Electrical & Controls Technician

Polychem LLC; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Polychem LLC in Cleveland, Ohio is seeking an Electrical & Controls Technician responsible for maintaining electrical equipment through the design, implementation, and maintenance of electrical systems in a manufacturing environment.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience, including troubleshooting Allen Bradley PLCs, and must possess strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in electrical and controls environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot and maintain electrical systems.
• Experience with Allen Bradley PLC programming and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain electrical equipment through design and implementation.
• Troubleshoot equipment problems with maintenance and production personnel.
• Provide guidance on electrical/controls issues for capital improvement projects.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Critical thinking skills

Time management skills

Project management skills

Education

Associate's degree or Vocational School Certification

High School Diploma

Tools

Allen Bradley PLC

VFD motor controls

Microsoft Office

Job description

As an Electrical & Controls Technician at Greenbridge, you are responsible for maintaining the electrical equipment in our facility through the design, implementation, and maintenance of industrial, commercial, and domestic electrical systems in a manufacturing environment.

Requirements

• Manage the implementation and upgrades of all electrical wiring, controls, and automation equipment in the facility.
• Troubleshoot and repair equipment problems in coordinated effort with maintenance and production personnel.
• Ensuring all equipment is diagnosed and repaired in a timely manner or elevating to the Plant & Maintenance Manager level when the repairs will take longer than allotted time.
• Understand and interpret 2D drawings of both mechanical and controls assemblies to include controls wiring diagram and pneumatic controls logic diagrams.
• PLC troubleshooting/installation/maintenance/programming, maintain the library of programs at the Greenbridge facility in Cleveland, Oh.
• Use test equipment such as multimeters, panel meters, and other devices.
• Familiarity with PLC's, various I/O signals, circuit protection, heater controllers, and PID controllers.
• Wire electrical control panels and extruder equipment devices providing drawings/schematics, when needed.
• Ability to mechanically assemble various tools and special machines using electrical components in the construction of the machine system.
• Perform facilities maintenance, such as general lighting, updates to facilities distribution panel to support current projects and new equipment.
• Provide guidance on electrical/controls issues for future capital improvement projects.
• Flexibility to work various hours and shifts as needed, especially during project, installations, etc.
• Creating documents, emails, spreadsheets, presentations etc. using Microsoft Office

Qualifications and Experience

• Interpersonal skills – ability to build positive relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Communication skills – ability to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and written.
• Critical thinking skills - ability to create new, innovative ways to manage situations with a strong bias towards Continuous Improvement fundamentals.
• Time management skills - ability to prioritize work assignments in a fast-paced, dynamic, production driven work environment and to complete them effectively and efficiently.
• Project management skills – ability to create and maintain project timelines anticipating and overcoming obstacles before they grow.

Required Credentials/Experience

Associate’s degree from an accredited community college / university or Vocational School Certification and High School Diploma. Job-related experience and/or training will be considered in lieu of post-secondary education.

5+ years of experience in the following:

• Experience within an electrical and controls environment.
• Troubleshooting/installing/maintaining Allen Bradley Controls, VFD motor controls, 110/220/480 VAC and components, and process sensors of all types.
• Calibrating and testing controls, verifying instrumentation accuracy and effectiveness, and performing routine maintenance on the plant-wide controls system.
• Creating and editing Allen Bradley PLC programs.
• Reading and creating technical documents and electrical drawings, interpreting and red-lining detailed control and instrumentation schematics, ladder logic diagrams, wiring schematics, and PID’s/PFD’s.

Preferred Credentials/Experience

• Lean/6 Sigma project experience
• Operational process improvement experience
• Experience in robotic controls/installation/troubleshooting