Maintenance Controls Engineer

GE-Vernova-; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

GE-Vernova- Greenville seeks a Maintenance Controls Engineer to enhance electrical safety and upgrade plant control systems. You will develop and maintain control solutions for production equipment and support the maintenance leadership in continuous improvement projects.

You will lead safety training, mentor technicians, and drive problem solving to improve equipment availability. Strong troubleshooting and collaboration with reliability engineers are essential.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent required with hands-on electrical design background.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in design and programming of industrial tool systems (PLC, CNC, HMI).

Responsibilities

• Become the plant electrical controls expert with design and upgrades of control solutions.
• Lead advanced electrical training including LOTO, ARC flash, and electrical safety.

Skills

Electrical safety

Problem solving

Mentoring/training

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechatronics/Electronic Engineering Technology or equivalent

Associate degree in Engineering Technology with 6 years manufacturing experience

Tools

PLC

CNC

HMI

PC-based applications

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Maintenance Controls Engineer – is responsible for electrical safety and improving the knowledge and technical skills of our technicians on plant equipment. Develop and maintain all control solutions that support production equipment. Assisting Maintenance Leadership in supporting business goals, to improve Operational Availability (OA) through continual learning and development of our people, complex problem solving and implementing continuous improvement projects for cell equipment.

In this role, you will utilize your experience and expertise to develop people, solve problems, develop and execute tactical & strategic objectives, and drive results that impact short-term and long-term business goals.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Individual should become the technical controls equipment expert in the plant, this includes the Design and Upgrades of Controls Solutions, Develop and Maintain Program Back up Storage Solution for all equipment, Define and Standardize Control Platforms for (CNC/PC/PLC etc.), Implement Safety Solutions in various control application, Lead Safety Risk Analysis Program,
• Lead Advanced Electrical Training for the Department, including Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO), ARC Flash, and Plant Electrical Safety.
• Develop maintenance training plans to support production equipment, mentor technicians and assist in the individual development plan for both senior and apprentice maintenance team members to improve Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).
• Assisting maintenance technicians to perform maintenance troubleshooting and repairs of complex electrical control systems, for critical equipment issues.
• Design and Implement Safety Solutions for Production Equipment following, NEC, OSHA, IEC, ISO, ANSI, and ASHREA standards.
• Assist Maintenance Reliability Engineer with Machine Health Long Range Plan to include equipment upgrades, new equipment installations, rebuild of existing equipment, existing machine moves, support removal and obsolescence planning, improve preventative maintenance procedures, develop electrical predictive programs for all key cell equipment.
• Maintenance Representative to Participate and Lead Lean Initiatives and or projects
• Work with manufacturing engineering and reliability engineer to Drive Continuous Improvement projects within the cells to improve Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF).
• Demonstrate Ownership of all production equipment within the plant.
• Ensure all blueprints, manuals and technical drawing are up to date for maintenance troubleshooting on all Production Equipment.
• Analyze tracking and trending of maintenance data from machine monitoring to improve machine health plan.
• Efficiently utilize Microsoft Office tools as well as correctly and accurately enter work order data into the Maintenance Management System Leading to Lean (L2L) for reporting and trending data reporting
• Operate various material-moving equipment (e.g., forklifts and jib/gantry cranes) if necessary.
• Through Project Improvements Drive key performance metrics and track results for business priorities as defined by your role i.e. safety, quality, productivity, delivery, people, projects and cost related to Equipment Maintenance metrics.
• Demonstrate ability to work independently and in a team environment, assist other craft members and operations to ensure equipment is ready to meet production schedules
• Participate in Team activities for Human Resources, Problem Solving, 5S, Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvements projects
• Interface with other GE organizations to benchmark best practices and continuous improvement projects
• Perform other assigned duties as required

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of Bachelors in technical degree such as, Electrical, Mechatronics, Electronic Engineering Technology or equivalent OR Associates Degree in Engineering Technological with 6 years of related manufacturing experience
• Minimum of 1 years of experience in design and programming industrial machine tool systems including, PLC, CNC, HMI, PC based application, electrical, electronic, electrical