Position: Electrical Controls Specialist Electrical Automation & Maintenance Lumber Mills
Location: Eastern Alabama (Chambers County)
Salary: Based on experience (Aggressive Base Salary 15% Bonus)
Industry: Lumber Wood Products Forestry Paper & pulp
Full Relocation Assistance is Offered
Position Summary:
The Electrical Controls Specialist will provide skilled technical and engineering support to repair and perform maintenance programming and refurbishment of Mill electrical systems and automation projects.
The position will assist in the management of projects coordination of work and of work related to electrical maintenance electrical engineering and automation.
The major emphasis is on analyzing and solving complex technical problems and continually identifying opportunities to improve equipments uptime reliability and performance.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Coordinate small to mediumscope projects for electrical and automation improvements.
- Assist maintenance planning and reliability maintenance with the CMMS / Ivara system.
- Investigate design and procure equipment and spare parts for rootcause solutions to problematic equipment issues.
- Solve problems seek and identify opportunities and implement solutions with limited input from others.
- Respond to calls out and trouble/repair calls.
- Work with equipment suppliers to repair and maintain OEM specifications and modify/retrofit equipment and systems for efficiency improvements with the manufacturing process.
- Repair replace or modify electronic and electrical process control equipment.
- Implement design changes on programmable controller and microprocessorbased process control equipment.
- Read and interpret electrical schematics and drawings.
- Work safely and follow safety rules. Act to correct or report unsafe working conditions and behaviors.
- Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.
Education and Experience:
- Must have a 2year Associates Degree from a technical school in a related field.
- Must have 5 to 10 years of experience in electrical/technical support work in an industrial environment
- Specialized or highly trained with the following equipment:
- Control Logix programming hardware and firmware upgrades
- Factory talk asset Centre
- Factory Talk Studio and Client addition (New HMIs)
- Some form of IT or computer networking from Cisco or Rockwell software and hardware components such as Stratixor 6000 switches
- Powerflex drivesand 523 (Powerflex 700 are very similar so that would be okay)
- Working knowledge of power systems HMIs PLCs Large Motor Drives and Motors
- Demonstrated initiative and independent thought
- Discretion and tact in dealing with interpersonal situations
Remote Work :
No