Automation and Controls Technician , Waddell | Wartung & Reparatur

THE RAUCH FAMILY:

Grew up big but still small: founded in 1919 in Austria, we are a 4th generation family owned business. Our constant ambition for the highest quality made RAUCH what it is today – a worldwide leading beverage company.

• Maintains a safe and secure work environment, including correcting unsafe acts/conditions, facilitating safety meetings, performing safety inspections, and investigating accidents, as required.
• Evaluate and troubleshoot facility and manufacturing control systems consisting of PLCs, VFD’s, computer controls, HMI interfaces, as well as controls and process instrumentation.
• Troubleshoot or modify existing PLC programs and make system hardware recommendations to resolve operation problems, improve processes, to support factory initiatives and continuous improvement.
• Design control systems and prepare drawings, P&IDs, specifications, and scopes of work.
• Document and maintain revisions to existing automated systems and maintain appropriate PLC, and computer software/hardware information.
• Design and implement improvements to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve reliability of existing plant and manufacturing control systems and equipment.
• Support and assist Maintenance personnel in troubleshooting, testing, modifying, and installing electrical equipment and control systems.
• Support maintenance department with implementation of SAP work orders and maintenance hour tracking and adjustment. ·
• Advanced understanding of networks and ability to troubleshoot common outages and system communication issues.
• Repairs critical electrical equipment and performs preventive and predictive maintenance and completes projects such as mechanical and electrical hardware and software upgrades.
• Repairs and replaces control devices such as switches, proximity sensors, push buttons, contractors, motor starts, thermocouples, etc. as needed.
• Reads electrical drawings for conveyors, machines, and building.
• Repairs, maintains, and troubleshoots electrical breakdowns associated with high-speed packaging and processing machinery to ensure continuous production operations.
• Performs efficient troubleshooting and repair to maximize efficiencies and limit downtime.
• Maintains and repairs electrical breakdowns in operation, which includes packaging equipment, motors, conveyors, ovens, VFD’s, PLC’s, wrappers, palletizers, robotics, blending operations, etc.
• Repairs and replaces defective components in motors, generators, controllers, switchboards, conductors, switches and varied electrical fixtures.
• Maintains calibrating of instrumentation and supporting records.
• Performs defensive repair and preservation of electronic and electrical systems, equipment, and devices.
• Tests solid-state circuitry to determine defective components along with defective parts replacement.
• Effectively responds to directions during emergencies by understanding emergency procedures, equipment, and systems as necessary;
  Implements contingency plan to the level required.
• Complies with environmental regulations when using, dispensing, or handling hazardous and non-hazardous materials and waste.
• Must be willing to have hands‑on involvement with industrial equipment.
• Other duties as assigned by managers or leads.

• 5+ years experience in manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years related experience as an Automation and Controls Technician.
• Experience with industrial equipment including PLCs, computers, computer networks and high-speed packaging and filling equipment.
• Experience in a Food and Beverage manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge and skill in programming PLC’s using Ladder Logic, Function Block, Structured Text, and Statement logic.
• Knowledge of Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
• Knowledge of communication protocols [Fieldbus, Modbus, Profibus, Control Net, Device Net, HART, Ethernet TCP/IP, Fiber and OPC]
• Knowledge of power distribution (single phase, three phase, low Voltage, medium voltage, high Voltage)
• Knowledgeable in instrumentation calibration of pressure, temperature, flow, level etc.
• Advanced computer skills and proficiency in MS Office and other windows-based programs
• Ability to read…