Instrumentation & Electrical Technician

Overview

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Objective:
Install, troubleshoot, and repair electrical systems, instrumentation, and PLC of individual machinery or equipment as well as multiple equipment systems.

• Install power supply wiring and conduit for newly installed equipment and associated instruments and controls.
• Connect power supply wires to equipment and connect wiring from equipment to equipment or from equipment to instruments or controllers.
• Research controls and instrumentation devices available to industry that provide the best solution to process needs.
• Diagnose and repair malfunctioning apparatus such as transformers, motors, drives, starters, and process instruments.
• Replace/repair/calibrate faulty electrical and instrumentation components such as relays, switches, contractors, solenoids, photo eyes, flow meters, level and pressure indicators / transmitters, RTD s, etc.
• Repair/replace faulty electronic components such as PCB s.
• Troubleshoot PLC/DCS systems and associated apparatus by programming or editing programs and control loops.
• Write PLC/DCS programs for new equipment or alterations of existing equipment.
• Troubleshoot all aspects of 480V 3-phase electrical systems with or without schematics.
• Troubleshoot, align and repair 4-20mA circuits
• Read and troubleshoot using technical manuals, electrical diagrams, and PLC logic / DCS language.
• Troubleshoot valve and pumping controls.
• Set-up wiring for new valves to be put in service.
• Self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision.

• Responsible for or assists in the planning layout of wiring installs, conduit runs, and electrical apparatus within plant operations.
• Comply with HR policies and procedures.
• Comply with all relevant employment laws.

• Knowledge of packaging equipment in a food manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Knowledgeable of safe work practices including hot work and confined space permitting and LOTO.
• Comply with all environmental plant policies and state and local regulations.

• Other duties as assigned. Core Values:
  Continuously exhibit and set the example for others in display of Company values:
  Customer Centric, Ambitious, Proactive, Innovative, Collaborative and Accountable.

A COMBINATION OF THE LISTED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IS PREFERRED

• Proficient with Windows based operating systems and software.
• Allen-Bradley PLC s (Control Logix, Compact Logix, Flex I/O, Micro Logix, Panelview, RSView, SCADA systems, communications via Control Net, Device Net, or Ethernet.
• Programming/troubleshooting robots.
• CMMS and TPM experience.
• Licensed journeyman electrician

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, talk, and listen at the same time within a noisy manufacturing environment.
• The employee is regularly required to stand or sit for long periods of time, climb stairs, use a ladder, balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Employee may use hands or fingers to handle or feel objects, use tools, or manipulate equipment controls; reach with hands and arms.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works with moving mechanical parts; work in high places; in outside weather conditions; and with hazardous chemicals and vibration.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and /or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold, and extreme heat. The ability to perform in a noisy, humid, hot, cold and high-volume machine production environment.
• The employee may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision.
• Visual depth perception and the ability to adjust focus is required.

• Ability to work rotating shifts, weekends, and overtime as needed.

Memphis, TN