Electrical & Controls Technician
Description

As an Electrical & Controls Technician at Greenbridge, you are responsible for maintaining the electrical equipment in our facility through the design, implementation, and maintenance of industrial, commercial, and domestic electrical systems in a manufacturing environment. 

Requirements
  • Manage the implementation and upgrades of all electrical wiring, controls, and automation equipment in the facility.
  • Troubleshoot and repair equipment problems in coordinated effort with maintenance and production personnel.
  • Ensuring all equipment is diagnosed and repaired in a timely manner or elevating to the Plant & Maintenance Manager level when the repairs will take longer than allotted time.
  • Understand and interpret 2D drawings of both mechanical and controls assemblies to include controls wiring diagram and pneumatic controls logic diagrams.
  • PLC troubleshooting/installation/maintenance/programming, maintain the library of programs at the Greenbridge facility in Cleveland, Oh.
  • Use test equipment such as multimeters, panel meters, and other devices.
  • Familiarity with PLC’s, various I/O signals, circuit protection, heater controllers, and PID controllers.
  • Wire electrical control panels and extruder equipment devices providing drawings/schematics, when needed.
  • Ability to mechanically assemble various tools and special machines using electrical components in the construction of the machine system.
  • Perform facilities maintenance, such as general lighting, updates to facilities distribution panel to support current projects and new equipment.
  • Provide guidance on electrical/controls issues for future capital improvement projects.
  • Flexibility to work various hours and shifts as needed, especially during project, installations, etc.
  • Creating documents, emails, spreadsheets, presentations etc. using Microsoft Office

Qualifications and Experience

  • Interpersonal skills – ability to build positive relationships at all levels of the organization.
  • Communication skills – ability to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and written.
  • Critical thinking skills - ability to create new, innovative ways to manage situations with a strong bias towards Continuous Improvement fundamentals.
  • Time management skills - ability to prioritize work assignments in a fast-paced, dynamic, production driven work environment and to complete them effectively and efficiently.
  • Project management skills – ability to create and maintain project timelines anticipating and overcoming obstacles before they grow.

Required Credentials/Experience:

Associate’s degree from an accredited community college / university or Vocational School Certification and High School Diploma.  Job-related experience and/or training will be considered in lieu of post-secondary education. 

5+ years of experience in the following:

  • Experience within an electrical and controls environment.
  • Troubleshooting/installing/maintaining Allen Bradley Controls, VFD motor controls, 110/220/480 VAC and components, and process sensors of all types.
  • Calibrating and testing controls, verifying instrumentation accuracy and effectiveness, and performing routine maintenance on the plant-wide controls system.
  • Creating and editing Allen Bradley PLC programs.
  • Reading and creating technical documents and electrical drawings, interpreting and red-lining detailed control and instrumentation schematics, ladder logic diagrams, wiring schematics, and PID’s/PFD’s.

Preferred Credentials/Experience:

  • Lean/6 Sigma project experience
  • Operational process improvement experience
  • Experience in robotic controls/installation/troubleshooting
Salary Description
$32/hour