Facilities Instrumentation and Controls Technician

What’s Upstate; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolfspeed in Durham, NC seeks a skilled technician to maintain instrumentation and controls across facilities. You will troubleshoot plant FMCs, calibrate transmitters, read schematics, and work with I&C, Facilities Ops, and engineers to implement system upgrades.

You will perform PID tuning, modify programs, and help keep documentation and spare parts inventory up to date, while adhering to safety and PPE requirements.

Qualifications

• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5-years of related industry experience.
• Experience with troubleshooting electrical controls and instrument calibrations.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision and direction.
• Must have a general knowledge of low voltage and associated maintenance equipment and systems.
• Excellent communications skills required, both written and oral.
• Must be able to wear appropriate PPE and work around hazardous materials.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot programming and system faults for plant FMCS equipment and modify existing programs to improve sequencing, alarms, and response within PLCs, HMIs, and automated systems (Rockwell RSLogix 500, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk Asset Center, Wonderware, Ignition).
• Perform calibrations of Flow, Level, Temperature, Pressure, and Humidity Transmitters using approved test equipment.
• Collaborate with Facilities Operations, Mechanical, Electrical, Process, and I&C Engineers to correct deficiencies and issues across sites.
• Perform PID loop tuning and adjustments.
• Read and understand blueprints and electrical control panel schematics.
• Maintain instrument as-built and procedural documentation, and inventory of spare parts.

Skills

Electrical controls troubleshooting

Instrument calibration

PLC programming

HMI/SCADA operation

Industrial software

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

RSLogix 500

Studio 5000

FactoryTalk Asset Center

Wonderware

Ignition

Job description

At Wolfspeed, we do amazing things in a human way.

We know that the achievements of our organization are due to the passion, hard work and creativity of our employees. We celebrate different perspectives to foster excellence across our organization, and our goal is to make diversity a foundation of what we do. We are proudly building an environment where you can bring your authentic self to work.

• Enjoy doing things that people say can’t be done? Innovation is at the center of everything we do.


• Hate red tape? We remove roadblocks instead of creating them.


• Working parent? We provide childcare assistance and paid parental leave.


• Student? We offer continuing education assistance.


• Looking for community? There are many ways to get involved, from Employee Resource Groups to local outreach.

Here’s the Gist:

This position is responsible for the preventive, predictive, corrective maintenance, calibrations and repairs of the instrumentation and controls of all associated facilities equipment. The position reports to the I&C department manager with the opportunity to work closely with Facility Operations and Engineers in the development and implementation of new systems and existing system upgrades, and unique opportunities for on-the-job trainings and professional growth.

The Day-to-Day:

• Troubleshoot programming and system faults for plant FMCS equipment and modify existing programs to improve sequencing, add/modify/remove alarms, and aide in improved troubleshooting and error response within the plant PLCs, HMIs, and automated systems utilizing Rockwell's RSLogix 500, Studio 5000, Factorytalk Asset Center, Wonderware and Ignition software.


• Perform calibrations of Flow, Level, Temperature, Pressure, and Humidity Transmitters using approved test and calibrated equipment.


• Work with Facilities Operations, Mechanical, Electrical, Process and I&C Engineers to correct deficiencies and issues in systems across multiple sites.


• Perform PID loop tuning and adjustments.


• Read and comprehend blueprints and electrical control panel schematics.


• Help maintain instrument as-built and procedural documentation, and inventory of spare parts.

This Job is Right for You if You Have (Minimum Requirements):

• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent


• Minimum 5-years of related industry experience required.


• Experience with troubleshooting electrical controls and instrument calibrations.


• Must be able to work with minimal supervision and direction.


• Must have a general knowledge of low voltage and associated maintenance equipment and systems.


• Excellent communications skills required, both written and oral.


• Must be able to wear appropriate PPE and work around hazardous materials

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to occasionally lift 50lbs.


• Ability to work in a non-climate-controlled environment.


• Ability to work in repetitive motions and pressure involving fingers, hands, and wrists, includes standing or walking over hard concrete surface, and climbing ladders


• Ability to wear fall protection if required

This role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management.

To put it legally – Wolfspeed is an equal opportunity employer.

We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation and other protected status as required by law.

This position requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.