Electrical Technician

Owens Corning; Summit (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Employee discount

Health insurance

Health savings account

Vision insurance

Job summary

Owens Corning is seeking an Industrial Controls Technician to join our Maintenance team on 2nd shift. You will be the in-house expert for control and electrical drawings, maintaining PLC/HMI programs, and guiding troubleshooting across production lines.

With a minimum of five years in automation and at least two in consumer-packaged goods environments, you will coordinate contractors, improve OEE, and support TPM initiatives while working a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Ability to create, modify and troubleshoot PLC/HMI programs and read schematics.
• Experience with Rockwell PLC/HMI programming software.
• Knowledge of high-speed packaging equipment and mechanical/pneumatical functions.
• Capable of handling stress and adapting to urgent production needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate reliability improvements and troubleshooting with production, maintenance and engineering teams.
• Coordinate facility, trades and OEM contractors ensuring work meets safety standards.
• Serve as gatekeeper of control and electrical drawings; maintain PLC/HMI programs.
• Collaborate on projects to improve OEE, safety, quality and work environment.
• Focus on equipment reliability to drive manufacturing capacity.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI programming

Rockwell PLC

Electrical troubleshooting

Automation projects

Team leadership

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Rockwell software

Job description

Job: Industrial Controls Technician

$40.00-$45.00 Per Hour based on skill level

2nd shift 3pm-11pm w/ flexibility for 3rd shift 11pm-7am

Full Health Care Benefit Package!

Department: Maintenance

The Industrial Controls Technician Will

• Provide and coordinate production reliability improvement efforts and equipment troubleshooting support as needed with the production, maintenance, and engineering teams (become that first line of support for advanced troubleshooting activities)
• Coordinate facility, trade and OEM-service contractors, certifying that work requested is performed as expected while conforming to PAD safety standards. Become one of the in-house experts on both the facility and our production operations
• Serve as the gatekeeper of all control and electrical drawings and primary electrical/controls resource. Maintain all PLC/HMI programs for compounding, packaging and building systems, edit and write PLC programs, create/modify HMI screens, and perform basic electrical troubleshooting and functional modifications.
• Collaborate on team projects to problem-solve and improve processes and procedures that improve OEE, safety, quality and work environment
• Focus on equipment reliability and seek out opportunities to drive manufacturing capacity and capabilities within the factory

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years' experience with automation and controls, with at least 2 years of experience working in a consumer-packaged goods or related industry manufacturing + production environment
• Demonstrated, independent execution of electrical or automation projects

Requirements

• Ability to create, modify and troubleshoot complex PLC programs and HMI programs and read electrical schematics
• Proven, working knowledge of Rockwell Automation PLC and HMI programming software
• Working knowledge of high-speed packaging equipment and have some experience with mechanical / pneumatical functions and operations
• Demonstrated competence handling and troubleshooting basic mechanical related issues at times
• Strong coaching, training and teamwork skills, organization and experience working with diverse teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work within tight timeframes and deadlines
• Capable of handling stressful situations and being able to adapt to urgent production focused needs if they arise
• Capable of working extended hours and weekends as needed
• Support TPM & S5 Initiatives

Education

• High School Diploma or GED equivalency

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Vision insurance

Schedule

• 8 hour shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Overtime

Ability To Commute/relocate

• Summit Argo, IL 60501: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person