Electrical Technician II

The KYO Group; Canton, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The KYO Group is seeking a skilled Technician to ensure that industrial electrical and electromechanical equipment operates to design standards. This role requires collaboration with engineers, technicians and other groups to design, analyze and implement solutions.

You will modify PLC programs from schematics, perform diagnostics, testing, calibration, installation and preventive maintenance across plant equipment, and coordinate repairs and spares.

Qualifications

• Industrial/electrical apprenticeship or equivalent experience required.
• Strong ability to design, analyze, and engineer solutions with technicians and engineers.
• Experience decoding and modifying small PLC programs from schematics.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, and engineer solutions with other technicians, engineers, and other groups.
• Modify PLC programs by reading schematics and applying changes.
• Test, calibrate, install, repair and perform preventative maintenance on electronic and electromechanical equipment.
• Provide advanced knowledge to restore equipment operation and process integrity.
• Support maintainers, operators and engineers to fix malfunctions and improve performance.
• Coordinate repair of electronic equipment removed from the field, track repairs, and stock spare parts.
• Engage in training to develop skills and knowledge.
• Lead installation, testing and commissioning of new capital equipment.
• Interface with suppliers and OEMs to repair equipment quickly.
• Perform project work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

PLC programming

Schematic reading

Electrical troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma with 5 years apprenticeship

Tools

PLC programming tools

Job description

Technicians are system experts that provide advanced and specialized knowledge, skills, and consultation that ensure successful installation and restoration of key operating equipment for the multibillion dollar steel business. This role is directly responsible for ensuring that the manufacturing equipment, with varying complexity, operates according to design standards that enable manufacturing specifications, which have a direct impact to the product characteristics, to be achieved. Technicians are the next (higher) level of reliability support once the skills of maintainers have been exhausted. This position will be required to work on call and/or overtime as per business needs.

Responsibilities

Design, analyze, and engineer solutions with other technicians, engineers, and other groups.

Responsible for analyzing, decoding, and making small PLC program modifications which would include schematic reading and drawing.

Investigate, diagnose, test, calibrate, install, repair and perform preventative maintenance on electronic and electromechanical equipment and systems throughout the plant, to ensure optimal asset utilization.

Provide advanced or specialized knowledge, skills and tools to restore equipment operation and process integrity.

Provide support to maintainers, operators and engineers to correct malfunctions, enhance performance and promote continuous improvement.

Responsible for ensuring that the manufacturing equipment, the complexity of which varies significantly from manual to state of the art/highly automated, operates according to the specified design standards. Optimal operation is critical to the products quality and manufacturing characteristics.

To coordinate and plan for the repair of all electronic equipment removed from the field due to malfunctions or defects. This includes tracking status of repairs, assessing the quality of the repairs, and maintaining stock of spare parts.

Responsible for continuous learning and development of work skills and technical through attendance of training classes with vendors, online, and on the job training.

Responsible for the successful installation, testing and commissioning of new capital equipment.

Liaison and interface with suppliers, vendors, contractors, OEMs, and other parties to properly select and repair equipment and quickly rectify problems.

To effectively perform and complete all assigned project work efficiently, on time and safely within a fast paced work environment.

High school diploma with at least 5 years of an industrial/electrical apprenticeship or equivalent industrial/electrical experience (experience in manufacturing preferred).