Electrical Technician

Sr Manager - Talent Acquisition (MSP Staffing | Account Management | Salesforce & Cyber Security | Engineering Recruitment). Looking for Engineering…

Duration: 6 Months

Summary:

• Perform hands-on installation support for new or modified production equipment.
• Provide mechanical discipline support in the construction, installation, debug, troubleshooting and startup of equipment and automated systems including hands-on to the point of turnover to operations at both domestic and international manufacturing sites; majority of time be spent on the floor working on equipment.
• Supervise and provide direction to internal maintenance, and outside contract trades during all aspects of equipment installation and conversion such as demolition, construction, installation, testing, and debug of production equipment.
• Assist in developing and using project plans and timelines to achieve project goals without sacrificing safety, intellectual property, or quality. Adhere to all corporate, business unit and site guidelines.
• Safety – Ensure that all the project team has safety training, safety is analyzed in job plans and all safety requirements are met. Identify potential safety issues. Report and investigate all safety incidents.
• Develop understanding of process and equipment functions in area of responsibility.
• Assess condition and usability of existing equipment for fit and function with new installation plans.
• Execute initial equipment set-up and debug up to the point of turnover to operations.
• Analyze and correct equipment installation practices to improve efficiencies, specifically directed toward enhancing installation schedules.
• Create, review, and update installation documentation and drawings as required.
• Develop and use project plans and timelines to achieve project goals without sacrificing safety, intellectual property, or quality.
• Re-design mechanical components to reduce installation cost, solve equipment interferences, and correct inadequate designs.
• Interface with external system integrators and machine builders to successfully deliver fully integrated process equipment systems to plants on‑time, on‑budget and that satisfy performance measures.
• Perform hands‑on troubleshooting, replacing or directing trades as necessary to replace defective components and execute changes to solve equipment/process issues.
• Provide training to internal or contract engineering techs, internal maintenance, and outside contract trades on new equipment installation procedures as required for successful execution of installation activities.
• Review, “redline”, and modify existing installation checklists, machine part lists, illustrations, machine specs, schedules, and complete drawing packages including follow‑up with drafting services.
• Create and modify existing documentation to complete drawing packages, installation checklists, machine part lists, illustrations, and machine specs of production equipment.
• Procure and expedite materials needed to build or install new or modified equipment.
• Modify software programs used for process equipment control.
• Understanding use and set‑up of machine controls for system analog and digital I/O requirements, control sequence logic, fail‑safe states and recovery sequence digital and analog I/O.
• Aid in developing integrated industrial control systems for new manufacturing equipment and modification of existing equipment.
• Re‑design electrical components to reduce installation cost, solve equipment interferences, and correct inadequate designs.
• 3+ years of experience with electrical equipment and systems.
• Proven background in planning and executing equipment installations, ensuring systems are set up correctly and safely according to specifications.
• Expert ability to read and interpret blueprints and schematics.

• AAS Electrical Engineering Technology, BS Electrical Engineering Technology, BS Electrical Engineering or similar degree. (Equivalent work experience may be considered in rare circumstances.), with minimum 3+ years manufacturing experience working with process and automation equipment.
• Knowledge of power systems for 480
  
  VAC and below.
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