving processes for our customers through innovation, environmental consciousness, sustainable resources, and commitment to positive change.

The Electrical Automation Specialist is responsible for supporting programming, troubleshooting, calibration, project implementation, and network integration, as well as supporting the manufacturing and facilities maintenance teams on all PLC/Electrical related issues.

• Able to read and understand electrical wiring diagrams.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains processes at an industrial level.
• Demonstrate thorough understanding of industrial control systems and Programmable Logic Computers (Siemens Step 7 and Allen Bradley PLC's).
• Designing, programming, repairing, and maintaining programmable logic controller (PLC) systems.
• Effectively maintain programming, hardware networking, and communication; troubleshoot, determine causes of failure, and perform corrective actions; assist on full industrial control system project implementation on both hardware and software problems.
• Drive plant control system upgrades.
• Diagnose and correct PLC programming problems to minimize downtime.
• Diagnose, repair, and or replace electrical components of machines including but not limited to motors, relays, overloads, cables, switches, sensor, and variable speed drives.
• Calibrating instrumentation equipment.
• Able to troubleshoot and calibrate the following properly and safely: control panels using relay logic process control valves; pneumatic control systems.
• Able to interface with and troubleshoot the following motor control equipment properly and safely: motor starters, run relays; Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs); Servo motors and controls; Device net; Control net.
• Able to interface with and troubleshoot PLC's including connecting to the PLC, reading ladder logic, PLC programming, diagnosing hardware and software problems.

$60,000 - $90,000 per year

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Satisfactory completion of an apprenticeship program and/or several years as a journeyman electrician.
• Experience with and thorough understanding of PLC programming, troubleshooting, and maintaining.
• Experience should include designing, programming, repairing, and maintaining PLC systems.
• Knowledge of Siemen's Step 7 or Allen Bradley PLCs a significant plus.