Electrical Control Technician

Manchester, Iowa


Employer: Exide Technologies
Industry: Manufacturing - Maintenance
Salary: $38.00 per hour
Job type: Full-Time

Overview

Self-starter with excellent problem solving, communication, teamwork, safety, Lockout/Tagout, and project management skills. Must be capable to effectively troubleshoot plant and facility power from 480V three phase down to 5 volts DC. Complete electrical installations as required to properly and safely complete assigned tasks, to include running conduit and pulling wire.

$38.00 per hour starting pay rate.

Day Shift Available

$2,500 sign-on bonus!!

Responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES :

Essential functions:
  • Ability to work with controls engineer to find long term solutions to automation issues
  • Create and sustain zero injury in workplace, minimize Pb blood level exposure levels
  • Coordinate and implement maintenance training programs related to electrical and control systems
  • Must be able to troubleshoot and repair electrical and controls systems, to include PLCs, VFDs, motor starters, PID loop tuning, digital and analog I/O, etc
  • Identify best practices that ultimately reduce equipment downtime, i.e. reduce recurring equipment issues, reduced setup, quick-change modules, and equipment efficiency
  • Must be able to identify opportunities that ultimately reduce maintenance costs
  • Seeks out unsolicited automation and control projects and improvements that contribute to the plant performance
  • Use Work Order software system and other computer programs as required
  • Support new installations, improvements, and optimization projects in all areas of the plant
  • Provide programming, debug, and troubleshooting support for all factory automation systems, plc's, hmi's, vfd's, robots, PID loop tuning, motor control, electrical power distribution, etc
  • Develop and implement programming modifications to the factory automation systems that will facilitate plant performance standards and simplify operator intervention.4
  • Provide hardware and software support to the plant automation network
  • Assist in developing documentation for new and existing plant automation and control systems
  • Maintain current program versions for all plant automation equipment on the central controls computer drive, or document management system
  • Develop, initiate, and support plans to optimize and simplify existing plant automation and control systems
  • Develop, initiate, and support plans to modernize existing obsolete plant control systems
  • Provide operational support and implement modifications to items, such as, plant robot, machine vision, machine automations, data collection
  • Proficient in data collection to SQL server platform, provide platform to display required information on specified platforms
  • Involved in plant shutdown activities relating to skills and tasks assigned Responsible for continuous improvement in all areas of Maintenance department
  • Comply with current Quality Systems requirements
  • Understand marketplace and update systems as needed and capable to work effectively with plant engineering and all related departments.
  • Follow Toyota Production Systems (TPS) objectives and guidelines, to include support of Kaizen events.
  • Hazardous waste training shall be provided to the employee within six months of the date the employee filled this position, and a review of this training provided every 12 months thereafter. The employee will complete a program of classroom instruction. The employee shall be supervised until training is completed. The training shall consist of a review of proper management of hazardous waste, satellite accumulation containers, how to review and prepare a hazardous waste manifest, and proper labeling requirements.
  • Perform other work as assigned by Management including 5S cleaning

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS :

Education, Experience, Certifications
  • Candidate must have a 2 year degree from vocational school in industrial electronics and controls or 10 years of industrial electrical and controls experience with at least 5 years of experience with Allen Bradley Programmed Logic Control related products and ladder diagram logic. Must possess above average troubleshooting skills in order to sustain plant production.

Competencies, Skills, Knowledge
  • Knowledge ofallelectrical tools, i.e. oscilloscope, multimeters, amp-meters, megohmmeters, power meters, process meters, etc. Person must possess above average computer skills that relate to report writing, presentations, spreadsheets, and project management, to include most Microsoft products and must be able to computer knowledge for access to, modification of, and upload/download PLC and panelview programs. Familiar with common hand tool usage including power tools.

Physical Demands:
  • Sitting, standing, bending, twisting, and walking as necessary. Wearing of PPE is required.
  • Frequently lifting from grams up to 50 pounds

Environment:
  • Will be exposed to extreme environmental conditions (hot, cold, humid)

EEO Statement

Stryten Energy is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

About Statement

Stryten Energy helps solve the world's most pressing energy challenges with a broad range of energy storage solutions across the Essential Power, Motive Power, Transportation, Military and Government sectors. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we partner with some of the world's most recognized companies to meet the growing demand for reliable and sustainable energy storage capacity. Stryten powers everything from submarines to subcompacts, microgrids, warehouses, distribution centers, cars, trains and trucks. Our stored energy technologies include advanced lead, lithium and vanadium redox flow batteries, intelligent chargers and energy performance management software that keep people on the move and supply chains running. An industry leader backed by more than a century of expertise, Stryten has The Energy to Challenge the status quo and deliver top-performing energy solutions for today and tomorrow. Learn more atstryten.com.

Job Locations IA-Manchester

Requisition ID 2024-4763

Category Manufacturing - Maintenance

Position Type Regular Fulltime

Address 913 South 10th Street

Postal Code 52057

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Created: 2024-09-12
Reference: 670510864
Country: United States
State: Iowa
City: Manchester


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