PLC Technician

What you will be doing

• Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment.
• Listens for and observes unusual sounds or operations from equipment to detect malfunctions and discusses machine operation variation with supervisors, operator, or other maintenance workers to diagnose problem or repair machine.
• Dismantles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts.
• Installs and repairs electrical apparatus, such as transformers and wiring, and electrical and electronic components of machinery and equipment.
• Repairs and maintains physical structure of establishment.
• Installs, programs, or repairs automated machinery and equipment such as robots or programmable controllers.
• Installs power supply wiring and conduit for newly installed machines and equipment such as robots, conveyors, and programmable controllers.
• Connects power supply wires to machines and equipment, and connects cables and wires between machines and equipment.
• Diagnoses malfunctioning apparatus such as transformers, motors, and lighting fixtures and replaces damaged or broken wires and cables.
• Replaces faulty electrical components of machines such as relays, switches, motors, and position sensing devices.
• Diagnoses and repairs or replaces faulty electronic components, such as printed circuit boards.
• Work with limited supervision.
• Program equipment using buttons, keys, and PLC downloads to program automated machinery, such as robots, operate automated machinery, test for malfunctions, and verify repairs.
• Plans layout of wiring and installs wiring, conduit, and electrical apparatus in buildings.
• Liaison between the engineering team and maintenance for project design, installations, and start-up.
• Help to maintain control of PLC programs and document any changes to programs.
• Work safely always by abiding with company safety policies including, but not limited to personal protective equipment.
• Able to program or modify programs for Siemens and Allen Bradley Drives.
• Will troubleshoot, make changes/modifications, and install upgrades to the current PLC programs.
• Able to understand the complex equipment process / theory of operation and be able to transfer that to machine PLC programs.
• Will be responsible for all systems and for mentoring and training other maintenance technicians on the proper ways to troubleshoot and read the ladder logics behind the PLC’s.
• Will read and interpret schematics.
• Will specify materials and codes.
• Sponsor and support of all Continuous Reliability Improvement standards and practices through implemented predictive measures.
• Other duties as assigned.