Automation Technician
Welsh & AssociatesWaterloo, IA30+ days ago
Salary
$30.00–$40.00 hourly
Job description2 year degree in Industrial Controls or Electrical related field All experience levels are considered. New Grads and Entry Level is fine. Knowledge / prior experience or familiarity with NFPA 70AE Understanding of PLC, HMI, Electrical Circuits Ability to work Night Shift and Rotating Schedule 7pm-7 : 30am
Job Title : Automation Technician
Location : Waterloo, IA
Salary : $30-40 / hour
Job Summary : The Automation Technician is responsible to support the electrical / controls infrastructure of the facility. The Automation Technician will implement new processes or strategies.
Job Responsibilities :
- Ensure adherence to all electrical codes.
- Maintain all electrical MOCs.
- Perform annual NFPA 70E plant inspection and electrical safety program audit.
- Ensure all electrical PM’s are completed timely.
- Works with Maintenance Planner to schedule and perform automation preventative maintenance and calibrations.
- Coordinate and assist with control system start-up and commissioning.
- Work to optimize and maintain automation inventory.
- Ensure critical facility electrical systems and programming problems are identified and repaired.
- Monitor electrical systems and electrical apparatus used in the plant including : Transformers, Switchgear, Panels / Breakers / disconnects, UPS systems, PLC’s, Power monitoring systems, and Instrumentation.
- Create and reads ladder logic and flow diagrams for program design, startup, simulation and testing.
- Design, coordinate, troubleshoot, and support Programmable logic controllers (PLC’s), Human Machine Interface (HMI) / SCADA systems, Communications, Databases (i.e. SQL server)
- Develop process control flow diagrams.
- Develop piping and instrumentation diagrams (P& ID's).
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