Controls Technician, Sustaining

Overview

Are you ready to build America’s energy future? Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company. We’re revolutionizing energy storage with cost-effective, multi-day technology designed to keep the electric grid secure and reliable, even during extended periods of stress. By strengthening the electric system and reimagining what’s possible, we’re giving clean energy a whole new form!

In recent years, Form Energy has earned a number of accolades, including being named by TIME as a “Best Invention”, MIT Technology Review as a “Top Climate Tech Company To Watch”, and Fast Company as “One of the Next Big Things In Tech”. We are making rapid progress on our mission of delivering energy storage for a better world, and our team is growing just as rapidly to meet demand.

We have signed contracts with leading electric utilities across the United States and production of our iron-air batteries is underway at our first high-volume manufacturing facility in West Virginia.

Feeling energized to make a meaningful impact on the world? Then keep reading - you’ve come to the right place.

We are looking for an experienced controls technician to join the Manufacturing Control and Execution Systems - Sustaining team. In this role you will be responsible for both maintenance and continuous improvement of novel equipment used to manufacture Form Energy’s Iron-Air battery. This role offers an exciting opportunity to be part of a mission critical team that owns control and execution systems throughout their lifecycle including design, development, deployment, and sustaining.

Reporting to our Senior Controls Engineering Manager, Manufacturing Control and Execution Systems, you will be part of a quickly-growing manufacturing control and execution systems sustaining team. You will have opportunities in this role to develop innovative solutions, as we work together to make continuous improvements to our equipment, processes, and systems.

Bringing your experience in control system programming, commissioning, and troubleshooting; you will work closely with a variety of teams, both technical and operational, at Form Factory 1.

This opportunity is based out of Form Factory 1 – Form Energy’s 550,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility located in Weirton, WV, a commutable distance from Pittsburgh. Purpose-built for high-volume, advanced battery production, Form Factory 1 is a hub of fast-moving, collaborative work driving a new era of large-scale American energy manufacturing in the heart of the Rust Belt.

• Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting industrial controls equipment
• Provide electrical and controls support for the production operations and maintenance departments, including troubleshooting control, electrical issues, and problem resolution as they relate to equipment and process downtime, throughput improvement, and/or any safety concerns
• Ensure plant automated equipment is functioning as designed/required
• Responsible for minor PLC and HMI software changes, including continuous improvement initiatives, and troubleshooting of existing equipment
• Utilize input from production, maintenance supervisors, operators, vendors, and service providers to provide troubleshooting assistance and make improvements
• Responsible for following all Safety and Environmental policies and procedures
• Work with Engineers and other Technicians on new automated process equipment for deployment into production
• Troubleshooting MES data transactions within PLC programs
• Work with engineers to layout and fabricate machine control panels

• 2+ years of experience as a hands-on technician working on control systems.
• Technical communication skills, both written and verbal.
• PLC Programming and Troubleshooting
• Siemens TIA-Portal (Required, with supervision)
• Rockwell Studio 5000 (Required, with supervision)
• Beckhoff Twin Cat (Nice to Have)
• Robotics
• FANUC (Nice to Have)
• Epson (Nice to Have)
• Kawasaki (Nice to Have)
• Vision
• Keyence Barcode Scanner (Required, with supervision)
• Cognex Barcode Scanner (Required, with supervision)
• MES
• PLC Product Tracking Programming (Required, with…