Maintenance Admin - Engineer Controls

DEPARTMENT:
Maintenance

JOB TITLE:

Project and Electrical Controls Engineer
FLSA STATUS:
Exempt

REPORTS TO:

Engineering Manager

SUMMARY:

Performs daily support and troubleshooting, project management, a variety of engineering work in designing, planning, implementing, constructing, operating and maintaining systems, procedures, equipment and facilities. Works closely with other engineers in the development and application of systems, procedures and equipment to increase production quality, efficiency or volume. Keeps necessary records, develops and presents reports and other documentation. Investigates rejects and failure patterns, and performs root cause analyses using a variety of problem-solving techniques.

Develops, implements and works to instructions, specifications and procedures, both written and verbal. Acts to maintain the integrity of processes and products. Performs related and additional duties as required.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Designs new electrical controls for production machinery fabricated at Asten Johnson Hampton facility. Which includes meeting with production personal, vendor, directing contractors, debugging software, and engineering support when in production

Designs new equipment upgrades on existing Allen Bradley, GE Fanuc and Siemens PLC's, relays, contractors, electromechanical, electronic and electrical components as it applies to production machinery and instrumentation

* Diagnose and repair DC drives and 3-phase 460 AC drives, motor controllers, pressure sensors and circuit boards

* Will support the parts department which includes spare parts inventory, locating part that are no longer available, and sending out bids for electrical parts
Will provide engineering support for diagnosing and repairing electrical control problems in automated equipment in a large Industrial manufacturing plant
Power distribution design
Diagnose chronic problems, perform inspections, and calibrations as needed
Will be responsible for documentation upkeep for all new electrical designs and electrical changes (electrical drawings, working procedures, machine documents, PLC software, drives programs, and temperature controller programs) at Production Lines and communicating the results to support staff
Interface with Venders to specify the right equipment, cost and delivery time for the job
This job supports a maintenance staff in a plant which runs 24/7
Project Management (Responsible for not only design but parts procurement and Contractors for installations)
This job supports electrical problems at AJNW after hours either by phone or in person for support accordingly to resolve issues timely.
Core plant working hours are Monday through Friday from 7am-4pm.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum of 5 years prior experience in an industrial control setting
BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Computer skills:
Microsoft Office, CMMS, and Prior PLC logic programming experience, AC and DC drives programming, Temperature controllers programming, AutoCAD Software, C++ training a plus
Self-Motivated and Team-Oriented experience
Work well with all levels of management and trades, and must have good communication skills.

REQUIRED TRAINING:

NFPA 70E Arc Flash training
LOTO
Elevated Work Platform Safety training

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

50% Office environment
50% On the Production Floor (Walking, Kneeling, Lift 35

Lbs)

Pay range starts at $130,000 annual salary