Electrical & Instrumentation Technician: PLCs & Vision

Transmission & Distribution World; Delaware, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Transmission & Distribution World is seeking an Electrical & Instrumentation Technician to support production operations by maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and improving industrial electrical and instrumentation systems, including PLCs, HMIs, and motion controls.

You will work with Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLCs, read schematics, and perform preventive maintenance, calibration, and equipment reliability improvements across multiple manufacturing processes.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or higher or military technical training plus manufacturing experience.
• Industrial electrical and mechanical systems experience.
• Experience troubleshooting electro-mechanical equipment.
• Ability to read and update electrical schematics.
• Experience bending and installing conduit up to 3/4".
• Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLC troubleshooting experience.
• Ability to troubleshoot and modify PLC programs.
• Experience troubleshooting motion-control programs.
• Experience with machine communication networks (DeviceNet, ControlNet, Profibus, Ethernet, DH+, ASI).
• Experience with CIJ printing, motion-control and ultrasonic bonding technologies.
• Experience using oscilloscopes, chart recorders, and thermal cameras.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and improve industrial electrical, instrumentation, and machine-control systems.
• Design, install, and implement new control systems and redesign equipment to eliminate recurring problems.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing equipment and systems including web guiding, dust collection, metal detection, CIJ printing, and packaging equipment.
• Troubleshoot Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLC programs and motion-control programs.
• Perform repairs, calibration, and preventive maintenance on electro-mechanical equipment.
• Support machinery across multiple manufacturing processes and perform daily electrical audits.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

PLC troubleshooting

Siemens PLCs

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Electro-mechanical systems

Schematic reading

Motion-control

HMI/vision systems

Electrical safety (LOTO/arc-flash)

Troubleshooting instrumentation

Preventive maintenance

Education

Associate Degree or higher

Job description

Transmission & Distribution World is seeking an Electrical & Instrumentation Technician to support production operations by maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and improving industrial electrical and instrumentation systems, including PLCs, HMIs, and motion controls.

You will work with Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLCs, read schematics, and perform preventive maintenance, calibration, and equipment reliability improvements across multiple manufacturing processes.